Wagner, Niklas

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Photo: Niklas Wagner, Researcher in the Research Department "Environmental Governance".

Dr. Niklas Wagner

Department
Environmental Governance

Function
Researcher

Specialization
Climate & Knowledge Sociology

Work areas

  • International climate governance with a focus on the UNFCCC
  • Science policy interfaces with focus on inclusivity
  • Urban climate governance

Vita

since 3/2025 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Researcher, Research Department  "Environmental Governance"
since 3/2025 Institute of Environmental Science, University of Geneva
Researcher on SNIS-funded project on Global Stocktake
since 7/2018 Klimadelegation e.V.
Youth Delegate with Observer Status at the World Climate Conference
5/2021 - 5/2025 Center for Development Research and Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bonn
Doctoral Studies in Climate Sociology
5/2021 - 12/2024 Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn
Junior Researcher
4/2021 - 12/2024 German Development Bank KfW
Consultant in International and Latin American Forestry Protection Programmes
9/2020 - 3/2021 Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ and German Development Bank KfW
Intern
10/2019 - 9/2020 University of Cambridge, Queens’ College
MPhil Environmental Policy
9/2016 - 7/2019 JS Mill College - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
BSC Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)

 

Member of

  • Klimadelegation e.V. (member)
  • Bonn Bed Exchange (founder)
  • Bonn Climate Camp (founder)

Awards

  • UNFCCC Certificate of Recognition for Climate Leadership
  • Scholarship of the German Study Foundation (2018-2020)
  • Award as Best Student 2019 of the Faculty of Humanities of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Prize for the most socially committed and highest performing student of 2019)

Refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects