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Curriculum Vitae
since 2023
Ruhr University Bochum,
Professor for Climate Change and Development
since 2023
RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research,
Economic Policy Lab Climate Change, Development and Migration
2019 - 2023
PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,
Research group head
2012 - 2019
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
Research group head, acting department head and postdoc researcher
2011 - 2012
Yale University,
Postdoc fellow
2010 - 2011
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
Postdoc researcher
2008
Ministry of Agriculture, Mozambique,
Guest researcher
2005 - 2010
DIW - German Institute for Economic Research,
PhD student
2010
PhD in agricultural economics,
Humboldt University of Berlin
2001 - 2002
Academic year abroad,
Wake Forest University, US
1999 - 2005
Magister studies in social anthropology and economics,
Free University Berlin
Research focus
Development economics
Economics of climate change
Climate insurance
Applied econometrics
Policy evaluation
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2023
Mogge, L., McDonald, M., Knoth, C., Teickner, H., Purevtseren, M., Pebesma, E. & Kraehnert, K. (2023) Allocation of humanitarian aid after a weather disaster. World Development 166(10620499).
2023
Mogge, L., McDonald, M., Knoth, C., Teickner, H., Purevtseren, M., Pebesma, E., & Kraehnert, K. (2023) Allocation of humanitarian aid after a weather disaster. World Development 166(106204)
2022
Will, M., Backes, A., Campenni, M., Cronk, L., Dressler, G., Gornott, C., Groeneveld, J., Habtemariam, L. T., Kraehnert, K., Kraus, M., Lenel, F., Osgood, D., Taye, M., & Müller, B. (2022) Improving the design of climate insurance: combining empirical approaches and modelling. Climate and Development 14(9): 804-813
2022
Fluhrer, S., & Kraehnert, K. (2022) Sitting in the same boat: Subjective well-being and social comparison after an extreme weather event. Ecological Economics 195(107388)
2022
Roeckert, J., & Kraehnert, K. (2022) Extreme Weather Events and Internal Migration: Evidence from Mongolia. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 6(1): 95-128
2021
Kraehnert, K., Osberghaus, D., Hott, C., Habtemariam, L., Wätzold, F., Hecker, L. P., & Fluhrer, S. (2021) Insurance against extreme weather events: An overview. Review of Economics 72(2): 71-95
Research projects
Research project: Rigorous Impact Evaluation of the Trigger-Based Agricultural Micro Insurance in Vietnam