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Martje Köppen

DPhil in Law & Research Associate

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Martje Köppen is a Dean's Scholar at the Faculty of Law reading for her PhD in Law at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme. She researches the (contested) role of law in the 'Net Zero' transition. Her research interests cover the legislation and regulation of Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) in the EU and the decarbonisation of the energy and industry sector's hard to abate process emissions and the role. She advises on the German Negative Emissions Strategy.

Highest Level of Education

Master's Degree

Current Job/Study field

Academia / research

Nationality

Germany Flag Germany

Current employer

University of Oxford

Work experience

  • Research Associate
    German Energy Agency - Part-time From October 2024 to Present

    As a research associate I advise on the German Negative Emissions Strategy which sets targets and defines the legislative strategy for scaling-up Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)

Education

  • DPhil in Law
    University of Oxford From September 2023 to May 2025
  • MSc Environmental and Energy Technology
    Imperial College London From September 2022 to September 2023

Area of expertise

Climate policy Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) Energy Law Energy policy Environmental Regulation Environmental policy

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Swedish

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