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20 years of experience in climate change and energy sector; specific experience in business model innovation in the energy sector, design thinking and the energy transition |
 Contact Mary Jean Bürer
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Area of Expertise: |
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Professional Experience: |
2018-2019: HEIG-VD: Project Manager, Senior Researcher at the School of Management at HEIG-VD (part of the HES-SO - the Applied Sciences University of Western Switzerland)
2014-2018: EPFL: Senior Research Fellow, College of Management of Technology
2009-2014: WMO: Programme Officer at the IPCC Secretariat, filled post in Jan 2010
2008-2009: Research Fellow (Post-doc), College of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland)
2007-2008: Programme Manager, Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) at Ceres, Boston, Mass. (USA)
2005-2007: Ph.D. Student and Research Associate, Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen (Switzerland), and Visiting Scholar, College of Management of Technology, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2004- mid 2006: Consultant (part-time), IPCC Secretariat, Geneva (Switzerland)
2004-2005: Research Officer (part-time), Environmental Policy and Management Group, Imperial College, London (UK)
2003–2004: Transportation Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), San Francisco, California, (USA)
2002-2003: Researcher, California Energy Commission (CEC), Sacramento, California, (USA)
2001-2002: Ph.D. courses in Economics at UNISG
2000-2001: Programme Manager, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), Geneva, (Switzerland)
1999-2000: Consultant, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, (Switzerland)
1998-1999: Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Geneva, (Switzerland)
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Education: |
Ph.D. in Economics
Dissertation on private equity finance in the clean energy sector and the influence of climate and energy policy on investor preferences in this sector.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
GGKP Metrics and Indicators Working Group at the United Nations - the Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Design thinking for youth and social action - several projects
Circular economy start-up from 2018 - our team won the best start-up idea in Yverdon after participating in the Innosuisse-funded Business Concept course
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