Team
Our team
Bringing together diverse expertise and perspectives to advance research on global challenges.
Director
Thomas Lontzek
Research, education, and direction
Dynamic optimization · Risk and uncertainty · Economic models
Lab Manager
Erik Schneider
Research, education, management, and IT
Geospatial data science · Sustainability management · CSRD
Contributors
Tom Brökel
Regional innovation and transformation · Knowledge networks · Computational economic geography
Steffen Elting
Collaborative transportation · Decision-focused learning
Tom Fuchs
Vertical farming · Facility logistics
Anna Ginter
Energy economics · Artificial intelligence · Competence development
Michaela Kesina
Microeconometrics · Spatial and network econometrics · Panel data econometrics
Amin Lahnaoui
Energy systems modelling · Socio-economic and regional assessment · Transition pathway analysis
Mathias Garcia Lange
Security of supply · Green hydrogen · Energy system modelling
Thomas Lontzek
Dynamic optimization · Risk and uncertainty · Economic models
Sven Müller
Analytics & optimization · Integration of prescriptive and predictive analytics
Liam Nyssen
Nature finance & economics · Corporate natural capital disclosure · Natural language processing
Philipp Olivier
Labor markets · Human capital over the life cycle · Dynamic models and neural networks
Aaron Praktiknjo
Energy systems analysis · Energy market design
Erik Schneider
Geospatial data science · Sustainability management · CSRD
Michael Schneider
Prescriptive analytics · Heuristic optimization · Decision support
Rega Sota
Quantification of the SDGs · Green and low-carbon hydrogen · Industrial decarbonization
Marco Thalhammer
Climate finance · Asset pricing · Tipping points and ecosystem valuation
Sandra Venghaus
Decision analysis · Socio-ecological systems
Alanda Venter
Inclusive and diverse energy systems · Institutional frameworks in energy systems · Energy economics
Yifan Zhao
Decision-making under uncertainty · Climate economics · Mathematical modeling and numerical methods
Collaboration
Contributing bodies
The contributing bodies of RWTH Aachen University that form the Global Challenges Lab.
Applied Econometrics
Headed by Michaela Kesina
Computational Economics
Headed by Thomas Lontzek
Computational Logistics
Headed by Michael Schneider
Data and Business Analytics
Headed by Sven Müller
Economic Geography
Headed by Tom Brökel
Economics of Sustainability
Headed by Sandra Venghaus
Energy Systems Economics
Headed by Aaron Praktiknjo
SAGE-BRIDGE
Headed by Alanda Venter and Amin Lahnaoui