My name is Niklas Wagner and I am a postdoctoral researcher working on the politics of knowledge and power in global environmental governance. My work examines how legitimacy, inclusivity, and justice are negotiated within the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement and in emerging review mechanisms under the Rio Conventions, drawing on Science and Technology Studies, political sociology, and sustainability studies.

I am part of the SNIS-funded Global Stocktake (GST) project at the University of Geneva as well as currently employed the ClimDev project of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and lecturer at the Geography and Sociology Department of the University of Bonn.

I hold a PhD in Knowledge and Environmental Sociology from the Centre for Development Research of the University of Bonn, an MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge, and a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Further my academic experience includes visiting research stays at the Uniersidade Estadual de Rio de Janeiro (2025), University of Ghana, Universidade de São Paulo, and Ahmedabad University (all 2023) as well as earlier study at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research in Mumbai (2018).

Alongside my academic work, I have been active in civil society for many years, having founded the Bed-Exchange Platform and the Bonn Climate Camp for instance.