I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the research group "Welfare and Policy Design", within the RD5 - Policy Research Hub - formerly known as MCC.
My work focuses on the implications of climate policies on international trade and geopolitics.
I use Multi-Regional Input Output Tables and New Quantitative Trade Models to evaluate the potential impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on climate cooperation.
I am broadly interested in how climate policies interact with international relations and industrial policies.
I welcome offers for scientific collaboration and applications for thesis supervision and internships.
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14412 Potsdam
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I was trained as an Engineer, with a specialization in Energy Systems and received a Master's in Environmental Economics in 2019.
I prepared my Master's Thesis at PIK in 2019, in collaboration with the consulting firm PwC, on "the use of Multi-Regional Input-Output tables for sustainable decision-making".
From 2020 to 2023, I prepared my PhD under the supervision of Leonie Wenz, Hauke Ward and Anders Levermann, under the title: "How international trade can solve the climate coordination dilemna: the role of interdependence in the global trade network".
Starting from January 2024, I have been working as a post-doc in MCC/RD5 under the supervision of Matthias Kalkhul.
My research focuses on the geopolitical implications of climate policies.
In my PhD thesis, I explored the role the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) can play for other countries to implement more ambitious climate policies. I put a special focus on the implications of the EU CBAM on developing countries and on policy measures to enhance climate cooperation.
In my post-doc, I use Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) table and Quantitative Trade Models to explore the synergies and trade-offs between climate policies and geopolitical interactions.
In the background, I am developing methods and software to develop and analyse MRIO tables.
- Beaufils, T., Ward, H., Jakob, M., .& Wenz, L. Assessing different European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism implementations and their impact on trade partners. Commun Earth Environ 4, 131 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00788-4
- Beaufils, T., Berthet, E., Ward, H., & Wenz, L. (2023). Beyond production and consumption: Using throughflows to untangle the virtual trade of externalities. Economic Systems Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2023.2174003
- Beaufils, T., Wenz, L. (2022). A scenario-based method for projecting multi-regional input-output tables. Economic Systems Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2021.1952404
- Beaufils T., (2019). Multi Regional Input Output modelling as a tool for sustainable decision-making. Master Thesis. CentraleSupelec, Université Paris-Saclay, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Pricewaterhouse Coppers France
- Beaufils, T., Pineau, P-O. (2019). Assessing the impact of residential load profile changes on electricity distribution utility revenues under alternative rate structures. Utilities Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2019.100959
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As of the Winter Semester 2024-2025, I teach tutorials in the course "Climate Economics and Policy" at the University of Potsdam.
I was granted the 2023 Sir Richard Stone award of the International Input-Output Association with my co-author and PhD supervisor Leonie Wenz for our paper "A scenario-based method for projecting multi-regional input-output tables", as the best article in Economic Systems Research in 2021-2022.
In 2024, I have been granted a short-term Mercator Fellowship by the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC).
