Agatha Majcher

Agatha Majcher is a doctoral researcher in the RLS graduate program Energy System Tranformation. In her dissertation, she investigates the social distributional effects and acceptance conditions of carbon pricing and the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies. Her work focuses on a systematic comparison between Germany and South Africa, using microsimulation and energy modelling. Her research examines how different climate policy instruments affect populations and energy transitions in diverse societal contexts, and how these instruments can be designed to be socially equitable and politically viable.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Agatha worked at the German Energy Agency (dena), where she developed strategies to increase energy efficiency in the building sector, prepared studies and financing models, and facilitated cross-sectoral dialogue processes. As a senior expert, she was responsible for the organisational and technical implementation of a nationwide, database-supported infrastructure project. During her time as a research associate at the Technical University of Berlin in the Coordination and Advisory Office for Environmental Issues, she supported civil society projects on socio-ecological sustainability and assisted students in transdisciplinary learning environments.

Agatha Majcher completed her master’s degree in Renewable Energy Systems (M.Sc.) at the Technical University of Berlin, where she also supervised the Energieseminar, an interdisciplinary project seminar on energy, environmental, and social issues in which she guided students in project-based work. She previously studied Process, Energy, and Environmental Engineering (B.Eng.) at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf and at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town. During her studies, she was active in student advising and worked as a tutor in the project “Energiewende macht Schule” at the Center for Innovative Energy Systems.

• 25th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2024)
  Carbon Pricing in South Africa: Distributional and Technological Implications
• 10th Living Knowledge Conference, University of Girona, Spain (2024)
  Empowering Student-Driven Learning – Exploring the Dynamics of Self-Organized Teaching and Transdisciplinary Engagement

• rk Gallery for Contemporary Art, District Office of Lichtenberg, Berlin (2025)
  Water at the Limit – Global Distribution, Climate Change and the Future of our Resource
• Climate Protection Lecture Series, Technical University of Berlin
  – Panel discussion (2024): Climate Protection in Higher Education
  – Lecture (2023): Climate Protection in Student Project Workshops and the Global CO₂ Budget
• Peace and Education Center Tamera, Alentejo, Portugal (Erasmus+, 2022)
  CO₂ Budgets and Critical Perspectives on Offset Projects
• Public Climate School, Fridays for Future (2021)
  How Can We Create a Climate-Just World for Everyone?