Prof Dr Christoph Böhringer, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oldenburg, is a new member of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI).
The Federal Cabinet has appointed Böhringer to the Commission for four years at the suggestion of Federal Research Minister Prof Dr Annette Schawan. He succeeds Prof Dr Joachim Luther, who researched and taught at the University of Oldenburg until 1993.
The EFI advises the Federal Government on research and innovation policy issues and highlights progress and opportunities for action on an annual basis.
Böhringer studied industrial engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. He completed his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart, where he headed the "Energy Economic Analyses" specialist group at the Institute for Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER). For several years he was head of the research department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management" at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. In 2002, he completed his habilitation at the University of Regensburg. Before Böhringer came to the University of Oldenburg in 2007, he was Professor of Economics at the University of Heidelberg. His research focuses on the impact assessment of economic policy regulation, primarily in the areas of environmental, energy and climate protection policy.
