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Dr. Sebastian Renner

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Dr. Sebastian Renner

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Since 05/2020: Associate at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
Since 05/2020: Research Fellow at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
08/2018 - 04/2020: Speaker Research Team "Sustainable Development"
01/2018 - 04/2020: Research Fellow , GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
Since 2016: Postdoc at University of Göttingen in Collaborative Research Centre 990: Ecological and Socioeconomic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems (Sumatra, Indonesia)
Since 2012: Consultant, World Bank
2011 - 2017: Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies
Education: Doctorate at Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Dr.rer.pol. (summa cum laude), Dissertation title „Poverty, Inequality and the Decarbonization of Economic Development“; Master in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt) at Freie Universität Berlin and University of California, San Diego

Current Research

Environmental and development economics
Poverty reduction and low carbon economic development

Countries and Regions

Sub-Saharan Africa

Research Programmes

Globalisation and Development

Dissertation

Poverty, Inequality and the Decarbonization of Economic Development

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Associate

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Publications

Environmental Research Letters | 2024

Smallholder RSPO Certification, Economic Benefits and Agrochemical Use

Sustainability standards in palm oil production aim to increase economic benefits for smallholders while mitigating environmental harm, but do they achieve these objectives? We study the effects of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) standard on smallholders in Jambi, Indonesia.

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Dr. Anette Ruml

Tabea Lakemann

Dr. Nunung Nuryartono

Dr. Aiyen Tjoa

Dr. Marife D. Corre

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Environment and Development Economics | 2019

The Effects of Energy Price Changes: Heterogeneous Welfare Impacts and Energy Poverty in Indonesia

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Michael Schleicher

Chapter in Edited Volume | 2019

The social and economic situation of Scheduled Tribes in India

Dr. Daniel Neff

Cornelis Haasnoot

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Prof. Dr. Kunal Sen

Energy Economics | 2018

Household Welfare and CO2 Emission Impacts of Energy and Carbon Taxes in Mexico

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Hannes Greve

Energy Policy | 2018

Poverty and Distributional Effects of a Carbon Tax in Mexico

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Associate

Research Projects

Research Project | 16/07/2013 - 01/12/2016

Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction (CliMiP) – Trade-Offs or Win-Win Situations?

This project analyses the relationship between climate change mitigation and poverty reduction in Mexico, South Africa and Thailand as middle-income countries with rising GHG emissions. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, the assessment of domestic climate governance systems is combined with an investigation of the poverty and distributional impacts of mitigation policies. A third perspective, international relations, contextualizes these domestics factors within the global discourse on developing country mitigation.
Volkswagen Foundation, 2013-2016

Lectures

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics | 03/06/2021

Targeting vertical and horizontal impacts of carbon pricing in Indonesia

Targeting vertical and horizontal impacts of carbon pricing in Indonesia, Online event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Sebastian Renner (Speaker)

GIGA Seminar in Socio-Economics

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Associate

GIGA Talk | 23/02/2017

Auf die Entwicklungsländer kommt es an: Klimaschutz nach dem Abkommen von Paris

Auf die Entwicklungsländer kommt es an: Klimaschutz nach dem Abkommen von Paris, GIGA Berlin, Berlin Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Jann Lay (Moderator), Dr. Sebastian Renner (Speaker), Alexandra Endres (Discussant), Dr. Martin Kipping (Discussant)

Auf die Entwicklungsländer kommt es an: Klimaschutz nach dem Abkommen von Paris. Vortrag und Diskussion

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Alexandra Endres

Dr. Martin Kipping

Nacht des Wissens | 07/11/2015

Die Neuvermessung der Welt

Die Neuvermessung der Welt, GIGA Hamburg, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Sebastian Renner (Speaker)

Klimaschutz – Nicht ohne die Entwicklungsländer

Dr. Sebastian Renner

Associate