Dr. Gernot Pehnelt

Detailed description of working activity

In addition to explicitly waste management and environmental policy issues, as well as benchmarking studies, Gernot Pehnelt's scientific and consulting work focuses on topics such as "circular business models / circular economy," "climate and environmental impacts of biofuels," "internet regulation," and "energy-efficient (neighborhood) modernization."

Current activity

Co-founder and managing partner of the Business Institute for Waste and Environmental Studies (BIFAS GbR)

Former activities

Since 2008/09 Managing Partner at BIFAS, Jena
Since 2008/04 Director at GlobEcon, Jena
Since 2004/10 - 2022/03 Research Associate at ECIPE, Brussels
2004/04 – 2008/03 Research Associate, Chair of Economic Policy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
2002/05 – 2004/04 Research Associate and Consultant, bifa environmental institute, Augsburg

Education

2004/04 – 2008/05 Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
PhD in Economics (PhD-Thesis: 'Efficiency Measurement of German Hospitals')
Degree: Dr. rer. pol. = PhD
1995/09 – 2002/03 Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Studies of Economics
Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (1,70) = MA Economics
1999/09 – 2000/07 University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
Studies in Economics, Politics and Philosophy

Memberships

Papers

• The Economics of Recycling Revisited: “Less might be more”
• Current State of Recycling in Germany - A perspective