M.Sc. Laura Selgrad

Group: KIT
Office Hours: nach Vereinbarung/by appointment
Room: 5C-05.2
Phone: +49 (721) 608-48377
laura selgrad ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Marketing
Kaiserstraße 89, 76133 Karlsruhe

Project:

D²HeaTEC- Decarbonizing District Heating with techno-economic control

Research Interests:

Residential energy behavior and demand-side flexibility
Heating transition and decarbonization strategies
Behavioral economics in energy markets
Information provision and behavioral nudging in energy consumption

Academic CV:

Since 08/2024	Research Associate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Chair of Information Systems (WIN), Research Group: Smart Grids and Energy Markets (SGEM)
10/2021-04/2023	M.Sc. Economic Mathematics (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Master Thesis: Wie verändert Smart Charging das Ladeverhalten von Prosumern?
07/2018 - 01/20219	Erasmus study abroad, University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands), Iceland
10/20217- 08/2021	B.Sc. Industrial Engineering (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Bachelor Thesis: Modellierung und Bewertung von Reinforcement Learning Algorithmen auf lokalen Energiemärkten

Publications

Poster Abstract: Navigating Residential Heating Behavior Towards Renewable Energy Transition
Selgrad, L.
2025. ACM SIGEnergy energy informatics review, 5 (3)

The Impact of Consumption Based Billing on Residential Heating Behaviors: A Pilot Study of German Households
Selgrad, L.; Semmelmann, L.; Weinhardt, C.
2025. 2025 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), Lisbon, Portugal, 27-29 May 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM64765.2025.11050250

Shifted or Additional Charging of Electric Vehicles? The Effect of Smart Charging on German Prosumers
Selgrad, L.; Kesselring, A.; Pelka, S.; Plötz, P.
2024. 2024 20th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), Istanbul, Turkiye, 10-12 June 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM60825.2024.10609010