Dr. Mirko Schäfer

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Reviewer for scientific journals, e.g. Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, Smart Energy, Energy, Applied Energy, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Cleaner Production, All Earth
Reviewer for the Open Science Clusters’ Action for Research & Society (OSCARS)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market
Publication Chair of the DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics 2021 an 2022

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Burghardt, C., Schäfer, M., & Weidlich, A. (2025). Coupled vs. separate optimization in industry and energy system defossilization analysis: A German case study. iScience, 28(9), 113381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113381
Peters, F. N., Burghardt, C., Weidlich, A., & Schäfer, M. (2025). Sectoral demand modeling in German long-term energy scenarios. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15045628
Frost, E., Schäfer, M., Schmurr, P., Nieße, A., & Weidlich, A. (2025). Enhancing research data management through use cases in energy research. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15097399
Schäfer, M., Buckley, T., & Weidlich, A. (2025). Where do Germany’s electricity imports come from? A tale of energy system data availability and interpretation. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15025563
Burghardt, C., Schäfer, M., & Weidlich, A. (2025). Closing the loop: integrating material needs of energy technologies into energy system models. International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) : Proceedings, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1109/eem64765.2025.11050277
Fürmann, T., Schäfer, M., Qussous, R., & Weidlich, A. (2025). Enhancing energy system modeling with global weather forecast integration: a German case study with European outlook. 2025 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) : Proceedings, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/eem64765.2025.11050223
Schäfer, M., Buckley, T., Weidlich, A., & Boerman, F. (2025). Where do Germany’s electricity imports come from? International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) : Proceedings, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/eem64765.2025.11050092
Davidson, H., Chaianong, A., Qussous, R., Milioritsas, I., Lilliestam, J., & Schäfer, M. (2025). Integration of regulatory constraints from a policy database into the energy system modeling tool atlite. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15016967
Kerker, N., Hoffart, F. M., Schäfer, M., Lilliestam, J., & Speck, C. (2024). Building bridges: an interdisciplinary (energy) research framework. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10875243
Wiese, F., Zell-Ziegler, C., Burghardt, C., Kloos, Y., & Schäfer, M. (2024). Reducing demand: a quantitative analysis of energy service demand indicators in sufficiency-oriented scenarios. Environmental Research Communications, 6(12), 121003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad966e
Grether, R. L., Schäfer, M., Qussous, R., Hoffart, F. M., Kerker, N., Speck, C., Lilliestam, J., Weinhardt, C., & Weidlich, A. (2024). Representation of societal and political factors in long-term energy system scenarios. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10654184
Speckner, C., Jaquart, P., Weinhardt, C., Lilliestam, J., Schäfer, M., Weidlich, A., Zilles, K., & Kerker, N. (2023). Transparency and involvement of society and policy in a data sharing platform. Proceedings of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure, 1, CoRDI2023. https://doi.org/10.52825/cordi.v1i.327
Schäfer, M., Qussous, R., Hülk, L., Lilliestam, J., & Weidlich, A. (2023). NFDI4Energy case-study: comparative analysis and visualisation of long-term energy system scenarios. Proceedings of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure, 1, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.52825/cordi.v1i.294
Fürmann, T., Qussous, R., Antretter, M., Pineau, C., Franco, R. L., & Schäfer, M. (2023). Right here, right now? The role of spatio-temporal minimum renewable shares for energy system transformation pathways. 2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). https://doi.org/10.1109/eem58374.2023.10161776
Schäfer, M. (2023). Net-zero Germany: Transitions paths to climate neutrality by 2045.
Ragwitz, M., Weidlich, A., Biermann, D., Brandes, J., Brown, T., Burghardt, C., Dütschke, E., Erlach, B., Fischedick, M., Fuss, S., Geden, O., Gierds, J., Herrmann, U., Jochem, P., Kost, C., Luderer, G., Neuhoff, K., Schäfer, M., Wagemann, K., … Zheng, L. (2023). Szenarien für ein klimaneutrales Deutschland: Technologieumbau, Verbrauchsreduktion und Kohlenstoffmanagement. https://doi.org/10.48669/esys_2023-3
Schäfer, M. (2023). Deutschland auf dem Weg zur Treibhausgasneutralität 2045 – was sagen die Szenarienstudien?
Sundblad, M., Fürmann, T., Weidlich, A., & Schäfer, M. (2023). Load and generation time series for German federal states: Static vs. dynamic regionalization factors. 2023 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), 10, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/osmses58477.2023.10089686
Weidlich, A., & Schäfer, M. (2022). Mind the Gap – Abstände von Strom- zu Brennstoffpreisen und ihr Einfluss auf die Elektrifizierung von Wärme und Mobilität. Ifo-Schnelldienst, 2022(12), 18–21.
Unnewehr, J. F., Weidlich, A., Gfüllner, L., & Schäfer, M. (2022). Open-data based carbon emission intensity signals for electricity generation in European countries – top down vs. bottom up approach. Cleaner Energy Systems, 3, 100018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cles.2022.100018
Weidlich, A., Neumann, D., Staudt, P., Gust, G., & Schäfer, M. (2022). Welcome message from the organizers. Energy Informatics, 5(S1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00196-6
Weidlich, A., Gust, G., & Schäfer, M. (2022). Abstracts of the 11th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics. Energy Informatics, 5(S2), 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00215-6
Schäfer, M. (2022). Reporting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity consumption.
Unnewehr, J. F., Schäfer, M., & Weidlich, A. (2022). The value of network resolution – a validation study of the European energy system model PyPSA-Eur. 3, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/OSMSES54027.2022.9769123
Qussous, R., Harder, N., Schäfer, M., & Weidlich, A. (2022). Increasing the realism of electricity market modeling through market interrelations. 2022 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), 9769124. https://doi.org/10.1109/OSMSES54027.2022.9769124
Unnewehr, J. F., & Schäfer, M. (2021). Carbon intensity of electricity production – new approach for dynamic grid emission factors.
Schäfer, M., Unnewehr, J. F., Gfüllner, L., & Weidlich, A. (2021). Open-data based carbon emission intensity signals for electricity generation in European countries.
Weidlich, A., Gust, G., & Schäfer, M. (2021). Abstracts of the 10th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics : Introduction P1 Welcome message from the organizers. Energy Informatics, 4(S4), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-021-00184-2
Weidlich, A., Neumann, D., Staudt, P., Gust, G., & Schäfer, M. (2021). Welcome message from the organizers. Energy Informatics, 4(S3), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-021-00169-1
Schäfer, M., Tranberg, B., Jones, D., & Weidlich, A. (2020). Tracing carbon dioxide emissions in the European electricity markets.
Schäfer, M., Tranberg, B., Jones, D., & Weidlich, A. (2020). Tracing carbon dioxide emissions in the European electricity markets. 2020 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/eem49802.2020.9221928
Schäfer, M., Tranberg, B., & Greiner, M. (2020). Power Flows in Complex Renewable Energy Networks. In Discoveries at the Frontiers of Science (pp. 239–251). SpringerLink. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34234-0_17
Hofmann, F., Schäfer, M., Kruse, J., Brown, T., Hörsch, J., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2019). Principal flow patterns across renewable electricity networks.
Schäfer, M., Hofmann, F., Abdel-Khalek, H., & Weidlich, A. (2019). Principal Cross-Border Flow Patterns in the European Electricity Markets.
Abdel-Khalek, H., Schäfer, M., Vásquez, R., Unnewehr, J. F., & Weidlich, A. (2019). Forecasting cross-border power transmission capacities in Central Western Europe using artificial neural networks. Energy Informatics, 2(S1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-019-0094-y
Brown, T., Schäfer, M., & Greiner, M. (2019). Sectoral interactions as carbon dioxide emissions approach zero in a highly-renewable European energy system. Energies, 12(6), 1032. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12061032
Tranberg, B., Schäfer, M., Brown, T., Horsch, J., & Greiner, M. (2018). Flow-Based Analysis of Storage Usage in a Low-Carbon European Electricity Scenario. 2018 15th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). https://doi.org/10.1109/eem.2018.8469951
Schlachtberger, D. P., Brown, T., Schäfer, M., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2018). Cost optimal scenarios of a future highly renewable European electricity system : exploring the influence of weather data, cost parameters and policy constraints. Energy, 163, 100–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.08.070
Hofmann, F., Schäfer, M., Brown, T., Hörsch, J., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2018). Principal flow patterns across renewable electricity networks. Epl : A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physic, 124, 18005. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/124/18005
Tranberg, B., Schwenk-Nebbe, L. J., Schäfer, M., Hörsch, J., & Greiner, M. (2018). Flow-based nodal cost allocation in a heterogeneous highly renewable European electricity network. Energy : The International Journal, 150, 122–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.129
Hörsch, J., Schäfer, M., Becker, S., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2018). Flow tracing as a tool set for the analysis of networked large-scale renewable electricity systems. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 96, 390–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2017.10.024
Schäfer, M., Hempel, S., Hörsch, J., Tranberg, B., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2017). Power Flow Tracing in Complex Networks. In New Horizons in Fundamental Physics (pp. 357–373). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44165-8_26
Schäfer, M., Tranberg, B., Hempel, S., Schramm, S., & Greiner, M. (2017). Decompositions of injection patterns for nodal flow allocation in renewable electricity networks. The European Physical Journal, 90, 144. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2017-80200-y
Schäfer, M., Bugge Siggaard, S., Zhu, K., Risager Poulsen, C., & Greiner, M. (2017). Scaling of transmission capacities in coarse-grained renewable electricity networks. Epl : A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, 119(3). https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/119/38004
Schäfer, M., Schwenk-Nebbe, L., Hcorsch, J., Tranberg, B., & Greiner, M. (2017). Allocation of nodal costs in heterogeneous highly renewable European electricity networks. 2017 14th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). https://doi.org/10.1109/eem.2017.7981964
Tranberg, B., Thomsen, A. B., Rodriguez, R. A., Andresen, G. B., Schäfer, M., & Greiner, M. (2015). Power flow tracing in a simplified highly renewable European electricity network. New Journal of Physics, 17(10), 105002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/10/105002
Heide, D., Schäfer, M., & Greiner, M. (2008). Robustness of networks against fluctuation-induced cascading failures. Physical Review E, 77(5). https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.77.056103
Schäfer, M., Scholz, J., & Greiner, M. (2006). Proactive Robustness Control of Heterogeneously Loaded Networks. Physical Review Letters, 96(10). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.108701

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