Dr. Katrin Ostertag

Head of Competence Center Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems

Studied economics with a focus on international economic theory and policy in Germany (Konstanz and Frankfurt/Main) and the UK (Brighton). 1999-2000 research at CIRED (Paris) as part of a Marie-Curie fellowship. 2002 PhD at BETA/Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg) on the microeconomic aspects of energy efficiency. Since 1995 working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, first as a research assistant in the field of energy. Since 2002 in the Competence Center Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems. Since 2008 she has been coordinator of the business unit “Sustainability Innovation and Policy“. Between 2014 and 2020 deputy head of the Competence Center. Since April 2020 head of the Competence Center Sustainability and Infrastructure Systems.