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Rainer Quitzow is a Research Group Leader at the Research Institute Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam, where he has been since December 2014. His research focuses on sustainable innovation, industrial policy, geopolitics, and transitions in the energy sector. He analyzes geoeconomic competition and the development of emerging climate-friendly industries within the context of foreign industrial policy strategies. Quitzow is also an Honorary Professor for Sustainability Innovation at the Technical University of Berlin. Throughout his career, he has worked in the field of international development with a particular focus on governance and environmental trade policy, including his time at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., where he conducted governance policy impact analyses for development programs in Latin America and Africa. He has held various positions including Research Fellow at the Chair of Innovation Economics at the Technical University of Berlin and at the Environmental Policy Research Centre of the Free University of Berlin, where he completed his Ph.D. in Political Science with a focus on environmental policy. He has been involved in numerous projects related to global energy transition and has contributed expert testimony on sustainable development to the European Union.
Research Institute Sustainability (RIFS) • Potsdam, Germany
Leading the research group focused on sustainable innovation and energy transition.
Technical University of Berlin • Berlin, Germany
Teaching and conducting research in sustainability innovation.
Technical University of Berlin • Berlin, Germany
Conducted research at the Chair of Innovation Economics.
Free University of Berlin • Berlin, Germany
Focused on environmental policy and completed doctoral research.
World Bank • Washington, D.C., USA
Worked in the Sustainable Development Division focusing on policy impact analyses.