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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, 10. Jun 2025   Kirchner, Jonathan

ECF Seminar Invitation

On June 25, 2025, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Kwangmin Jung, Ph.D. (POSTECH, Korea) for a talk in the Energy and Finance seminar series. In his presentation, Prof. Jung will discuss the response of the Korean financial...
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 Wed, 07. May 2025   Kirchner, Jonathan

ConPract 2025 on May 14/15: the best of analog and digital!

ConPract 2025 will take place on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, as a presence event in the glass pavilion of the university on the Essen campus. The digital event will be held  on Thursday May 15, 2025 with the day of digital...
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 Wed, 26. Mar 2025   Kirchner, Jonathan

courses in summerterm 2025

Dear Students,In  summerterm 2025, we offer the following courses:Introduction to Options, Futures, and Derivative Financial InstrumentsStructuring & ValuationQuantitative Climate FinanceSelected Topics in Risk ManagementYou can...
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