Study Engineering/Economics,
Dresden University of Technology,
Degree:
"Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur"
1993 – 2001
Grammar School „Elisabeth-Gymnasium“,
Eisenach
1989 – 1993
Primary School, Eisenach
Professional Activities
since 10/2006
Research Associate, Chair of Energy
Economics and Public Sector Management
(Dresden University of Technology)
11/2004 - 09/2006
Research Assistante, Chair
of Energy Economics and Public Sector Management
(Dresden University of
Technology)
10/2005 - 02/2006
Internship at Electricité
de France, R&D, Paris
Languages
German, French, English
Research Area
(Liquefied) Natural Gas Markets - IO and NIE
Perspectives.
Economics of the LNG value chain
Corporate strategies in commodity markets
Empirical analysis of the determinants of
vertical integration
Empirical analysis of the optimal level of
contract duration
Global natural gas markets - Europe versus
US versus Asia
(Part of the Projects "Globalization of
Natural Gas Markets" and "Resource Management".)
Publications
and Working Papers
Sophia
Ruester
Trust
as a Shift Parameter in the Extended Transaction Cost Framework – A
first Application to the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry (2009). Working Paper.
R. Egging, F.
Holz, C. von Hirschhausen, D. Huppmann, S. Ruester, S.A. Gabriel
The World Gas Market in 2030 – Development
Scenarios Using the World Gas Model (2008). Working Paper
WP-RM-10.
Sophia
Ruester
Changing Contract Structures in the
International LNG Markets – A First Empirical Analysis (2008).
Working Paper WP-RM-07.
Sophia
Ruester and Anne Neumann
Linking Alternative Theories of the Firm - A First
Empirical Application to the
Liquefied Natural Gas Industry (2008). Published in Journal of
Institutional Economics, Vol. 5 (2009), No. 1, pp. 47-64.
Christian
von Hirschhausen, Anne Neumann, and Sophia Ruester
Competition in
Natural Gas Transportation? Technical and Economical Fundamentals and an
Application to Germany (2007). Working Paper WP-GG-21b.
Published as:
Wettbewerb im Ferntransport von Erdgas? Technisch-ökonomische Grundlagen
und Anwendung auf Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft,
Vol. 31, No.3, S. 183-193.
Sophia Ruester and Anne Neumann
Next Year, Next Decade, Never? The Prospects of
Liquefied Natural Gas Development in the US
(2007). Working Paper WP-GG-19. Published in: Energy Policy,
Vol. 36, No. 8, pp.
3150-3158.
Sophia Ruester and Anne Neumann
Corporate Strategies along the LNG Value Added Chain
- An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Vertical Integration
(2006). Working Paper WP-GG-17.
Presentations
Sophia
Ruester and Michael Zschille
The Impact of Governance Choice on
Performance: An Application to the German Water Distribution Sector
(2009).
Presentation at the 13th
ISNIE Conference, Berkeley, California, June 18-20, 2009.
Sophia
Ruester
Trust
as a Shift Parameter in the Extended Transaction Cost Framework – A
first Application to the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry (2009).
Presentation at the ESNIE 2009, Cargèse, May 18-22, 2009.
Sophia Ruester
Changing Contract Structures in the
International LNG Markets – A First Empirical Analysis (2008).
Presentation at the 31st IAEE International Conference, Istanbul,
June 18-20, 2008; at the 7th Conference on Applied
Infrastructure Research, Berlin, October 10-11, 2008; the 5th Journée ESNIE, Paris, January 16-17, 2009;
as well as at the 13th
ISNIE Conference, Berkeley, California, June 18-20, 2009.
Sophia Ruester
Global Competition for Natural Gas
Supplies - A Focus on the Pacific Basin LNG Market (2007). Presentation
at a GRJM/EE² Seminar, Paris, February 22, 2007.
Sophia Ruester and Anne Neumann
Corporate Strategies along the LNG Value
Added Chain - An Empirical Analysis
of Determinants of Vertical Integration (2006). Presentation at 26th
USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September
24-27, 2006.
Christian von Hirschhausen and Sophia
Ruester
Nuclear Futures? A
Survey of Nuclear Energy in Eastern Europe (2004). Presentation at Sessa
Conference "Perspectives and Challenges
of EU Electricity Enlargement", Berlin, 8.-10. December 2004.
