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Andreas Schäfer

Centers & Institutes:
University College London

Area of Work:
Transportation

Current Research:

  • » Andreas Schäfer joined the PEEC in September 2010, while on sabbatical from the University of Cambridge, UK.  At Cambridge, he is director of the Martin Center for Architectural and Urban Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Aviation and the Environment.  Dr. Schäfer holds a MSc in Aero-and Astronautical Engineering and a PhD in Energy Economics, both from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.  Prior to his tenure in Cambridge, he spent five years at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria and seven years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His interests include transportation demand modelling, technology assessment, and introduction of technology.  He is lead-author of “Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World”, MIT Press (June 2009).  

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Andreas Schäfer's Publications

Lynnette M. Dray, Andreas Schäfer, and Moshe E. Ben-Akiva (2012) Technology Limits for Reducing EU Transport Sector CO2 Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es204301z

Andreas Schafer Book ImageTransportation in a Climate-Constrained World
Andreas Schäfer, John B. Heywood, Henry D. Jacoby and Ian A. Waitz
Cloth / June 2009
A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.

Schäfer A., Jacoby H.D., Heywood J.B., Waitz I.A., 2009. “The Other Climate Threat: Transportation”, American Scientist, November-December, pp. 476–483. 

Schäfer A., Heywood J.B., Jacoby H.D., Waitz I.A., 2009. Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World, MIT Press. 

Schäfer A., 2006, “Long-Term Trends in Global Passenger Mobility”, The Bridge, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., Vol. 36, pp. 24-32.

Schäfer A., Heywood J.B., Weiss M.A., 2006, “Future Fuel Cell and Internal Combustion Engine Automobile Technologies: A 25 Year Life-Cycle and Fleet Impact Assessment”, Energy—The International Journal, 31(12): 1728-1751.

Schäfer A., Jacoby H.D., 2006, “Vehicle Technology Dynamics under CO2-Constraint: A General Equilibrium Analysis”, Energy Policy, 34(9): 975-985.

Schäfer A., Jacoby H.D., 2005, “Technology Detail in a Multi-Sector CGE Model: Transport under Climate Policy”, Energy Economics, 27(1): 1-24. 

Schäfer A., 2005, “Structural Change in Energy Use”, Energy Policy, 33(4): 429-437. 

Jamin S., Schäfer A., Ben-Akiva M.E., Waitz I.A., 2004, “Aviation Emissions and Abatement Policies in the United States: A City Pair Analysis”, Transportation Research D, 9(4): 294-314.

Greene D.L., Schäfer A., 2003. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation, Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, May 2003, Arlington, VA.

Lee J.J., Lukachko S.P., Waitz I.A., Schäfer A., 2001, “Historical and Future Trends in Aircraft Performance, Cost, and Emissions”, Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 2001, 26: 167-200.

Schäfer A., 2000, “Regularities in Travel Demand: An International Perspective”, invited paper in: Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 3(3): 1-32.

Schäfer A., Victor D.G., 2000, “The Future Mobility of the World Population”, Transportation Research A, 34(3): 171-205.  Also published in: L.Lundqvist, K.Button, P.Nijkamp, 2003, The Automobile - Classics in Transport Analysis 7, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

Weiss M.A., Heywood J.B., Drake E.M., Schäfer A., AuYeung F., 2000. On the Road in 2020: A Well-to-Wheels Assessment on new Passenger Car Technologies, MIT Energy Laboratory, October 2000.

Schäfer A., Victor D.G., 1999, “Global Passenger Travel: Implications for CO2-Emissions”, Energy—The International Journal 24(8): 657-679. 

Schäfer A., 1998, “The Global Demand for Motorized Mobility”, Transportation Research A, 32(6): 455-477.

Schäfer A., Victor D.G., 1997. “The Past and Future of Global Mobility”, Scientific American, October 1997, pp. 56–59.