Christoph Stefes, PhD
Professor
Email Address: christoph.stefes@ucdenver.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Bio
Christoph H. Stefes is a professor of comparative public policy and politics. He has been with CU Denver since 1999 and moved from the Political Science Department, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to the School of Public Affairs in 2024. He has also taught in Tbilisi (Georgia), Sarajevo (BiH), Beijing (PRC), and Berlin (Germany). In his teaching and research, Christoph focuses on political regimes and regime transitions, corruption, environmental politics, and green energy transitions.
Christoph is the author and editor of numerous books and articles, including Fighting Environmental Crime in Europe and Beyond: The Role of the EU and Its Member States (2017, Palgrave, with Ragnhild Sollund) and Germany's Energy Transition: A Comparative Perspective (2016, Palgrave, with Carol Hager), and Understanding Post-Soviet Transitions: Corruption, Collusion and Clientelism (2006, Palgrave). He has published in various journals, including Energy Policy, European Policy Analysis, and Review of Policy Research. He is a Senior Associate at the Berlin-based Ecologic Institute, and he has directed CU Denver’s study-abroad program in Berlin since 2014. He has received teaching and research awards from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Areas of Expertise
democracy & democratization, autocratic regimes, political corruption, politics of energy transitions, environmental politics and policies, European/EU politics, post-Soviet/Russian politics
Education, Licensure & Certifications
Doctor of Philosophy in International StudiesUniversity of Denver, Korbel School of International Studies
Master of Arts in International Studies
University of Denver, Korbel School of International Studies
Bachelor of Arts in History and German Studies
Universität Tübingen, Germany