Lukas Hermwille

Dr Lukas Hermwille is Co-Head of the Transformative Industrial Policy Research Unit at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. His research is focussed on international cooperation for and geopolitics of the transformation of the industrial sector towards sustainability, full decarbonization within a competitive world market context. Previously, he has been working in the field of global climate governance with a particular focus on the architecture of the UNFCCC climate regime. He has led major EU funded research projects including the CINTRAN research project focussing on the patterns and dynamics of structural change in carbon-intensive regions across Europe and NDC ASPECTS which is generating the scientific basis for updated national climate plans (NDCs) for subsequent commitment periods under the Paris Agreement (focus on heavy industry, transport, buildings and AFOLU). Lukas holds a PhD from at IVM Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In his dissertation "Guiding the Transformation" he integrated theoretical perspectives from transition studies and international governance theory. He has graduated with a diploma in Regional Sciences of Latin America with a special focus on energy and environmental economics.