Andrea Furnaro-Lobos

Andrea Furnaro-Lobos is a Researcher at the Europa-Universität Flensburg within the Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental, Social and Human Sciences, specifically affiliated with the Department of Energy and Environmental Management. She has been an associated researcher in the CoalExit project since August 2020, focusing on the political economy of coal phase-outs and energy transition policy. Her work bridges resource extraction regulation and climate justice across national and international contexts.

• Primary Affiliation: Europa-Universität Flensburg
• Research Focus: Coal phase-out, energy transition, political economy, resource governance

Her research explores the geographies of devaluation in fossil fuel regions, scalar mismatches in climate policy implementation, and corporate behavior during energy transitions. The CoalExit project, funded by the BMBF, investigates economic and social impacts of decarbonization in fossil fuel-dependent countries, with Andrea contributing to analyses of equity challenges and policy interdependencies.

Her publications highlight international energy policy, state-owned enterprises, and conflict dynamics in resource regions. Andrea's work spans empirical case studies in Germany, Chile, and the United States, with methodological emphasis on political economy frameworks and critical policy analysis.

Andrea is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles with a Ph.D. in Geography. Her academic trajectory combines interdisciplinary environmental research with applied policy analysis, collaborating with institutions like the Natural Resource Governance Institute and the Coal Transitions Research Hub.