Blasch, Julia, Dipl.-Volksw.

Julia joined the Chair of Economics in 2006 as a research assistant and started her doctoral studies in fall 2009. She studied economics and business administration at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (D), EDHEC Lille (F) and University of Regensburg (D). She gained practical experience during internships with Infoterra GmbH, a member of the European Parliament, the German Bundesbank HV Berlin and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). From 2006 to 2013, she was a research assistant to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU).

Research interests

Environmental economics and policy, behavioral environmental economics, voluntary carbon markets, carbon offsetting, discrete choice experiments

Publications/Working Papers

Work related to voluntary carbon markets/voluntary carbon offsetting:

• Blasch, J. and Farsi, M. (2012): Retail demand for voluntary carbon offsets - A choice experiment among Swiss consumers. IED Working Paper 18, September 2012. » PDF (2MB)
• Blasch, J. (2011): Demand for voluntary carbon offsetting – A discrete choice experiment among individual consumers. Poster presented at the SuCo 2011 Conference "Sustainable Consumption - Towards Action and Impact", Hamburg, November 2011.
• Blasch, J. (2010): Diffusion of innovation - An application to the provision of voluntary carbon offsets. Working paper presented at the PhD Workshop “Carbon Markets and their Future: A Social Science Perspective”, University of Hamburg, November 2010.

Co-authored publications:

• Bening, C. R., Blasch, J. und Schubert, R. (2013): Ressourcenknappheit in Zeiten des Klimawandels - zur Bedeutung technologischer Innovationen, in: Wallacher, J., Müller, J. und Reder, M. (Hrsg.): Weltprobleme. München: Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit, 213-234.
• Soete, B., Schubert, R. und Blasch, J. (2012): Gestaltung und Finanzierung der Transformation von Energiesystemen, in: Rogall, H., Binswanger, H.-C., Ekardt, F., Grothe, A., Hasenclever, W.-D., Hauchler, I. und Jänicke, M. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch Nachhaltige Ökonomie 2012/2013 - Im Brennpunkt: Green Economy. Weimar bei Marburg: Metropolis, 261-280.
• Blasch, J., Soete, B. und Schubert, R. (2012): Der Budgetansatz des WBGU als Anreiz- und Finanzierungsmechanismus für die globale Diffusion Erneuerbarer Energien, in: Müller, T. (Hg.): 20 Jahre Recht der Erneuerbaren Energien. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 74-90.
• Schubert, R., Messner, D. und Blasch, J. (2011): Klar zur Wende! Warum eine „Große Transformation“ notwendig ist. GAIA 20/4, 243–245.
• Blasch, J., Bening, C. und Schubert, R. (2011): Ökologische und soziale Dimensionen staatlicher Konjunkturprogramme, in: Wallacher, J. und Rugel, M. (Hg.): Die globale Finanzkrise als ethische Herausforderung. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 66-82.
• Soete, B., Blasch, J. und Schubert, R. (2011): Eine Krise kommt selten allein - Zusammenhänge zwischen den ökologischen und ökonomischen Krisen 2007-2009, in: Held, M., Kubon-Gilke, G. und Sturn, R. (Hg.): Normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik, Jahrbuch 10, Ökonomik in der Krise. Marburg: Metropolis, 93-121.
• Schubert, R. und Blasch, J. (2010): Sustainability standards for bioenergy – A means to reduce climate change risks? Energy Policy 38, 2797–2805. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.01.011.
• Blasch, J., Schubert, R. und Soete, B. (2010): Grün aus der Krise – Was können «grüne» Konjunkturpakete leisten? IED Working Paper 10. » PDF (369 kB).
• Schubert, R., Blasch, J. und Hoffmann, K. (2007): Environmental Protection, Energy Policy and Poverty Reduction – Synergies of an Integrated approach. IED Working Paper 01. » PDF (240 kB).
• Schubert, R., Blasch, J. und Hoffmann, K. (2007): Fighting poverty through environmental policy. Diskussionspapier für die Konferenz der International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) "From Restructuring to Sustainability: Energy Policies for the 21st Century. 18.-21. Februar 2007, Wellington, Neuseeland.

Contributions to WBGU publications:

• WBGU (2012): Financing the Global Energy-System Transformation. Policy Paper 7. Berlin: WBGU. » Link
• WBGU (2011): A Social Contract for Sustainability. Flagship report. Berlin: WBGU. » Link
• WBGU (2010): Climate Policy Post-Copenhagen: a Three-Level Strategy for Success. Policy Paper 6. Berlin: WBGU. » Link
• WBGU (2010): Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use. Flagship report. London/Sterling, VA: Earthscan. » Link
• WBGU (2009): Solving the climate dilemma: The budget approach. Special Report. Berlin: WBGU. » Link
• WBGU (2008): Climate Change as a Security Risk. Flagship report. London/Sterling, VA: Earthscan. » Link
• WBGU (2007): New impetus for climate policy: making the most of Germany's dual presidency. Policy paper 5. Berlin: WBGU. » Link

Workshops/Conferences