Jan Christoph Steckel

Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Steckel is a leading scholar in climate and development economics, affiliated with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and serving as a professor at Brandenburg's Technical University in Cottbus. He heads the Climate Policy and Development Working Group at PIK and co-leads the Climate Policy for Development Initiative hosted by EfD.

• Key Roles: Working Group Leader at PIK; Professor at Brandenburg's Technical University
• Contact: jan.steckel@pik-potsdam.de; EUREF-Campus 19, Potsdam

His research focuses on the political economy of energy transitions, distributional effects of carbon pricing, and climate policy acceptability, particularly in low/middle-income countries. He has contributed to IPCC reports and co-authored the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2017 chapter on international coal phase-out.

Current projects include analyzing climate policy impacts in Malawi, health trade-offs of carbon pricing in developing nations, and just transitions in South Africa and Indonesia. He teaches Economic Instruments for Climate Policy and Political Economy of Energy Transitions at BTU Cottbus.

• Labs/Initiatives: Climate Policy and Development Working Group (PIK); Climate Policy for Development Initiative (EfD)
• Collaborations: Advising governments, IMF, World Bank, and NGOs; interdisciplinary research on planetary boundaries and climate economics