Oliver Geden
Oliver Geden (* 1971 in Bernkastel-Kues ) is a German social scientist and political advisor specializing in climate and energy . He has been with the Science and Politics Foundation (SWP) in Berlin since 2006 , currently head of the EU / Europe research group.
Life
After training as an industrial clerk and civil service at the Federal Environment and Nature Conservation of Rhineland-Palatinate, he studied European ethnology , political science and gender studies . In 2005 he was at Wolfgang Kaschuba and Frank Decker at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis on "discourse strategies in the right-wing populism" to Dr. phil. PhD.
His work focuses on questions of energy and climate policy of the European Union , CO 2 extraction from the atmosphere , governance of solar radiation management and the quality of scientific policy advice. He is also a permanent fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at Oxford University (since 2017) and at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna (since 2019).
Geden was visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2005/6), the ETH Zurich (2014), the University of Oxford (2017), the University of Pennsylvania (2018) and at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology . In 2011 he was seconded to the planning staff of the Federal Foreign Office and in 2014/15 to the management and planning department of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy .
In 2018, Geden was appointed lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which will appear in 2021, by the IPCC .
Fonts (selection)
Technical articles
- with Silke Beck: Renegotiating the global climate stabilization target , in: Nature Climate Change , Vol. 4, no.9 , September 2014, pp. 747-748, doi : 10.1038 / nclimate2309 .
- with Severin Fischer: The Changing Role of International Negotiations in EU Climate Policy , in: The International Spectator , Vol. 50 (1), March 2015, pp. 1-7, doi : 10.1080 / 03932729.2015.998440 .
- Climate advisers must maintain integrity , in: Nature , Vol. 521, May 2015, pp. 27-28.
- An actionable climate target , in: Nature Geoscience , Vol. 9, No. 5, May 2016, pp. 340-342, doi : 10.1038 / ngeo2699 .
Policy Paper
- with Severin Fischer: The limits of the »Energy Union«. In the foreseeable future, only pragmatic progress in energy market regulation will remain at the center of EU energy and climate policy. SWP-Aktuell , A36, Berlin 2015.
- Prioritize greenhouse gas neutrality as a climate target. The EU and Germany should pursue a more ambitious and at the same time more pragmatic climate policy. SWP-Aktuell , A74, Berlin 2017
- Targeting Net Zero Emissions: A New Focus for a More Effective Climate Policy. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania, February 2019
- with Susanne Dröge: Forward-looking governance for solar radiation management. Challenges and options for action for international climate policy. SWP-Aktuell , A36, Berlin 2019
- with Felix Schenuit: climate neutrality as a long-term strategy . The design of the EU zero emissions target and the consequences for Germany . SWP-Aktuell , A38, Berlin 2019
Books
- Right ecology. Environmental protection between emancipation and fascism ( Antifa edition ). Elefanten Press Verlag, Berlin 1996, second edition 1999, ISBN 3-88520-576-9 .
- Constructions of masculinity in the Freedom Party of Austria. A qualitative-empirical investigation ( Research Sociology . Vol. 200). Leske & Budrich, Opladen 2004, ISBN 3-8100-4100-9 .
- Discourse strategies in right-wing populism. Freedom Party of Austria and Swiss People's Party between opposition and government participation . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-15127-4 .
- with Severin Fischer: The energy and climate policy of the European Union. Inventory and perspectives ( Thinking Europe . 8). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-3553-5 .
Media contributions
- Forever five to twelve In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 5, 2018, p. 2.
- The Dubious Carbon Budget In: New York Times , December 1, 2015, p. 27.
Web links
- Literature by and about Oliver Geden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Oliver Geden in the German Digital Library
- Oliver Geden at the Science and Politics Foundation
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geden, Oliver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernkastel-Kues |