Prof. Dr. Paul Lehmann

Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Working Group Energy
Working Group Governance and Institutions


Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1076
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 45 1076

Paul.Lehmann@ufz.de

Paul Lehmann

Areas of Expertise and Research

  • Environmental and Resource Economics, New Institutional Economics, Applied Microeconomics
  • Particular focus on the evaluation of policy instruments and their combinations used for climate, energy, water and agricultural policy
Energy-economic research at UFZ

Curriculum Vitae

since 2018

Assistant Professor for Environmental and Energy Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Science, University of Leipzig

since 2017

Head of the Junior Research Group MultiplEE at the University of Leipzig in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ

2009 - 2017

Research fellow at the UFZ, Department of Economics (since 2013 spokesman of the Working Group Energy)

2016

Visting researcher at the Institute of New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford

2010

PhD in Economics (summa cum laude), Department of Economics and Law, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), thesis: “Using a Policy Mix to Combat Climate Change – An Economic Evaluation of Policies in the German Electricity Sector”

2006 - 2009

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Economics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig (Germany), fellowship holder of the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Foundation of the German Economy)

2005

Visiting Research Scholar, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC (USA)

2004 - 2005

Research Assistant, Department of Economics, UFZ – Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig (Germany)

1998 - 2004

Diploma in Business Administration (MBA equivalent) at Leipzig University (Germany), Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) and Deusto University, San Sebastián (Spain)
Diploma thesis “An Economic Evaluation of the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program”

Current Projects

Sustainable deployment of renewable energies with multiple environmental impacts − Policy strategies to address ecological trade-offs of the energy transition (MultiplEE)

Completed Projects

Kopernikus Project “Systemintegration: Energiewende-Navigationssystem” (ENavi)

Technological Neutrality: A Critical Assessment

The Political Economy of Safe-guarding Security-of-supply with High Shares of Renewables

Helmholtz-Alliance ENERGY-TRANS: “Future infrastructures for meeting energy demands. Towards sustainability and social compatibility”

Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management in Urban Growth Centres Coping with Climate Change – Concepts for Lima Metropolitana (Perú) (LiWa)

Using a Policy Mix to Combat Climate Change – An Economic Evaluation of Policies in the German Electricity Sector (Dissertation)

Perspektiven der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung zum Klimawandel

Capitalisation of Research Results on the Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Rural Areas (MULTAGRI)

In the News

„Wind-an-Land-Gesetz“, Lage der Nation LdN 293, 9 June 2022.

„Windkraft schafft Konflikte in Bundesländern“ (by Zaremba, N.), Tagesspiegel Background, 8 June 2022.

„Sachsen beschließt Abstandsregel für Windkraftanlagen – Grüne stimmen zu“ (by Kiel, V.), Spiegel Online, 1 June 2022.

„Hauptversammlung Nordex – Standort Rostock wird ins Ausland verlagert“ (by Schröder, A.), Deutschlandfunk, 31 May 2022.

„Nordex Rostock: Werksschließung beschlossene Sache“, NDR, 25 May 2022.

„Fünf Ideen der Uni Leipzig: So kann an Land deutlich mehr Windenergie gewonnen werden“, MDR, 5 May 2022.

„Windkraft-Gesetz nimmt Konturen an“ (by Hanke, S.), Tagesspiegel Background, 4 May 2022.

„Ein Windrad vor jeder Haustür?“ (by Crysmann, T.), t-online.de, 13 January 2022.

Publications

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Recent Publications

Frank, D., Schmid, E., Bauknecht, D., Epp, J., Lehmann, P., Reutter, F., Scheidler, V., Vogel, M., Wingenbach, M., (2022). „Zielkonflikte im energiepolitischen Zielviereck: Die dezentrale Energiewende zwischen Gerechtigkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit, Versorgungssicherheit und Umweltschutz“. Germanwatch Diskussionspapier.

Gawel, E., Lehmann, P., Purkus, A., Söderholm, P., Strunz, S. (2022). “Security of Supply as a Political Bargaining Issue: Why Germany Opted Against Capacity Markets”. Energy Research & Social Science, 86, Article 102321.

Grafström, J., Söderholm, P., Gawel., E., Lehmann, P., Strunz, S. (2022). “Government Support to Renewable Energy R&D: Drivers and Strategic Interactions among EU Member States”. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

Lehmann, P., Gawel, E., Geiger, C., Hauck, J., Meier, J.-N., Tafarte, P., Thrän, D., Wolfram, E. (2022). „Der Windenergie an Land ausreichend Flächen bereitstellen“. MultiplEE Policy Brief.

Weinand, J., Naber, E., McKenna, R., Lehmann, P., Kotzur, L., Stolten, D. (2022). “Historic drivers of onshore wind power and inevitable future trade-offs”. Environmental Research Letters.