Dr. Ottmar EDENHOFER Deputy-Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam
CV
| 1987 | Diplomvolkswirt (Master Degree in Economics), University of Munich (Prädikatsexamen: with distinction) |
| 1991 | B.A. Philosophy, Hochschule für Philosophie, Munich (summa cum laude) |
| 1999 | Ph.D. in economics (summa cum laude), Social Conflict and Technological Change. Evolutionary models of Energy Use Professional Experience |
| 1981-1987 | Founding of a private enterprise; several Occupations in the Public Health System |
| 1987-1994 | Member of the Jesuit Order |
| 1991-1993 | Chief of a Humanitarian Aid Organisation (Jesuit Refugee Service) in Croatia and Bosnia |
| 1993-1994 | Journalist |
| 1994-2000 | Research Assistant, Institute of Sociology, Technical University Darmstadt |
| 2000-2005 | Deputy Head of Department of Global Change and Social Systems, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) |
| since 2003 | Leads together with Herman Held the Project 'Ocean Sequestration and the Transformation of the Global Energy System' funded by the Volkswagenstiftung and the SPARK Project at PIK |
| since 2004 | Lead-author in IPCC Working Group III, Chapter 1 and 11 |
| Chief Scientist in IMCP (Innovation Modelling Comparison Exercise) | |
| since 2005 | Chief Economist at PIK |
| 2005 | Fellow of the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst |
| 2006 | Leads the Mitigation Part of the EU ADAM Project together with Professor Eberhard Jochem |
| Organiser of the International Conference 'Low Stabilisation Scenarios - Costs Technologies and Strategies', 16-17th March in Potsdam in cooperation with FEEM | |
| 2007 | Member of the German Delegation in Bangkok, IPCC, WG III |
| since 2007 | Deputy Director of PIK |
| 2007 | appointment as president of the Wuppertal Institute together with a professorship for Environmental Economics at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal; appointment turned down |
| appointment to a professorship at the Technical University of Berlin for the chair of Economics of Climate Chance; appointment accepted |
Mitgliedschaften
| International Association for Energy Economics | |
| Akademie der Wissenschaften (Society of Sciences) Hamburg | |
| Verein für Sozialpolitik (Society of Social Politics), Ausschuss für Umwelt- und Ressourcenökonomie (Committee for Environmental and Resource Economy) |
Publikationen
| Recent Publications: | |
| Edenhofer, O., C. Carraro, J. Koehler, M. Grubb: Endogenous Technological Change and the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. Guest Editor of the Special Issue of the Energy Journal, 2006 | |
| Edenhofer, O., Flachsland, Chr.: Der Beitrag des Vierten Sachstandberichtes des Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) zur Lösung des Klimaproblems. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Umweltforschung, Jahrgang 18, Heft 2, Seite 143ff, Analytica Verlag, Berlin 2007 | |
| Edenhofer, O., Flachsland, Chr.: Kosten und Optionen für den Klimaschutz. Der UN-Weltklimareport - Bericht über eine aufhaltsame Katastrophe, Seite 268ff, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2007 | |
| Bauer, N., O. Edenhofer and S. Kypreos: "Linking Energy System and Macroeconomic Growth Models" Journal of Computational Management Science, in print, 2007 | |
| Held, H., Edenhofer, O.: Climate Protection vs. Economic Growth as a False Trade Off: Restructuring Global Warming Mitigation. Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research, page 191ff, Springer Verlag, 2008 |
