Dr Sarah Hafner

Sarah recently completed a doctorate at the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI), investigating policies that aim to 'green' the UK energy supply, and creating a system dynamics model of the UK economy to consider their macroeconomic and socioeconomic implications of policy.

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Background

Sarah joined the GSI in 2016, prior to this she completed a Masters in System Dynamics in Norway, where her thesis focused on the role of technological change on costs to businesses (abatement costs) for greenhouse gas mitigation. This research problem was addressed through building and comparing two system dynamics models; one representing technological change, and one excluding it. Sarah also has a Masters degree in Economics, and worked for two years as a researcher at the Swiss Statistical Office, where she was part of the internal review team for the Consumer Price Index.

In addition to investigating the UK energy supply sector, Sarah's PhD also analysed the implication of certain assumptions of neoclassical economic theory on policy formation, such as the notion of equilibrium, or rational agents. She is employed as a Policy Advisor / Economist at the Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland).

Research interests

• Macroeconomics
• Green finance
• System dynamics economic modelling

Qualifications

• PhD Sustainability, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
• MSc Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany
• MSc System Dynamics, University of Bergen, Norway