Prof. Pao-Yu Oei
Prof. Dr. Pao-Yu Oei is full professor for "Economics of Sustainable Energy Transition" at Europa Universität Flensburg (EUF), directing the study program "Industrial Engineering: Energy and Environmental Management", and head of the 30-member research group "FossilExit" at EUF, TU Berlin and DIW Berlin. He is spokesman for the Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental, Social and Human Sciences and a member of the Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (ZNES). Member of the "Advisory council for the energy transition and climate protecion (Energiewendebeirat)" of the federal state Schleswig-Holstein and the "Expert council on climate neutrality" to advise the municipal utility Stadtwerke Flensburg" Part of his work is reflected in his co-ordination of the independent research hub CoalTransitions, representing more than 60 researchers from 25 research institutions based on 5 continents, examining the transition from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. He is head of the `Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate and Sustainability (TRAJECTS)´, which is a DAAD climate centre targeting North-South-South cooperation with Colombia and South-Africa, to enhance knowledge exchange, capacity building and research on/with(in) the Global South. His research and expertise stretches from modeling techno-economic challenges to integrate 100% renewable energy in the electricity, heat and transport sectors, to other more socio-political challenges of the associated structural changes and the political economy of a fossil fuel phase-out including gender aspects (see ongoing supervised research projects).
Current professional activity
- Full Professor – Europa-Universität Flensburg
