Andrew Ancygier is a PhD candidate at the Environmental Policy Research Center in Berlin. His dissertation is dealing with the transition of the Polish energy market with a special focus on the development of wind energy in that country. Apart from that, he is also interested in the transatlantic cooperation in the area of renewable energy. Currently he is a part-time employee of the German Wind Energy Association and as member of the Studienforum Berlin e. V. he is taking part in organizing an annual visit of North American scholars in Berlin.