Academic background

Ulrich Frey

since 2025Chair of Systems Science at the Institute of Environmental Systems Science, University of Graz
2016–2025Research Associate and Project Manager at the German Aerospace Centre in Stuttgart.
Research interests: energy system analysis, modelling of stakeholder behaviour, energy policy, big data analytics, machine learning
Nov 2017Habilitation in Ecology in Giessen (Venia legendi)
Topic of the habilitation thesis: Sustainable management of natural resources: Key factors in natural resource management
02/2016PhD (Dr. rer. nat., magna cum laude) in Biology
Topic: Individual cooperative decisions in public goods situations
2014–2016Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Halle (collaborative research, socio-ecological systems)
2007–2014Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Giessen (institutional economics, evolutionary psychology)
2012–2013Lecturer standing in for Prof. Dr Voland at the University of Giessen (sociobiology)
2010Visiting research fellowship at the Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis led by Nobel laureate Prof. Dr Elinor Ostrom  
< 2010PhD in Philosophy of Science (Dr. phil., magna cum laude) & supervision of research projects