Dr. Richard Scholz

Head of Impact Analysis WifOR Institute

As head of the research field and member of the leadership team, Dr. Richard Scholz is responsible for Impact Analysis at WifOR. His mission is to set global standards in impact measurement and valuation to make sustainability data transparent, comparable, and actionable.

Among Dr. Scholz’s clients are multinational companies, development banks, associations, and foundations worldwide. His team deploys macroeconomic analysis to determine the impacts of corporate activities – from the extraction of raw materials to the finished sales product. This research forms the basis for sustainable decisions in politics, business, and society.

Dr. Scholz completed his doctorate at the University of Leipzig. In his dissertation, he investigated the effects of industrialization and manufacturing on growth in African economies. At the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, he lectures on the opportunities available to companies through sustainable development. Additionally, he serves as an observing member of the Valuation Technical & Practitioner Committee.

Sustainable Procurement: How to Enhance Corporate Impact With Impact Valuation Kleine Kniffe, May 2025 Read Article “Account for sustainability financially, point by point” GREEN.WORKS, December 2024 Read Article Health boosts the economy Gesundheit + Gesellschaft (AOK Magazine), October 2025 Read Article

Academic Career and Research Focus

  • Dr. rer. oec. at the University of Leipzig
  • M.Sc. in Economics and B.Sc. in Economics at the University of Leipzig with specialization in Development Economics
  • Macroeconomic modeling
  • Analysis of global value chains of multinational companies
  • Multi-regional input-output analyses
  • Quantification of environmental, economic and social impacts of multinational enterprises
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Data Science