Martin Keim is Advisor for Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition at the Brussels office of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) since June 2023.
Before, he worked as Head of Programme for European Energy Transition at the European Union office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Brussels from July 2019 to May 2023. He was responsible for all issues related to the ongoing energy transitions within Europe, including EU legislation, internal energy markets, digitalisation and external energy relations to third countries. He was also the chief executive editor of the European Mobility Atlas 2021.
Before joining the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, he worked as a research assistant at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin, also known as the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, within the project 'The Geopolitics of Energy Transformation'.
Prior to SWP, Martin gained experience in EU energy affairs within the private sector. His main topics included renewable energies legislation, digitalization, e-mobility charging infrastructure and CO2 emission targets.
Martin holds a BA in 'International and European Governance' from the University of Münster, and a MA in 'International and European Governance' and 'Strategy, Intelligence and Risk Management' from Sciences Po Lille and the University of Münster.
Laima Eicke joined the IASS as Reasearch Associate in January 2019 and works at the ISIGET project on strategies for a global energy transition, its systemic impacts and special vulnerabilities of countries of the global south. Before joining IASS, Laima Eicke worked with international partnerships supporting countries with the implementation of the Paris Agreement at GIZ.
Christine Lucha has been working at Ecologic Institute as a Senior Fellow since 2003 and focuses on international, European and national energy policy, the law of renewable energies as well as participation.
Lisa Meinecke works as Junior Researcher for the Legal Team of the Ecologic Institute. Her main areas of expertise are in German and European environmental and administrative law, where she also deals with the legal and political issues of the energy transition.
Nina Locher is the author of the Brexit blog of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and writes about current developments in the United Kingdom. She currently pursues a Master of Public Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). From 2016 to 2018, Nina worked as a project manager at the Berlin headquarters of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, where she was responsible for projects on Turkey, Greece and European energy transition.
Kathrin Meyer studied Political Science, Sociology and Environmental Science in Germany, Cuba and Colombia. She is currently enrolled in the Master's program "Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies" at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focus is resource dependence and energy policy in Latin America.
Silvia Weko is a sociology student writing about attitudes towards climate change, and an expert on the global and German energy transitions.
Max Proaño is a lawyer and social scientist, and currently works as a parliamentary adviser in energy and environmental issues. He has vast experience working in the public sector and civil society organizations.