Dr. Kirsten Westphal
Global Issues Senior Associate (on leave of absence)
Areas of Expertise
- EU energy policy
- Energy policy
Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation, Global Energy Issues and Security, International Energy-Governance, Energy and Connectivity, EU Foreign Energy Relations, Energy Developments in the Neighbourhood (Eastern Europe/Eurasia, the Mediterranean and the MENA region.
Short Curriculum vitae
Since March 2023, Member of the Executive Board, BDEW German Association of Energy and Water Industries
2022 Executive Director H2Global Stiftung - Head of Research & Analysis
Since 2008 Research Associate in SWP’s “Global Issues” division
2021-2022 Head of the project "Geopolitics of Energy Transformation - H2"
2021-2023 Member of the Scientific Advisory and Project Board of 50hertz
Since 2020 Member of the National Hydrogen Council
2018-2019 Member of the Expert Council of the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transition (2018/2019)
SWP Publications
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Geopolitics of Electricity: Grids, Space and (political) Power
SWP Research Paper 2022/RP 06, 15.03.2022, 57 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022RP06
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The Eastern Mediterranean as a Focus for the EU’s Energy Transition
Deep-Rooted Enmities and New Opportunities for Cooperation between Greece, Turkey and Cyprus
SWP Comment 2022/C 08, 10.02.2022, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2022C08
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A New Hydrogen World
Geotechnological, Economic, and Political Implications for Europe
SWP Comment 2021/C 58, 16.12.2021, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C58
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Integrating Climate Ambition and Energy Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
in: German Foreign Policy in TransitionContribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 79–82
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Connecting Ukraine to Europe’s Electricity Grid
Technical Details and Hard Geopolitics
SWP Comment 2021/C 57, 24.11.2021, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2021C57
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Nord Stream 2 and the Energy Security Dilemma
Opportunities, Options and Obstacles for a Grand Bargain
SWP Comment 2021/C 46, 28.07.2021doi:10.18449/2021C46
External publications
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"The global order isn't keeping pace with real developments"
Interview by Hans-Joachim Ziegler, Energy Debate, 02.02.2021, online -
Global Energy Governance: Meeting the Challenge of the Energy Transition
in: The Geopolitics of Energy: Out with the old, in with the new?, Oxford Energy Forum, Issue 126, February 2021, page 9-12 -
The Emergence of a Hydrogen Economy
Interview in: BRINK, 21.12.2020 (online) -
The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen
in: Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 70, December 2020doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101667
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Covid-19 and the Politics of Sustainable Energy Transitions
in: Energy Research and Social Science, July 2020 (online)doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101685
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Energy Politics of the European Union
in: Kathleen J. Hancock and Juliann Emmons Allison (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Energy Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2020