Hannes Weigt is Professor for Energy Economics at the University of Basel. He is head of the Research Center for Sustainable Energy and Water Management (FoNEW) and member of the University Basel Research Network Sustainable Future, and has been Work Package leader within SCCER CREST on “Energy Policy, Markets and Regulation.” His research focus is on energy markets and policy design, with a particular focus on modeling the future electricity system. He published in economic field journals like The Energy Journal, Energy Economics, and Network and Spatial Economics, as well as interdisciplinary journals like Energy Research and Social Science, Sustainability, PLoS ONE, and Water Resources Research.