Professor Dr. Andreas Löschel

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Energy Economics and Policy
  • Climate Change Economics
  • Resource Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Simulation Models (esp. Computable General Equilibirum Models)

Academic Education

2010 - 2011Scholarship of the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst (DAAD) for a Research Stay at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
06/2009Habilitation at University of Oldenburg, Venia Legendi for Economics. Theme of the Habilitation thesis: Sustainability Impact Assessment with Computable General Equilibrium Models. Final Qualification: Dr. rer. pol. habil.
2005Scholarship of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for a Research Stay at the Department of Economics of the Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
2004Award of the Karin-Islinger-Stiftung at the University of Mannheim for the Doctoral Thesis about Climate Change Economics.
2003PhD at University of Mannheim after doctoral studies at the Graduiertenkolleg "Energy and Ressource Economics" of the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Conrad (University of Mannheim). Doctoral Thesis: Economic Impacts of Climate Change Policy. Final Degree: Dr. rer. pol. (Evaluation: summa cum laude).
09/2003 - 12/2003Studies in the "Program on Negotiation" at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University, Cambridge (Mass.), USA.
1998 - 2001Doctoral Scholarship of the German Research Foundation.
2000German study award of the Körber-Stiftung for the Diploma Thesis about the Future of the Pension System (First Price).
1998Honorary Award for the best Diploma Examination at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
1995 - 1998Scholarship of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung (General Support).
11/1992 - 10/1998Studied Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Spezialization Module: Statistics and Econometrics. Diploma Thesis external at the Deutsche Bank Research: Vom Umlage- zum Kapitaldeckungsverfahren in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung.
11/1992 - 10/1998Diploma in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
09/1994 - 05/1995Integrated Foreign Studies of Economics at the Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. Final Qualification: Master of Arts.
08/1993 - 09/1993Summer School at the University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA.
09/1982 - 07/1991Reichsstadt-High-School in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Work Experience

since 2019Research Associate, Institute of Economics, Universität Barcelona
since 2018Consultant at the Fraunhofer Center for Economics of Materials, Halle
since 2017Visiting Chair Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing
since 2017Co-Director, Australian-German Energy Transition Research Hub
since 2016CESifo Research Network Fellow, CESifo, München.
since 2016Member of the Advisory Board of the MEET Battery Research Centre (Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology) at the University of Münster.
since 2016Director of the Central Institute for Spatial Planning at the University of Münster.
since 2016Scientific Head of the Research Team Smart Energy NRW (initiated by the NRW-Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia)
since 2016Speaker of the Department Economics of the Business School of the University of Münster.
since 2016Chair of the Examination Board of the Master Programme Energy Industry (Double Degree of the University of Münster and the RWTH Aachen at the House of Technology in Essen).
since 2016Elected Deputy Member of the Faculty Council of the Business School at the University of Münster
since 2015Scientific Head of the Master Programme Energy Economy (Double-Degree of the University Münster and the RWTH Aachen at the Haus der Technik in Essen).
since 2015Advisor of Aurora Energy Research Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom.
since 03/2015Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Economics, Universität Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
since 2014Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim.
since 07/2014W3-Professorship for Microeconomics with an emphasis on Energy and Resource Economics, Centre of Applied Economic Research Münster (CAWM), at the Westfälischen Wilhelms-University of Münster.
since 07/2014Director of the Centre of Applied Economic Research Münster (CAWM)
since 2013Visiting Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China.
since 2013Research Associate at the University Vigo und Economics for Energy, Madrid/Vigo, Spain.
since 10/2011Chair of the Energy Expert Commission of the German Government to monitor the energy transformation.
since 2010Research Associate, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Crawford School of Economics & Government, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
since 2005Senior Researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim.
since 2003Research Collaborator at the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.), USA.
06/2019 - 08/2019Visiting Scholar, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australien
2018Expert, Commission "Growth, Structural Change, Employment" ("Coal Commission"), "Effects of the phasing out of coal"
2014 - 2018Expert, Committee on Economics and Energy, Bundestag, "State of the Energy Transition"
2017Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford.
2017Expert, Committee for Finance, Bundestag, "Reform of Energy Taxation"
2015 - 2017Excellence Professorship of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (High-end Foreign Experts of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs SAFEA).
2015Portrait in the Economists-Series of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, "24 german Economist that matter", "Der Gerechte".
2014Ranking of Economists of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) of the most influential Economists in Germany (Place 22).
11/2010 - 06/2014Professor of Economics (W3), esp. Environmental & Resource Economics, Alfred-Weber-Institut, University of Heidelberg.
08/2007 - 06/2014Head of the department "Environmental and Resource Economics" at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim (about 22 full-time jobs)
2013Ranking of most influential Economists of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) (Place: 25)
2013Member of the Commission for the Evaluation of the DFG Priority Programme "Climate Engineering" for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
08/2013Visiting Scholar at the University Vigo and Economics for Energy, Madrid/Vigo, Spain.
04/2013Senior Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Energy, Environment & Economy, Tsinghua University, Peking, China.
2011Member of the Commission for the Evaluation of the Wuppertal Institute, Council of Science and Humanities (WR)
2007 - 2011Handelsblatt ranking of German speaking economists: Top-100 Economists under 40 (2011: place 74; 2010: place 63; 2008: place 55; 2007: place 74); Top-100 Overseas Economists (2007: place 89); Top-100 Overseas Economists since 2003 (2007: place 86).
10/2011Visiting Scholar at the Crawford School of Economics & Government, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
10/2010 - 11/2010Visiting Scholar at the Crawford School of Economics & Government, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
09/2010Visiting Scholar in the Economist Visitors Program, European Commission (General Directorate Companies and Industry), Brüssel.
06/2009 - 09/2010Private Lecturer at the University of Oldenburg.
2008Expert for the evaluation of the Wegener Centre for Climate and Global Change at the University of Graz
2008Expert for the Parliamentary Committee "Industry, Research and Energy", European Parliament, "EU Renewable Energy Directive"
09/2006 - 08/2007Visiting Scholar for Economics at the University of Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.
10/2005 - 07/2007Scientific Officer at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Sevilla, Spain.
12/1999 - 08/2005Senior Researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim.
05/2005 - 07/2005Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.
05/2004Visiting Scholar at the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.), USA.

Functions and Memberships

since 2018Co-Editor of the Journal "Resource and Energy Economics" (SSCI)
since 2018Council Member of the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council
since 2018Member of the Senate of the University of Münster
since 2017Member of the Board of Editors of the Journal "The Energy Journal" (SSCI)
since 2016Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal "Climate Policy" (SSCI).
since 2013Co-Editor of the electronic journal "Economics" (SSCI).
since 2013Member of the scientific advisory board of the Journal "et - Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen".
since 2013Member of the Board of Trustees of the research project „Energy systems of the future" of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
since 2013Memeber of the "Research Plattform Energiewende" at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
since 2013Member in the Working Group for ecological issues of the Commission for social issues of the German Bishops Conference.
since 2012Memeber of the Scientific Board of the Climate Economics Chair, Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France.
since 2011Founding Member of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) of the University of Heidelberg.
since 2007Participation at the World Climate Conference: Member of the Delegation of the European Union in Bali, Indonesien (2007); Presentations at the Side Events of the European Comission in Posznan, Polen (2008), Barcelona, Spanien (2009), Kopenhagen, Dänemark (2009), Durban, Südafrika (2011) and Warschau, Polen (2013).
since 2006Member in the Committee for Environmental and Resource Economics of the German Economic Association
since 2002Participation at the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) of the Stanford University in the course of the Studies "Multi-Gas Mitigation and Climate Change" (EMF 21) (2002-2004), "Climate Change Scenarios: U.S. Domestic and International Policy Architectures" (EMF 22) (2004-2009) and "Technology Strategies for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation" (EMF 24) (2010-2013).
2018 - 2022Lead Author in the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (Chapter 6 "Energy systems").
2017 - 2019Mitglied der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Niedersachsen
2014 - 2017Lead Author of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Local Assessment: Climate and Energy in Europe).
2014 - 2017Member of the External Advisory Board of the Cluster of Excellence "Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP) at the University of Hamburg
2016Cooptation to the German National Academy of Science and Technology (acatech).
2016Appointment to the Scientific Commission for the state of Lower Sxony by the Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony
2011 - 2016Member of the Steering Group of the Helmholtz Allianz "ENERGY-TRANS: Future Infrastructure of Energy Supply".
2014Member in the expert group of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the Preparation of a China-Strategy.
2010 - 2014Lead Author in the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Chapter 6 "Assessing Transformation Pathways").
2010 - 2014Senior Member of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) of the University of Mannheim and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW).
2010 - 2014Memeber in the EU-Steering Group of the Leibniz Gemeinschaft (WGL) (as Agent of Section B - Economics and Social Sciences, Spatial Science).
2012Memeber of the german Delegation at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), MEPC 64, London, United Kingdom.

Appointments

2015Offer to a Professorship, (accepted)
07/2014Offer to a Professorship for Microeconomics with a focus on Enegy & Resource Economics (W3) , University of Münster (accepted)
2013Offer to a Professorship, University of International Business and Economics (accepted)
10/2010Offer to a Professorship for Economics with a focus on Environmental & Resource Economics (W3) , Heidelberg University (accepted)
09/2006Offer to a Guest-Professorship for Eonomics, Pablo de Olavide University (accepted)

Publications

Feldhaus Christoph, Gleue Marvin, Löschel Andreas (2021)
Type of Publication: Other scientific publication
Gleue Marvin, Grünewald Philipp, Löschel Andreas, Unterberg Jens (2021)
In: Energy Research & Social Science, Forthcoming
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Becker, Jörg; Distel, Bettina; Grundmann, Matthias; Hupperich, Thomas; Kersting, Norbert; Löschel, Andreas; Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo; Scholta, Hendrik (2021)
Münster: European Research Center for Information Systems.
Type of Publication: Working paper
Löschel Andreas, Price Michael, Razzolini Laura, Werthschulte Madeline (2020)
(no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Working paper
Löschel Andreas, Rodemeier Matthias, Werthschulte Madeline (2020)
(no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Working paper
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Projects

Duration: 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2024
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2021
Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs
Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project
Duration: 01/12/2019 - 30/11/2022
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
Duration: 01/12/2018 - 30/11/2021
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
Duration: 01/11/2018 - 31/10/2021
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
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Prizes

Award for Science Communication - communicating.knowledge 2021
Awarded by: Münster University Society
Award given to: Löschel, Andreas
Announced at: 13/08/2021 | Date of awarding: 15/11/2021
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Council Member of the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council
Awarded by: Gefördert durch Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, Stiftung Mercator, Auswärtiges Amt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Award given to: Löschel, Andreas
Announced at: 01/01/2018 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2018
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering
Awarded by: acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering
Award given to: Löschel, Andreas
Date of awarding: 15/11/2017
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow
Awarded by: University of Oxford
Award given to: Löschel, Andreas
Announced at: 01/01/2017 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2017
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
CESifo Research Network Fellow
Awarded by: CESifo, München
Award given to: Löschel, Andreas
Date of awarding: 01/01/2016
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

How Digitalization Challenges the Marketing of Filmed Entertainment
Candidate: Pähler vor der Holte, Nora | Supervisors: Hennig-Thurau, Thorsten; Clement, Michel; Löschel, Andreas
Period of time: until 15/05/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster