Dr. rer. oec. Maria Nieswand

2024 –

Head of IOER Research Data Centre (IÖR-FDZ), Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development

2023 – 2024

Head of Team Energy and Sustainability, Office of Business Development, City of Leipzig

2021 – 2023

Senior Expert for Statistics, Scenarios and Analyses, German Energy Agency (dena)

2017 – 2021

Lecturer in Economics, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK

2013 – 2016

Guest Lecturer, Technical University Berlin

2012 – 2017

Senior Researcher, Department Firms and Markets, DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research

2012 – 2013

Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute (EUI)

2011 – 2012

Teaching and Research Assistant, Potsdam University

2010

Guest Lecturer, Technical University of Dresden

2008 – 2010

Researcher, Department Firms and Markets, DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research

 

2008 – 2012

Doctoral studies in Economics (Dr. rer. oec.), Technical University Berlin and DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research

2004 – 2008

Diploma studies in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kauffrau), Technical University of Dresden

 

2021 – 2023

Visiting Fellow, Loughborough University

2019 – aktuell

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK

2017 – 2023

Member of Centre for Productivity and Performance, Loughborough University, UK

2016 – 2017

Research Associate, Berlin Economics Research Associates (BERA)

 

Verein für Socialpolitik

Advisory Board Member of the Journal Industrial and Business Economics (2021 – 2023)

Scientific journals: Annals of Operations Research, Energy Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Local Government Studies, Omega, The Energy Journal

2020/21 Introduction to Microeconomics, BSc, ECA502/ ECB037, Loughborough University

2020/21 Methods of Financial Data Analysis, MSc, BSP420, Loughborough University

2019/20 Economics Research Project, MSc, ECP315, Loughborough University

2019/20 Economics of Business Strategy in Practice, MSc, ECP313, Loughborough University

2019/20 Introduction to Microeconomics, BSc, ECA502/ ECB037, Loughborough University

2019/20 Methods of Financial Data Analysis, MSc, BSP420, Loughborough University

2018/19 Principles of Microeconomics, BSc, ECA002/ ECB037, Loughborough University

2018/19 Applied Data Analysis for Business Strategy, MSc, ECP261, Loughborough University

2018/19 Research and Communication Skills for Economists, BSc, ECC142, Loughborough University

2017/18 Principles of Microeconomics, BSc, ECA002/ ECB037, Loughborough University

2017/18 Applied Data Analysis for Business Strategy, MSc, ECP261, Loughborough University

2016 Advanced Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, MSc, TU Berlin

2015 Advanced Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, MSc, TU Berlin

2015 Autumn School for Applied Infrastructure Modelling and Policy Advice (InfraTrain), MSc.

2014 Advanced Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, MSc, TU Berlin

2014 Network and Infrastructure Regulation, MSc, TU Berlin

2013 Advanced Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, MSc, TU Berlin

2013 Autumn School for Applied Infrastructure Modelling and Policy Advice (InfraTrain), MSc

2012 Competition Policy, BSc (teaching assistant), Universität Potsdam

2011 Competition Policy, BSc (teaching assistant), Universität Potsdam

2010 Public Sector Management, MSc, TU Dresden

2009 Summer School for Applied Infrastructure Modelling and Policy Advice (InfraTrain), MSc, PhD and industry (teaching assistant), Jönköping International Business School

2008 Public Sector Management, MSc (teaching assistant), TU Dresden

The Effect of Restructuring Electricity Distribution Systems on Firms’ Persistent and Transient Efficiency: The Case of Germany, (mit O. Badunenko, S. Kumbhakar und A. Cullmann), The Energy Journal, Vol. 42(4), 2021. DOI: 10.5547/01956574.42.4.obad.

Finding the Right Yardstick: Regulation of Electricity Networks under Heterogeneous Environments, (mit E. Bjørndal, M. Bjørndal und A. Cullmann) in European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 265(2), 710-722, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.07.059.

Environmental Factors in Frontier Estimation - A Monte Carlo Analysis, (mit S. Seifert) in European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 265(1), 133-148, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.07.047.

Do Private Utilities Outperform Local Government-owned Utilities? Evidence from German Retail Electricity, (mit C. Stiel und A. Cullmann) in German Economic Review, Vol. 19(4), 1-25, 2018. DOI:10.1111/geer.12134.

Regulation and Investment Incentives in Electricity Distribution: An Empirical Assessment, (mit A. Cullmann) in Energy Economics, Vol. 57, 192-203, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.05.007.

Estimating Alternative Technology Sets in Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis: Restriction Tests for Panel and Clustered Data, (mit A. Neumann und T. Schubert) in Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 45(1), 35-51, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s11123-015-0461-z.

What Drives Intermediate Local Governments’ Spending Efficiency: The Case of French Départements, (mit S. Seifert) in Local Government Studies, Vol. 40(5), 766-790, 2014. DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.812962.

Overcoming Data Limitations in Nonparametric Benchmarking: Applying PCA-DEA to Natural Gas Transmission, (mit A. Cullmann und A. Neumann) in Review of Network Economics, Vol. 9(2), 2010. DOI: 10.2202/1446-9022.1209.