Linus Mattauch

Linus Mattauch co-leads the Societal Transition and Well-being research lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and holds the Robert Bosch Junior Professorship on Sustainable Use of Natural Resources at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Technical University of Berlin. His work bridges climate policy, economic inequality, and behavioral economics.

• Research Focus: Policy evaluation for climate mitigation, citizen support for carbon taxes, wealth redistribution, low-carbon transport, and endogenous preference modeling.
• Publications: Span climate-economic intersections, including carbon pricing, fuel/food taxation, and integrating climate science with growth models.

Scientific Awards:

• 2025 European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty
• 2022 German Economics Award, Junior Competition 3rd Prize
• 2017 Wladimir-Peter-Köppen Award