LEF

Chair for Energy Trading and Finance

Welcome to the webpage of the Chair for Energy Trading and Finance

Our main research areas are quantitative climate finance, risk management in the face of climate change for financial institutions and utilities, modeling of electricity markets, design, valuation and hedging of derivatives (renewable energy, electricity and credit-related), and methods of risk transfer and structuring of risk (securitization). We have collaborations with various academic and industrial partners, most notable with the University of Oslo, the London School of Economics and RWE Supply & Trading.

 

We offer courses and seminars, amongst others on quantitative climate finance, risk management, energy trading and financial mathematics. In collaborations with practitioners, we also engage in seminars and workshops with topics from quantitative climate finance and risk management for banks and insurance companies.

Seminar Series Energy & Finance

 Tue, 27. Jan 2026   Hasenmaier, Pascal

Call for Participation | Climate, Energy and ESG Workshop in March 2026

Registration for the 4th Climate, Energy and ESG Workshop, taking place at the University of Duisburg-Essen from March 24–27, 2026 is now open! The workshop brings together leading experts from academia, industry and policy to...
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 Wed, 21. Jan 2026

Seminar in the Summer Semester 2026

In the summer semester 2026, the seminar “From Robustness to Resilience – The Change of Paradigm in Risk Management” will be led by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Stahl, former Chief Risk Officer of Talanx AG.
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 Mon, 15. Dec 2025   Kirchner, Jonathan

E-world Career Day 2026

The E-world Career Day will once again take place as part of E-world energy & water. Students are invited to attend the event on February 12th 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Messe Essen. Participation is free of charge for...
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