Amir Ashour Novirdoust is Senior Research Associate at EWI and doctoral candidate at the University of Cologne. His research focus lies in grid regulation and fields of energy system modelling with a focus on decentralization of energy systems. Before joining EWI, Amir Ashour Novirdoust studied Economics with a focus in Statistics and Econometrics, Economic Policy and strucutral Change at the University of Cologne.