Timo Goeschl

Prof. Timo Goeschl is a Professor of Environmental Economics at Heidelberg University's Department of Economics (Alfred Weber-Institute), Director of the Research Center for Environmental Economics, and board member of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment. He is also a Research Associate at ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research) and adjunct professor in the ESSEC-Mannheim Executive MBA program. His research focuses on environmental and climate policy, behavioral economics, and socio-ecological systems. He has held visiting appointments at institutions like Harvard University and Toulouse School of Economics. He coordinates externally funded projects on environmental crime, voluntary climate action, and geoengineering. His work spans over 150 publications in top journals like Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Environmental and Resource Economics, where he also serves as Co-Editor. He has advised organizations including the World Bank, OECD, and German Parliament. Awards include the Marsilius-Fellowships and Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship.

Education: PhD (Economics, University of Cambridge), MA/BA from University of Notre Dame and University of Innsbruck.

Research Interests: Climate policy design, environmental crime economics, behavioral insights in low-income contexts, hyperlocal environmental monitoring, and socio-ecological tipping points. His recent work explores diffusion patterns of air quality sensors, legal frameworks for climate litigation, and experimental evidence on compliance mechanisms.

Grants & Projects: Coordinated projects on environmental crime at Lake Victoria, voluntary climate action experiments, and socio-ecological tipping points. Collaborates with ZEW's 'Environmental and Climate Economics' unit and leads research on geoengineering governance.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Research Center for Environmental Economics at Heidelberg, collaborating with institutions globally. Active in editorial roles for Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and others.