Julia Panny

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Julia is a Postdoc in the Energy Transition and Climate Futures group at IT:U. Her research interests centre on how industries transition to clean energy through policy frameworks, stakeholder engagement, and cross-border cooperation.

She did her PhD in applied economics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, where her thesis analysed how cross-border cooperation in renewable energies can accelerate the European energy transition. During her doctoral studies she also worked as a research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, contributing to energy policy research and consulting projects with a focus on renewables. Prior to that, Julia served as a programme manager at EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s leading climate-innovation agency and community.