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 6025 1076
Paul.Lehmann@ufz.de
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
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”
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
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.
„Nordex Rostock: Werksschließung beschlossene Sache“, NDR, 25 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.