Jan-Niklas Meier, M.Sc.

Research associate

Vita

since 2017Research associate of the Junior Research Group "Sustainable Deployment of Renewable Energies with Multiple Environmental Impacts - Policy Strategies to mitigate Ecological Trade-offs of the Energy Transition", University Leipzig (Germany)
2014-2017Master's degree program: Economics, University Freiburg (Germany) and University Bologna (Italy), Thesis: "Simulating optimal tax rates on capital income: An empirical analysis of tax return data for Germany"
2011-2014Bachelor's degree program: Politics & Economics, University Münster (Germany),Thesis: "Eine spieltheoretische Betrachtung der Nachfrageflexibilisierung durch den Einsatz von Smart Metern in der Energieversorgung"

Research Interests

  • Multi-Level Governance
  • Renewable Energy Policy
  • Environmental and Energy Economics

Recent Publications

  • Lehmann, P., Ammermann, K., Gawel, E., Geiger, C., Hauck, J., Heilmann, J., Meier, J.-N., Schicketanz, S., Stemmer, B., Tafarte, P., Thrän, D., Wolfram, E. “Managing spatial sustainability trade-offs: The case of wind power”. UFZ Discussion Paper 4/2020.
  • Meier, J.-N., Lehmann, P. “Optimal federal regulation of renewable energy expansion”. Preliminary version: UFZ Discussion Paper 8/2020.
  • Meier, J.-N., Bovet, J., Geiger, C., Lehmann, P., Tafarte, P. (2019). „Should the German climate package include a land area target for onshore wind energy?“. Wirtschaftsdienst. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 99, Issue 12, pp. 824-828. DOI: 10.1007/s10273-019-2537-2.
  • Lehmann, P., Gawel, E., Geiger, C., Korte, K., Meier, J.-N., Reutter, F., Tafarte, P. (2019). „Wie zielführend sind regionalisierte Ausschreibungen für die Windenergie?“ Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, Vol. 69, Issue 1/2, pp. 88-92.

Media

  • Lehmann, P., Meier, J.-N., Meya, J. (2020). „Land in Sicht für die Windenergie?“, Tagesspiegel Background Klima & Energie.