Lars Holstenkamp

Organization: ECOLOG Institute for Social-Ecological Research and Education

Lars Holstenkamp's research focuses on financing renewable energies and hybrid forms of financing and organization. He conducts research on community energy, historical developments of energy cooperatives, & PPP/Public Citizen Partnerships.

Biography

Lars Holstenkamp has been working as research fellow at ECOLOG Institute since 2020. Since then, he also heads the Lüneburg office of ECOLOG Institute for Social-Ecological Research and Education. Since 2021 he has been member of the managing board of ECOLOG Institute. Between 2006 and 2025, he worked at Leuphana University Lüneburg at the Institute of Sustainability Governance and the Institute of Banking, Finance and Accounting. He has been conducting research in different third-party financed projects on sustainable urban development, renewable energies, and community ownership. Besides EMES membership, he is board member and treasurer of the German African Studies Association (VAD e.V.), the German Society for Transdisciplinary and Participative Research (GTPF e.V.) and the European Association of Development Training and Research Institutes (EADI). Lars holds a PhD from Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a diploma in economics (Diplom-Volkswirt). He studied economics and African languages at the University of Hamburg (2001-2003) and economics, specializing in development economics, at the University of Trier (2003-2006).