Joachim Schleich

Joachim Schleich is a Full Professor of Energy Economics at Grenoble Ecole de Management's Department of Management & Technology. He concurrently serves as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe, leading the 'Energy and Climate Policy' unit until 2011. Since 2004, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on energy efficiency adoption, climate policy design, and behavioral responses to environmental policies.

Education: He holds a Diploma in Economics from the University of Mannheim, an MSc in Economics from the University of Florida, and a PhD in Applied Economics from Virginia Tech.

Research Interests: His work examines factors influencing corporate and household adoption of renewable/energy-efficient technologies, dynamic pricing effects, international climate policy fairness, and innovation in energy sectors. He has published in top journals like Energy Economics and Climate Policy.

Recent work (2020–2025) emphasizes policy design for low-carbon transitions, behavioral economics in energy consumption, and evaluation of EU climate instruments. His studies often use experimental methods and multi-country datasets.