Ulrike Kornek

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kornek is a Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel since 2020. Her research focuses on international climate change economics, employing analytical and numerical models to study policy instruments and institutional frameworks for greenhouse gas mitigation. She investigates how heterogeneous actors interact under different policy scenarios, emphasizing game-theoretical approaches and optimal carbon pricing in integrated assessment models.

Educated in Physics at Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, she earned her Ph.D. in 2015 from Technische Universität Berlin and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Postdoctoral fellowships included stints at the MCC Berlin and Princeton University. Prior to Kiel, she led the Governance Group at MCC Berlin.

Her work bridges environmental economics and climate policy, addressing equity concerns in carbon pricing, distributional impacts of climate policies, and coalition dynamics in global agreements. Over 30 publications span topics like carbon market design, EU ETS reforms, and socio-economic dimensions of climate mitigation. Recent research emphasizes multi-model assessments of inequality and climate scenarios aligned with the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report.

Advising and grants are not explicitly detailed in the provided texts, but her CV highlights extensive contributions to climate policy research. She is affiliated with the Environmental and Resource Economics team at CAU Kiel, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects addressing urgent climate challenges.