Fabian Wagner
CDAT Dean and Principal Research Scholar
Capacity Development and Academic Training Unit
Principal Research Scholar
Pollution Management Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Principal Research Scholar
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Biography
Fabian Wagner is the Dean of Capacity Development and Academic Training (CDAT) at IIASA, and a principal research scholar in the Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. In addition to being associate faculty at the Complexity Science Hub, he is also editor-in-chief of npj Clean Energy, an open access journal of the Nature Portfolio.His research interests include the socioeconomic and environmental implications of mitigation technologies, including energy savings, renewables, and district heating, but also generally public health co-benefits and interactions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Wagner is experienced in science policy, strategic planning, and research evaluation, and serves in a variety of advisory roles with national and international organizations.
Between the years of 2014 and 2016, Wagner was the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Before joining IIASA in 2004, he was a researcher with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) located at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Hayama, Japan. Prior to that, he was a postdoc with the International Energy Analysis Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). From 2020 to 2024 he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (Springer Nature).
Wagner received both his PhD (theoretical physics) and two master's degrees (mathematics, history, and philosophy of science) from Cambridge University, UK. In 1998, he won the J.T. Knight's Prize in mathematics from Cambridge University.
Last update: 09 JUL 2024
Publications
Srivastava, P., Purohit, P. , Schöpp, W. , Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Dey, S., Nygard, J., Tiwari, A., Sharma, M., & Amann, M. (2026). Integrated assessment of cost-effective air quality mitigation pathways for Uttar Pradesh, India. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu26-6350. In: EGU General Assembly 2026, 03 May - 08 May 2026, Vienna.
Purohit, P. , Schöpp, W. , Srivastava, P., Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Dey, S., Nygard, J., Tiwari, A., Sharma, M., Amann, M. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Dedring, S., Joshi, P., Lal, H., Ghosh, S., Sander, R. , & Nguyen, B. (2026). Cost-effective mitigation strategies for air quality management in Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Environmental Management 405 e129784. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129784.
Scovronick, N., Shiwang, J., Ferranna, M., Wagner, F. , Errickson, F., Tong, D., Yan, X., Dubash, N.K., Liu, Y., Krishna, B., Fleurbaey, M., Wang, P., Zhang, S. , Keisewetter, G., Smith, S.J., Dennig, F., Peng, W., & Budolfson, M. (2026). Global climate justice and the future of air quality co-benefits in low-income and middle-income countries: an energy, climate, and health modelling study. The Lancet Global Health 14 (4) 512-523. 10.1016/S2214-109X(26)00006-9.
Preinfalk, E., Knittel, N., Bednar-Friedl, B., Mayer, M., Schmidt, C., Rieder, H.E., Wolkinger, B., Moshammer, Hanns., & Wagner, F. (2026). Ozone burden in a changing climate – contrasting the costs of emission controls and benefits for health and agriculture in Austria. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 31 e16. 10.1007/s11027-026-10287-4.
United Nations Environment Programme (2025). Global Environment Outlook 7: A future we choose – Why investing in Earth now can lead to a trillion-dollar benefit for all. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme. ISBN 9789280742466 10.59117/20.500.11822/49014.