Dr. Mak Đukan

Mak joined the Climate Finance & Policy (CFP) research group in May 2022 as a researcher (Postdoc as of June). As part of the external page SWEET Edge project, he works on investigating the financing landscape and costs of capital for renewable and decentralized energy assets in Switzerland. Besides this, his research focuses on policies to mobilize capital investments for offshore wind and deep decarbonization technologies such as carbon capture and storage, energy storage and hydrogen.

Mak conducted his PhD in Energy Economics at the Technical University of Denmark (external page DTU Management & external page DTU Wind) under the mentorship of external page Lena Kitzing and external page Dogan Keles. He investigated the impact of auctions for renewable energy support on financing conditions and costs of capital for renewables (co-financed by the external page AURES II project). Mak applies mixed methods ranging from interviews to stochastic cash flow analysis. Mak also holds a M. Sc and M. Eng. in circular economy technologies from external page Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Trier University of Applied Sciences, and a external page B. Sc in Economics from University of Zagreb. He has also participated in courses on governance and international relations organized by external page The Fund for American Studies and external page Georgetown University.

In between his master studies and the PhD, Mak worked four years for various energy related organizations and projects. This includes working in international development for external page UNDP on accelerating the development of energy cooperatives and crowdfunding in Croatia. Besides this, he worked for external page Joanneum Research and the external page University of Graz as a research assistant in EU energy policies. He also worked as an independent consultant focusing on energy policies in Southeast Europe and as his major achievement he acquired funding from Interreg Central Europe for the external page ENES-CE project, focusing on improving local energy governance in the region.

Mak spends his free time hiking, trail-running and skiing in the Alps and is an amateur external page sourdough bread baker.