Felix Christian Matthes

Dr Felix Christian Matthes is Research Coordinator, Energy & Climate Policy at the Öko-Institut – Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. He is author of numerous studies and publications on German and international energy, environmental and climate policy. Key topics of his research include decarbonisation strategies for Germany and the European Union, EU energy market development and market liberalisation, energy and emissions projections as well as greenhouse gas emissions trading. Dr Matthes is a member of the Advisory Group to the European Commission on the Energy Roadmap 2050 and has also served as a scientific member of the German Bundestag’s Study Commission on Sustainable Energy. From 2007-2008, he was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr Matthes graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur from Leipzig University of Technology and holds a PhD in political science from the Free University of Berlin.