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Wolfgang Schöpp

Guest Senior Research Scholar

Pollution Management Research Group

Energy, Climate, and Environment Program

Biography

Wolfgang Schöpp first joined IIASA's Industrial Structural Change Project in June 1983 as a Research Assistant. Later he moved to the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases (AIR) Program (previously MAG Program) as a Scientific Programmer. In January 1992 he received an appointment as Research Scholar, and is currently working on extending the effect side of the GAINS model using econometric and environmental methods as well as database design.

In 1982 Dr. Schöpp received a degree in mathematics from the Technical University of Vienna. His interests in statistics and economy are now directed towards environmental modeling, in particular biophysical systems and decision-oriented computer applications. Dr. Schöpp received his PhD in economics in 1998 from the State University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Last update: 15 APR 2016

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D'Elia, I., Briganti, G., Kiesewetter, G. , Cappelletti, A., Sander, R. , D'Isidoro, M., Schöpp, W. , & Piersanti, A. (2026). High-resolution Atmospheric Transfer Matrices for policy-oriented air quality assessment in Italy: the new GAINS-Italy model. Atmospheric Environment 382 e122183. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122183.

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.

World Bank (2025). Towards Clean Air in Nepal: Benefits, Pollution Sources, and Solutions. The World Bank , Washington D.C..

World Bank (2025). Accelerating Access to Clean Air for a Livable Planet. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank , Washington, DC.