Birgit Eitel

Additional Information

Faculty functions:

Program Director Bachelor Program International Business and Technology

Study Advisor Bachelor Degree Program International Business and Technology

Chair of the examination board IBT and member of the board of examiners WR

Coordinator for the University Partnerships in Spain (Cordoba, Gijón and Valencia):

Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Universidad de Oviedo, Gijón, Spain

University Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Professional background:

since 2009 Professor of International Business Administration at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nürnberg

2003 - 2009 Professor of International Business and Economics at Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences

since 2001 energy expert at the World Bank in Washington D.C., project manager and consultant for energy projects in Latin America

2001 Ph.D. at the FAU Chair of Economic and Development Policy Topic: The economic policy promotion of a distribution of small hydropower plants by decentralized actors in developing countries - an analysis of their reasons and instruments

since 1995 surveyor for various national and international organizations (GTZ, World Bank) in Latin America and Asia

1993 - 1995 studied economics at the FAU "Promotion aptitude test for highly qualified college graduates"

1991 - 1993 study of geography at the University of Heidelberg

1991 graduated in Business Administration (FH) at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nuremberg

1990 Graduate Student Internship at the United Nations in New York, USA

1990 Student trainee in the Department of Environmental and Energy of the “Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) GmbH ", Eschborn

1989 - 1990 Studies of Business Administration at the University of East London, UK

International Economics

Energy Economics

Development Economics

Energy & Development

Scientific publications:

World Bank Group:

Improved Stove Models for households and businesses in Nicaragua, Washington D.C., 2005 (60 S.)

Rural Info-Centers for educational and business development purposes in Honduras, Washington D.C., 2004 (55 S.)

National rural electrification strategy for Brazil, Washington D.C., 2002 (70 S.)

Economic Analysis of Photovoltaic Projects - Theoretical Aspects, current Approaches and Recommendations for further work, Washington D.C, 1997 (30 S.)

Regional Strategy for Renewable Energy Project Identification - Phase I: North Africa, Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Washington D.C., 1997 (70 S.)

Publications for GTZ:

Gender Aspects and Rural Electrification - A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, Cochabamba, 1996 (120 pp.)

Other publications:

"Globalization of the Market of the Implementing Organizations - Coordination or Competition of the Implementing Organizations in Developing Countries?" in: Mummert Uwe / Sell Friedrich (ed.): Globalization and National Development Policy, Nuremberg, Munich, 2003, pp. 187-204

The Economic Policy Promotion of the Distribution of Small Hydropower Plants by Decentralized Actors in Developing Countries - An Analysis of Their Reasons and Instruments, Aachen, 2001 (373 p.) (Dissertation)

Revision of the book: Lachmann Werner: Development Policy I: Fundamentals, 1994 (2nd edition was published in 2003)

Energy Policy in Developing Countries, in: Lachmann Werner: Development Policy II: Domestic Aspects, 1997, pp. 190-220

Other Publications:

Microhydropower in Indonesia - past and future, in: World Energy, indonesische Ausgabe, Jakarta, 1995

Conference Papers / guest lectures:

“El Mercado de Estufas Mejoradas de Leña en Nicaragua" in the context of the PROLEÑA / World Bank Workshop "Comercialización de Cocinas Mejoradas en Nicaragua" on March 18, 2004 in Managua, Nicaragua

"Impacto del Gas Licuado en la Demanda de Combustible y su tendencia en Nicaragua", in the context of the PROLEÑA / World Bank Workshop "Comercialización de Cocinas Mejoradas en Nicaragua" on March 18, 2004 in Managua, Nicaragua

"La Brecha Energética y de Información en los países en desarrollo: El Rol del Programa ESMAP" at the COHCIT / World Bank Workshop "Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Areas of Honduras",          18- 19.11.2003 in Santa Lucia, Honduras

"Globalization of the Market of Implementing Organizations - Coordination or Competition of Implementing Organizations in Developing Countries?" in the context of the conference "Globalization and National Development Policy" in Schwaig from 21-23.11.2002

Current research projects and studies:

"Promoting the market penetration of combined heat and power in urban areas as a contribution to the energy transition (TriMa)", funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, Duration 01/2015 - 12/2017, Grant : 03KF0013B

"Sustainable urban development in the city of Nuremberg": development of the energetic district concepts "Gibitzenhof" and "Langwasser", on behalf of the mayor's office, staff urban development, the city of Nuremberg

Study "Impact of the Energiewende on the Middle Franconian Handicraft", in cooperation with the Energy Agency Nordbayern GmbH, Client: Handwerkskammer für Mittelfranken, Nuremberg, Start 10/2013 until ca. August 2014

Study "Economic Importance of the Energy Sector in the European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg", in cooperation with the Energy Agency Nordbayern GmbH, Client: Department of Economics of the City of Nuremberg, 12/2012 - 08/2013