MSc EECC; PhD student and research assistant at the University of Kiel, Germany
Moritz Drupp is a PhD candidate at the Economics Department of the University of Kiel, Germany. His research focus is on sustainability economics, in particular the evaluation of long-term public policies. Before becoming part of the MSc EECC class of 2013/2014, Moritz was actively engaged with sustainability science in Germany, where he was a member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the University of Tübingen and co-led the student initiative ‘Greening the University’.
“ In my master studies, I wanted to further specialize on topics of sustainable development and environmental economics and have thus found the MSc EECC a perfect match for my interests. I was specifically drawn to the programme as it combines a rigorous approach to environmental economics with studies of the political and natural science spheres of one of the most pressing sustainability problems: climate change.
The MSc provides an excellent overview of the current debate in environmental economics and the good thing is: you will learn most of it during discussions not only with distinguished lecturers, but fellow classmates from all around the globe who add their own distinct perspectives on what needs to be done to make this world a better place. The multitude of such perspectives is especially enriching, as many sustainability problems require global cooperation for their solution. The programme together with LSE’s broader academic environment, including LSE’s public lecture series and seminar workshops at the Department and the Grantham institute, is therefore not only a great option for future practitioners, but can also pave the way for further academic work.
Let me give one example of how the great people in and behind the MSc programme have been instrumental in shaping my current research: Resulting from a discussion in a seminar taught by Prof. Ben Groom in the EECC core course Environmental and Resource Economics, I now work together with him and my classmate Frikk Nesje on project that tries to advance the science and practice of social discounting using surveys of different relevant stakeholders, including economic experts. Besides such ‘spontaneous’ opportunities that could also include being a research assistant at the Grantham institute, the natural starting point for your own research is of course the Dissertation. The flexibility and support given by the staff allows you to address relevant policy questions and attempt to advance the science of environmental economics itself. I can therefore happily recommend the programme to anyone interested in the environmental economic science-policy interface as well as those searching for a programme that introduces them to current topics at the research frontier.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me: http://www.eree.uni-kiel.de/en/team/moritz-drupp. "