Andreas Löschel is a German economist currently holding the chair of Energy and Resource Economics at the University of Münster. He is the director of the Centre of Applied Economic Research Münster (CEAW). His research interests include applied microeconomics, energy economics and the economics of climate change. He is ranked among the most influential economists in his field. In an annual Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ranking, he is among the 25 most influential economists in Germany (2013, 2014, 2017).