JAN HORST KEPPLER

• Born:     Hamburg, 26 December 1961
• Nationality:     German                 
• Civil Status:      Married, one child
• Tel.:    01 42 30 84 80
• Port.:  06 77 81 37 46
• Email: jan-horst.keppler@dauphine.psl.eu

EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS

UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY – MONTPELLIER (2002) Professor of economics after national examination (“agrégation”)

UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES-SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES (2000) Habilitation in economics

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics, Baltimore, MD (1987-1990), M.A. and Ph.D. in economics (Thesis: Monopolistic Competition Theory 1926-1941, Peter Newman, director)

BOLOGNA CENTRE of the JHU School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), (1986-1987, Diploma in international relations and economics) 

UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, DAMS (1984-85), Studies in semiotics (U. Eco), mass communication and urbanism

FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, Department of Comparative Literature (1982-84, 1985-86), M.A. in comparative literature and history (Thesis: Diderot’s Jacques le Fataliste and Sterne’s Tristram Shandy as open works of art, Peter Brockmeier, director)

CURRENT POSITION

UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-DAUPHINE (since 9/2004), Full Professor of Economics

Scientific director/President of Chair European Electricity Markets (CEEM) with work on electricity market design for investment in low carbon electricity markets, flexibility management and infrastructure investment (2012-2025)

Director of the Masters programme « Energy, Finance, Carbon » (Master 129/288)

OECD NEA (since 2/2009), Senior Economic Advisor in the  Division for Nuclear Technology Development and Economics (NTE), research and project management in economics of nuclear power in low carbon electricity systems, carbon pricing, system effects, coordination with IEA on joint projects, COP21 coordination.

Other responsibilities

• Senior Researcher at CGEMP on electricity markets, carbon markets and energy economics
• Senior Researcher at PHARE, Université Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne on theories of competition
• Coordinator of undergraduate teaching in Industrial Economics
• Teachings Environmental Economics, Energy and Industrial Economics and History of Thought
• Member of the Exchange Council of EPEX Spot, the European power exchange
• Technical work for Low Carbon 100 (low carbon stock market index by NYSE Euronext);
• Director, « European Governance and Geopolitics of Energy », Ifri, (2006-2008).

FORMER POSITIONS

UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY – MONTPELLIER III (2002-2004), Professor of economics

• Teachings in Industrial economics, History of economic thought and Natural resource economics
• Senior Researcher, GRESE, University Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne

UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES (2001-2002), Full-time Associate Professor in economics

• Teachings in Industrial Economics, Energy and Natural Resource Economics
• Researcher at the C3ED, delegate to the European CATEP programme on emissions trading

OECD and International Energy Agency (IEA), PARIS (1994-2001), Principal economist

• IEA Economic Analysis Division and Energy and Environment Division
• OECD Environment Directorate, Economics Division
• Research in energy economics, energy subsidies and market reform, energy efficiency, emissions trading, biodiversity, energy and environment, sustainable development
• Numerous publications, secretary for two OECD bodies, oversight of consultants

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn and Washington, D.C. (1991-1994), Director of North American Office

• Creation of American subsidiary of worldwide organisation for scientific exchange
• Implementation of high-level projects for international scientific collaboration

PROGNOS (European Centre of Applied Economics), Basel (CH), (1990-1991), Economist

Developing and coordinating the first major study on energy externalities funded by German Ministry of Economics (BMWi)

FELLOWSHIPS

• Fellowship of the JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY                                                              1988-90
• Fellowship of the JHU BOLOGNA-SAIS CENTRE                                                               1987-88
• Fellowship of DEUTSCHE AKADEMISCHE AUSTAUSCHDIENST (DAAD)                        1984-85

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• German:                                        Native
• English, French and Italian:          Fluent