Niklas Klüh

Niklas Klüh M.A.

Research Associate

Working area(s)

Comparative Politics and European Integration

Contact

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Niklas Klüh works as a research associate in the field of “Comparative Politics and European Integration” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt. Since March 2022 he has been a research Fellow in the Kopernikus-project “Ariadne” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project explores which policy instruments are suitable for achieving climate goals in an efficient and socially balanced way.

Research interests

  • Questions of justice on the way to climate neutrality
  • Climate and energy policy
  • European Governance
  • External action of the EU
Since 03/2022
 Research associate in the Kopernikus-Project “Ariadne” at the chair for “Comparative Politics and European Integration”, TU Darmstadt
10/2019 – 02/2022
 M.A. International Studies/ Peace and Conflict Studies (with distinction) at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and TU Darmstadt, Thesis: “Just Transition, but for whom, when and how? – An Analysis of the Just Transition Concepts of the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament”
07/2021 – 01/2022
 Student assistant at the Department of “Comparative Politics and European Integration” in the Kopernikus-Project “Ariadne”, TU Darmstadt
10/2015 – 03/2019
 B.A. Political Science/ History (with distinction) at Goethe University Frankfurt, Thesis: “A plea for overcoming the 'one size fits all-approach' – effectiveness of external democracy promotion in the context of the European Neighborhood Policy by using Ukraine as a case study”
02/2018 – 04/2018 Internship at Representation of the State of Hessen to the European Union in Brussels