Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

Niklas Kramer

Niklas Kramer

Student Assistant

E-Mail

niklas [dot] kramer [at] rifs-potsdam [dot] de

Niklas Kramer is student assistant at RIFS since April 2023 and part of the Geopolitics of Energy and Industrial Transformation research group. He holds a Bachelors Degree in International Relations from TU Dresden and has previously worked as student assistant at the Chair of International Politics in Dresden. As part of a student research group, he has recently engaged with climate policy discourses in Germany and Europe. Currently, he is pursuing a Masters in Political Science at FU Berlin. Niklas Kramer also works at the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research in the CERES project on the Political Economy for Inclusive Wealth Governance and Sustainability.

  • since 2024: Student Assistant, PIK
  • since 2023: Student Assistant, RIFS
  • since 2023: M.A. Political Science, FU Berlin
  • 2021-2023: Student Assistant, Chair of International Politics at TU Dresden
  • 2019-2023: B.A International Relations, TU Dresden

  • Emission trading and carbon pricing
  • Political economy of the energy transition
  • Climate policy and discourses