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Dr. Sarah Lichtenthäler
Economist for Environment, Circular Economy and Sustainability
Tel: +49 221 4981-838 Mail: Lichtenthaeler@iwkoeln.de- At the IW since 2021
- Born in 1989 in Aachen
- Studied economics and political science at the University of Maastricht, the Université de Montréal and the University of Cologne
- Doctorate in economics at RWTH Aachen University
Research unit
IW Publications
Fluchs, Sarah / Neligan, Adriana, 2023, Urban Mining für eine zirkuläre Wirtschaft. Wie hoch sind die Rohstoffpotenziale durch Urban Mining?, IW-Report, Nr. 2, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie
Fluchs, Sarah / Schleicher, Carmen, 2022, Der materielle Stoffwechsel Nordrhein-Westfalens. Materialflüsse und ihre Bedeutung für die Kreislaufwirtschaft, IW-Report, Nr. 68, Köln
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Fluchs, Sarah / Neligan, Adriana / Wendland, Finn Arnd, 2022, Klimaschutzinvestitionen, in: IW-Trends, 49. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 55-72
Zur Studie
Fluchs, Sarah / Neligan, Adriana / Schleicher, Carmen / Schmitz, Edgar, 2022, Zirkuläre Geschäftsmodelle. Wie zirkulär sind Unternehmen?, IW-Report, Nr. 27, Köln / Berlin
Zur Studie
External Publications
Essays on the international market diffusion of electric vehicles : an assessment of government incentives. 2020. (Dissertation, RWTH Aachen).
The diffusion of electric mobility in the European Union and beyond. 2020. Fluchs, S. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Vol 86. 1361-9209.
Government Incentives for EV Adoption: Classification of Existing Incentives and Assessment of Their Effectiveness. 2019. Fluchs, S. USAEE Working Paper No. 19-393.
Customer Journeys in der Elektromobilität. 2019. Kasperk, G., Fluchs, S. In: Mobilität in Zeiten der Veränderung, Proff, H. (Hrsg): Springer Gabler. 467 – 491.
Grundlagen. 2018. Kampker, A.; Schnettler, A.; Thomes, P.; Kasperk, G.; Brost, W.; Deutskens, C.; Kreisköther, K.; Fluchs, S.; Förstmann, R.; Nee, C.; Meckelnborg, A.; Drauz, R. 2018. In: Elektromobilität, Kampker A., Vallée D., Schnettler A. (Hrsg): Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg.
The Influence of Government Incentives on Electric Vehicle Adoption: Cross-national Comparison. 2017. Fluchs, S.; Kasperk, G. MAGKS Discussion Paper Series in Economics.
Geschäftsmodelle entlang der elektromobilen Wertschöpfungskette. 2018. Kasperk G., Fluchs S., Drauz R.. In: Kampker A., Vallée D., Schnettler A. (Hrsg) Elektromobilität. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg.
More from Dr. Sarah Lichtenthäler

Urban mining for a circular economy: How high are the raw material potentials through urban mining?
Natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce, one reason being that significantly more natural raw materials are currently being mined and processed worldwide than Earth can provide over the same period.
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The material metabolism of North Rhine-Westphalia
The current use of natural resources exceeds planetary limits and thus endangers the resilience of the Earth's ecosystem. The growing consumption of raw materials and the resulting increase in waste and emissions constitute a long-term threat to the environment and thus to the basis of human life.
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Climate Investments: Definitions and Documentation Principles
Achieving climate neutrality requires investment in technologies which protect the climate from global warming and necessitates a process of transformation in all sectors of the economy.
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Circular Business Models: How circular are companies?
On the way to climate neutrality, the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy plays an important role. Resource cycles can be implemented in different ways in companies.
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Circular economy: How waste shipments contribute to protecting the environment
The European Commission aims at further reducing illegal waste exports and is therefore revising its regulations. Legal waste shipment is an important step towards an efficient circular economy: it reduces resource utilization and saves CO2.
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