Dr. Nigar Muradkhanli

Dissertation title: German-Russian Gas Relations: From Cooperation to Conflict

Dissertation title: German-Russian Gas Relations: From Cooperation to Conflict

 In her doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Professor Dr. Miranda Schreurs and Professor Dr. Stefan Wurster, Nigar Muradkhanli presented an analysis of German-Russian gas relations in the context of contemporary political and economic realities. The study explained the structure of gas relations between Germany and Russia and how they have been changed under the influence of geopolitical, security and domestic factors. A distinctive feature of this study was the construction of a policy network model that reflects the strategy of interaction between domestic and international politics. During her doctoral study, Nigar was awarded three grants for her research, by the Technical University Munich, DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and Erasmus Mundus EUROEAST project.

Prior to her doctorate, Nigar led major international energy conferences for about nine years, which subsequently had a significant impact on her choice of energy research. Nigar speaks good German, fluent English, Russian, Turkish and her native Azerbaijani. Her areas of ​​expertise include energy and economic security, interstate relations with a major focus on energy cooperation, government-private sector interaction. Nigar is an author of several academic publications covering her research area, and had the chance to make a small contribution to the third edition of the “Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement” by Miranda Schreurs and Elim Papadakis.

After successfully defending her dissertation, Nigar joined the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt as a postdoctoral researcher, where she conducts research on Germany’s clean energy technology supply chains.