Dr. Carsten Elsner

Education and Academic Training

• 2021 - 2026: Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Hamburg under the title: "Toward Polycentric Climate Finance Governance: A Multilevel Case Study Analysis of Private, Regulatory and International Approaches"
• 2016 - 2017: M.Sc. Political Economy of Development, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
• 2014 - 2017: B.Sc. Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 2012 - 2015: B.A. Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Professional Experience

• Since 01/2025: Researcher in the Transformative Industrial Policy Research Unit at the Wuppertal Institute
• 09/2022 - 12/2024: Researcher in the Global Climate Governance Research Unit at the Wuppertal Institute
• 2017 - 2022: Research associate in the BMBF research project Glocalpower, University of Kassel, Germany
• 2015 - 2016: Internship at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Kathmandu (Nepal)
• 2014 - 2016: Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (Germany)

Research Focus

• Industrial policy
• Financing the industrial decarbonisation
• Global climate governance and climate finance
• Global Trade

Teaching

• 2018 - 2019: Political Economy of Africa, University of Kassel