Niklas Kramer

Niklas Kramer

Student Assistant

Niklas is student assistant at RIFS since April 2023 and part of the Geopolitics of Energy and Industrial Transformation research group. He studies International Relations in Dresden with a focus on international political economy. In his bachelor thesis he evaluated the emissions trading system in California. He completed a semester abroad at the University of Seville and has been working as a student assistant at the Chair of International Politics in Dresden. As part of a student research group, he has recently been working on climate policy and discourses.

  • since 2023: Student Assistant, RIFS
  • since 2021: Student Assistant, Chair of International Politics at TU Dresden
  • 2021-2022: Erasmus Programme, Universidad de Sevilla
  • since 2019: International Relations B.A., TU Dresden
  • Emission trading and carbon pricing
  • Political economy of the energy transition
  • Climate policy and discourses