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鈥淧olitical and legal research for a world that is more equal, less wasteful, more inclusive, and in balance with nature.鈥�

Frank Biermann is a research professor of Global Sustainability Governance with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, The Netherlands. He is an internationally leading scholar of global institutions and organizations in the sustainability domain.

Founder of the Earth System Governance network

Biermann pioneered the 鈥榚arth system鈥� governance paradigm in global change research in 2005 and was the founder and first chair (2008-2018) of the , a leading global transdisciplinary research network of over 600 sustainability scholars.

Current research 

Biermann recently completed a 鈧�2.5 million research programme on the steering effects of the Sustainable Development Goals, funded by a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant. His current work鈥攊nitiated during his tenure as 2025 Zennstr枚m Visiting Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala 木瓜福利影视鈥攆ocuses on developing a new theory of planetary politics. He is also leading the creation of an independent International Panel on Earth System Governance, conducting research on planetary justice, and exploring political strategies for a global ban on solar geoengineering technologies.

Over 200 publications

Biermann is the author or editor of and has published around 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His work has been cited over 31,000 times, reflecting its broad influence in the field. He is regularly invited to serve on advisory and evaluation panels and has delivered talks at high-level forums, including the United Nations General Assembly, the European Parliament, and the European Economic and Social Committee.

Awards

In 2024, Biermann received as the first political scientist the prestigious , awarded 鈥渇or defining new pathways for international environmental governance in a period of global change.鈥�

In 2021, he was the first EU-citizen to be honoured with the Distinguished Scholar Award in Environmental Studies by the International Studies Association, recognizing 鈥渙utstanding scholars whose long history of excellent research and teaching has had substantial impact on fields associated with international relations and environmental issues鈥�. 

He also won: 

• an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, Germany's highest research award endowed with 5 million EUR, for assuming a professorship in Germany (declined);
• a European Research Council 鈥楢dvanced Grant鈥� (the highest personal award from EU institutions); 
• Ecological Society of America鈥檚 2019 Innovations in Sustainability Science Award; 
• the 2013 Societal Impact Award of VU 木瓜福利影视 Amsterdam for 鈥榩ath-breaking research on global environmental policy鈥�;
• the 2011 Social Science Research Prize of VU 木瓜福利影视 Amsterdam; and 
• the 1998 Joachim Tiburtius Prize awarded for the best dissertations of the Berlin universities. 
• Biermann is an elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, a group of 700 individuals 鈥榗hosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities鈥�.

Recent books

Biermann's most recent books are (Cambridge UP, 2022); (Cambridge UP, 2020), and (Cambridge UP, 2019). 

Many of his articles and papers can be downloaded for free at  and .

For information and availability of all his books, please visit Professor Biermann's page.

For regular updates on Professor Biermann's research, see his .