Leonie Fernholz

Leonie Fernholz is a doctoral student at the University of Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies as part of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) since 2023. Her research focuses on the political economy of energy financialization, examining risk transfers and the growing financial influence of energy companies in Europe. Supervised by Christine Trampusch, Fernholz’s work intersects with climate policy and energy market dynamics.

• MA in Political Science (2020–2023), University of Cologne
• BA in International Relations and Global History (2016–2020), University of Erfurt

Her prior roles include a Research Assistant at the Chair of International Comparative Political Economy and Economic Sociology (2021–2023) and a Research Assistant project on "Cities in the History of Religion" (2017–2018). She was an Erasmus student at Université Lumière Lyon II (2018–2019).