Welcome Dr. Heike Brugger to our Management Board
We are delighted to welcome Heike Brugger as the new Managing Director of IREES from May 1, 2025! Together with Jan Steinbach, she will lead our institute into the future.
Heike Brugger brings with her an impressive professional background. She has been a Senior Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research since 2018 and has been Head of the Energy Policy Business Unit since 2021. Her research and work focuses on national and European energy policy, digital infrastructure, social justice and the modeling of energy demand patterns.
Particular highlights in her career are:
▪️ PhD in political science with the dissertation “Local Policy Networks: Actors, Challenges and Cooperation in the Case of the German Energy Transition”
▪️ Research assistant and visiting researcher at renowned institutions such as the University of Konstanz, the University of Arizona and the Grenoble Ecole de Management in France
▪️ Management and participation in important national and European research and policy consulting projects such as newTRENDs, the policy scenarios, the long-term scenarios and the Energy Efficiency Roadmap 2045
Heike Brugger will enrich IREES with her vision of a sustainable and socially just energy transition. Her future focus areas include:
➡️ Promoting energy and resource efficiency through digitalization
➡️ Supporting regions, municipalities and energy suppliers in the digitalization of energy infrastructure
➡️ Expanding the analysis and practical implementation of the social impact of energy and resource policy
➡️ Development of the Circular Society focus area
🚀 We are looking forward to the new content and organizational impulses that Heike Brugger will bring in and look forward to the joint further development of the institute!
IREES-RESEARCH FOR FUTURE 🌍🍃
