Christoph Patrick

Kiefer

Dr. Christoph P. Kiefer is a Permanent Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Public Policies and Goods (IPP) at Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) since 2024. Previously, he held positions as Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), as postdoctoral researcher at IPP-CSIC, and as lecturer (profesor asociado) at the Department of Economics at University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M). He obtained his doctoral degree in Firm Economics by the University of Alcalá (UAH) in 2017.

Dr. Kiefer´s research centers around the issues of sustainability and sustainability transitions at the micro-level of firms, adopting a corporate environmental economics perspective. Specifically, his research focuses on the development of sustainable innovations in firms and the innovation-based transition towards the Circular Economy; as well as on renewable energy technologies, systems, and policy, for the energy transition.

In the past, Dr. Kiefer has actively contributed to numerous research projects within the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe framework, as well as to numerous research projects for the European Commission (DG Ener), the German and Spanish Governments, as well as for Think Tanks and private corporations. Some of these projects are:

    - CaLby2030 (CCUS) - Calcium looping to capture CO2 from industrial processes by 2030 [EU Horizon Europe]
    - The Potential Role of Baseload Power Plants, including Fusion Power, in the Context of a Decarbonised European Energy System. German Academy of the Technical Sciences [Acatech, German Academy of the Technical Sciences]
    - FlexiPro: Flexibilization of Electrified Industry Processes [German Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate]
    - LFS3: Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system in Germany [German Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate]
    - ResHeat: Renewable Space Heating under the Revised Renewable Energy Directive [European Commission Directorate General for Energy]
    - ElecHeat: Potentials and levels for the electrification of space heating in buildings [European Commission Directorate General for Energy]
    - AURES II: Auctions for Renewable Energy Support II [EU Horizon 2020]
    - MUSTEC: Market Update of Solar Thermal Electricity Through Cooperation [EU Horizon 2020]
    - Projects for Volkwagen AG and Repsol SA

Dr. Kiefer has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, 4 books and book chapters, 20 project reports and policy briefs, as well as a number of science divulgation articles in press.