Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Fischedick

President and Scientific Managing Director

Tel.:

+49 202 2492-121

manfred.fischedick@wupperinst.org

Professional Experience

Since January 2020: Scientific Managing Director of the Wuppertal Institute
Since 2010: Member of the Wuppertal Institute's management as Authorised Representative
Since 2008: Professor at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal
2008 - 2010: Acting Head of the Wuppertal Institute
2006 - 2020: Vice President of the Wuppertal Institute
1993 - 2006: held various positions at the Wuppertal Institute (including head of the research group "Future Energy and Mobility Structures")
1991 - 1993: Research Fellow and PhD Student at the University of Stuttgart, Germany

Education and Academic Training

Doctorate in the field of Energy Technology at University of Stuttgart, Germany
University of Dortmund, Germany. University Diploma in Chemical Engineering

Research Focus

Transformation and sustainability research
Energy systems and energy scenario analysis
Greenhouse gas mitigation strategies
Multi-criteria evaluation of technologies
Renewable energies and innovative energy technologies (system integration aspects)
National and international energy and climate policy
Dynamic market development and market launch strategies
Infrastructure analysis
Research and technology policy
Technology assessment and forecasting
Green entrepreneurship
Sustainable urban infrastructures

Selected Memberships and Activities

Lead author of the IPCC's (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 6th Assessment Report
Board member of the "Johannes Rau Research Foundation" (JRF)
Directory Board member of the Research Association Renewable Energy (FVEE)
Member of the Board of Directors of the "Energy Systems of the Future" (ESYS) project of the national science academies (acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering, Leopoldina and Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities)
Member of the Sustainability Advisory Board of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Member of the Advisory Board of NRW.BANK
Member of the Advisory Board of the economic, scientific and social partners for monitoring structural change in the mining area of the Rhineland (Germany)
Member of the Advisory Board Klimaschutz.NRW of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Circular Valley Foundation
Member of the "International Energy Advisory Council (IEAC)"
Member of the "Seoul International Scientific Advisory Council (SIEAC)"
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Citizens' Council Climate (2021)
Member of the Sustainability Committee of Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of HPP Architects
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for Green Capital Essen 2017 (GHE2017)
Co-opted Board Member of the Association "Climate Discourse in North Rhine-Westphalia"
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Protection and Climate Impact Adaptation of the State of Thuringia (Germany)
Board of Trustees Member of the Foundation "Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg" (ZSW)
Member of the Interdisciplinary Panel Climate Protection and Energy Transition of the Association of German Engineers (VDI-IGKE)
Scientific Advisory & Project Board (SAPB) "50Hertz Transmission GmbH"
Advisory Board Member of Solar Decathlon Europe 2021 (SDE21)
Member of the Selection Committee of the Top Cluster Industrial Innovations (SPIN)
Member of the Centre for Transformation Research and Sustainability (TransZent) at Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Member of the scientific advisory board of various peer reviewed journals (e.g. Renewable Energy)
Editorial Board Member of the journal "Energy and Climate Change"

Former Memberships and Activities

Coordinating lead author of the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (2011 - 2014)
Coordinating lead author of the IPCC's Special Report Renewable Energies (2009 - 2011)
Member of the Expert Panel for the "European Green Capital" (2014 - 2018)
Member of the Energy Academy of the journal Handelsblatt
Chairman of the Jury Selection Committee "Innovation City Ruhr"
Chairman of the scientific advisory board "Innovation City Ruhr" (2010 - 2020)
Member of the Science and Technology Advisory Board Desertec University Network (DUN)
Co-Chairman of the Research Advisory Council of the German Biomass Centre (2007 - 2011)
Member of the Commission of Enquiry "The Effects of Long-Term Increasing Prices for Oil and Gas on Economy and Consumers in North Rhine-Westphalia" by the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia" (2006 - 2009)
Member of the Immission Committee of the State of Brandenburg, Germany (2005 - 2008)
List of experts of the STAP/Global Environmental Facility
Scientific Advisory Board member of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board E.ON-RWTH Aachen University Research Centre
Co-coordinator of the Virtual Institute "Transformation - Energy Transition North Rhine-Westphalia"
Member of the steering committee "Competence Network Power Plant Technology" of the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia

Teaching

Current University Lectureships

University of Wuppertal, Schumpeter School of Business and Economics "Dynamic development of markets" (since winter term 2007/08) and master's seminar "Industrial infrastructure and climate protection - transformation processes in industry"
University of Koblenz-Landau "European Energy Policy" (since summer term 2005)

Former University Lectureships

University of Kassel, Master programme Renewable Energies "Energy Economy" (winter term 2006/07)
University of Hagen, Master programme INFERNUM "System analysis" (winter term 2004)
University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden "Energie und Umwelt" (Energy and Environment) in Environmental Studies from winter term 1997/98 until 2001/02
University Witten/Herdecke "Ökologisches Wirtschaften" (Ecological Management) in summer and winter term 1996