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Frank Biermann

Frank Biermann (born 1967) is a German political scientist and professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His research interests are in "global institutions and organisations in the sustainability domain". He was the founder in 2006 and first chair (for ten years) of the Earth System Governance Project. From 2018 until 2024 he directed a 2.5-million EUR research programme on the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals. This was funded through a European Research Council Advanced Grant.

Biermann frequently speaks with journalists about his work. They use the content from these interviews for their articles, for example in CNN, BBC News, and Time magazine.

He has received several awards, most recently the Volvo Environment Prize in 2024 for "defining new pathways for international environmental governance in a period of global change", and in 2021 the Distinguished Scholar Award in Environmental Studies by the International Studies Association. Biermann is an elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. Provided by Wikipedia