Curriculum vitae

Education

• 1987 Diplomvolkswirt, University of Munich

• 1991 B.A. Philosophy, Hochschule für Philosophie, Munich

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 an Humanitarian Aid Organization (Jesuit Refugee Service) in Croatia and Bosnia
• 1993-1994 Journalist
• 1994-2000 Research Assistant, Institute of Sociology, Technical University Darmstadt
• 1999 Ph.D. in economics (summa cum laude), Social Conflict and Technological Change. Evolutionary models of Energy Use.
• 2000-2005 Deputy of the Head of Department of Global Change and Social Systems
• since 2003 Leads together with Herman Held the Project 'Ocean Sequestration and the Transformation of the Global Energy System' funded by the Volkswagenstiftung
• since 2003 Leader of the Project SPARK
• 2004-2008 Lead-author of the IPCC, chapter 1 and chapter 11; the IPCC won the Nobel Peace Price in 2007
• since 2004 Chief Scientist in IMCP (Innovative Modelling Comparison Exercise)
• since 2005 Chief Economist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• 2006 Guest Editor of the Special Issue of the Energy Journal: Edenhofer, O., C. Carraro, J. Koehler, M. Grubb: Endogenous Technological Change and the Economics of Atmospheric Stabilisation. The Energy Journal.
• 2006 Leader of the Mitigation Part of the ADAM Project together with Professor Eberhard Jochem
• 2006 Organiser of the internationale Conference "Low Stabilisation Scenarios - Costs, Technologies and Strategies", 16./17. March in Potsdam in cooperation with FEEM
• 2007 Member of the German Delegation in Bangkok, IPCC, WG lll
• since 2007 Key Climate Change Advisor to Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• since 2007 Deputy-Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• 2007 appointment as president of the Wuppertal Institute together with a professorship for Environmental Economics at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal; appointment turned down
• since 2008 Professor for "Economics of climate change" at the Technical University Berlin
• since 2008 Co-Chair of Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC

Scientific Honourations

• August 2005 Fellow of the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst
• since 2007 Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften Hamburg
• since 2008 Member of the Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Umwelt- und Ressourcenökonomie