Global Public Policy

Publications

• Eicke, L. Goldthau, A., Quitzow, R., Kneebone, J., Lathwal, P., Gielen, D., De Blasio, N., Surana, K., & Galeazzi, C. (2026). Geoeconomic scenarios of renewable-hydrogen-based industrial production. Nature Reviews Clean Technology. 
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• Vatansever, A., & Goldthau, A. C. (2025). The political economy of breaking European dependence on Russian Gas. Resources Policy, 109, 105696. doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105696
• Goldthau A., Quitzow R. & Eicke L. (2025). The geoeconomics of hydrogen industrial policy. Oxford Energy Forum (148), 66-69.
• Quitzow, R., Balmaceda, M., & Goldthau, A. (2025). The nexus of geopolitics, decarbonization, and food security gives rise to distinct challenges across fertilizer supply chains. One Earth, 8(1), 101173.
• Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Hashem, M., Huneeus, S., Lima de Oliveira, R., Otieno, M., Schuch, E., & Veit, K. (2024). An energy justice index for the energy transition in the global South. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 192, 114238.
• Apergi, M, Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E., & Weko, S. (2024). Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors. Utilities Policy, 91, 101854.
• Goldthau, A. (2024). The race for clean transition materials and EU economic statecraft. In R. Balfour and S. Ulgen (Eds.), Geopolitics and Economic Statecraft in the EU (pp. 61-70). Carnegie Europe.
• Goldthau, A. C., Richert, J., & Stetter, S. (2024). Leviathan Awakens: Gas Finds, Energy Governance, and the Emergence of the Eastern Mediterranean as a Geopolitical Region. Review of Policy Research, 41(2), 310–328.
• Mar, K. A., Quitzow, R., Haberkost, F., Horn, M. C., Lentschig, H., Unger, C., & Goldthau, A. C. (2024). Controlling Emissions in Germany's Future Hydrogen Economy: Entry-Points for Policy Action.
• Nunez, A., Caro, K., & Goldthau, A. C. (2024). A sustainability and governance index for assessing the EU’s green hydrogen import options. Environmental Research Letters, 19(7), 74011.
• Schuch, E., Apergi, M., Chow, D. Y. K., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J. H., Lima-de-Oliveira, R., Tan, Z. G., & Weko, S. (2024). Breaking the carbon lock-in: Identifying pathways for Malaysia towards a low-carbon future. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, 123331.
• Apergi, M., Zimmermann, E., Weko, S., & Lilliestam, J. (2023). Is renewable energy technology trade more or less conflictive than other trade? Energy Policy, 177, 113538.
• Braunstein, J., Goldthau, A. C., & Veit, K. (2023). Does climate action bring peace? Assessing the geopolitics of renewables using global investment data. Npj Climate Action, 2(1), 14.
• Eicke, L., Apergi, M., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E., & Weko, S. (2023). Resource exporter or R&D champion? Leverage points and transition pathways for the Chilean energy sector. Energy for Sustainable Development, 76, 101257.
• Marzano, K. (2023). Learning from Digital Transparency Initiatives in Brazil: A Call for Innovation and Collaboration ahead of the EU Forest-Risk Commodities Regulation.
• Apergi, M., Hermann, J., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Schuch, E., & Weko, S. (2022). Fostering a Sustainable and Secure Energy Supply for Kenya.
• Eicke, L., & Weko, S. (2022). Does green growth foster green policies? Value chain upgrading and feedback mechanisms on renewable energy policies. Energy Policy, 165, 112948.
• Hermann, J., Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., Lima-de-Oliveira, R., Schuch, E., & Weko, S. (2022). Unlocking a Low-Carbon Future for Malaysia.
• Kurniawan, J. H., Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Lazurko, A., Nordemann, E., Schuch, E., Sharma, A., Siddhantakar, N., Veit, K., & Weko, S. (2022). Towards participatory cross-impact balance analysis: Leveraging morphological analysis for data collection in energy transition scenario workshops. Energy Research & Social Science, 93, 102815.
• Neuhoff, K., Weber, I., Szulecki, K. & Goldthau, A. (2022). How to Design EU-Level Contingency Plans for Gas Shortages? Evidence from Behavioural Economics, Policy Research and Past Experience. DIW, Berlin.
• Weko, S., & Goldthau, A. (2022). Bridging the low-carbon technology gap? Assessing energy initiatives for the Global South. Energy Policy, 169, 113192.
• Weko, S, Hermann, J., Apergi, M., Eicke, L., Goldthau, A., Kurniawan, J., & Schuch, E. (2022). Accelerating the Jordanian Energy Transition.
• Eicke, L., & Goldthau, A. (2021). Are we at risk of an uneven low-carbon transition? Assessing evidence from a mixed-method elite study. Environmental Science & Policy, 124, 370–379.
• Goldthau, A. (2021). A Marshall Plan for the Clean-Energy Transition. GMF Policy Brief.
• Goldthau, A. (2021). Widening the EU’s Geoeconomic and Regulatory Approach to Climate Policy. In O. Lazard & R. Youngs (Hrsg.), The EU and Climate Security: Toward Ecological Diplomacy (pp. 33-40). Carnegie Europe.
• Goldthau, A., & Hughes, L. (2021). Saudi on the Rhine? Explaining the emergence of private governance in the global oil market. Review of International Political Economy, 28(5), 1410–1432.
• Goldthau, A., & Sitter, N. (2021). Horses for courses. The roles of IPE and Global Public Policy in global energy research. Policy and Society, 40(4), 467–483.
• Goldthau, A., Eicke, L., & Weko, S. (2020). The Global Energy Transition and the Global South. In M. Hafner & S. Tagliapietra (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Energy. The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition (Vol. 73, pp. 319–339). Springer International Publishing.
• Goldthau, A. & Hughes, L. (2020). Protect global supply chains for low-carbon technologies. Nature (585), 28-30.
• Goldthau, A., & Sitter, N. (2020). Power, authority and security: the EU’s Russian gas dilemma. Journal of European Integration, 42(1), 111–127.
• Kuzemko, C., Bradshaw, M., Bridge, G., Goldthau, A., Jewell, J., Overland, I., Scholten, D., van de Graaf, T., & Westphal, K. (2020). Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science, 68, 101685.
• Sgambatti Monteiro, A., Marzano, K. & Rittl, C. (2020). Der brasilianische Amazonas-Deal: Zwischen Schutz und Entwicklung. KoBra Brasilicum.
• Sovacool, B. K., Bergman, N., Hopkins, D., Jenkins, K. E., Hielscher, S., Goldthau, A., & Brossmann, B. (2020). Imagining sustainable energy and mobility transitions: Valence, temporality, and radicalism in 38 visions of a low-carbon future. Social Studies of Science, 50(4), 642–679.
• Goldthau, A., Quitzow, R., Thielges, S., Helgenberger, S. & Mbungu, G. (2019). Strengthening International Cooperation for a Global Energy Transition. IASS Policy Brief.
• Goldthau, A. (2019). Global Energy in Transition. How the EU Should Navigate New Realities and Risks. DGAP Policy Brief.
• Goldthau, A., Eicke, L.  & Weko, S. (2019). Countering the risk of an uneven low-carbon energy transition. IASS Policy Breif.
• Goldthau, A., Keim, M. & Westphal, K. (2018). The Geopolitics of Energy Transformation. Governing the Shift: Transformation Dividends, Systemic Risks and New Uncertainties. SWP Comment, (42), 1-4.