Natalie is a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow working on the BELIEFS project. She completed a Master’s degree in Economics of Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability at the Barcelona School of Economics and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Newcastle University. In her Master’s thesis, Natalie examined the shift of the German electricity market from uniform to zonal pricing, assessing alternative zonal configurations and the role of large-scale utility storage deployment. Her research interests lie in environmental economics and energy modelling, with an emphasis on the dynamics of the low-carbon transition.