Philipp Wagner, MA

Philipp Wagner is a doctoral researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute in Freiburg, Germany. His research interests are renewable energy politics (especially in the European Union (EU) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region), transregional infrastructure policies, as well as sociopolitical participation. With the support of a scholarship by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, he obtained a binational (German-French) master’s degree in applied political science from the University of Freiburg and Sciences Po Aix, Aix-en-Provence, in 2022. Before starting his doctoral project, he has worked in the field of climate protection and energy transition in think tanks and NGOs. He is also affiliated with the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the University of Tunis.

RCC Research Project:

The Techno-Politics of Tunisian-European Renewable Energy and Green Hydrogen Connectivity

Selected Publications:

• “Lehren von der COP28: Freiräume müssen erkämpft werden“ [Lessons from COP28: Freedom Must Be Fought For]. dis:orient (blog), January 14, 2024. https://www.disorient.de/cop28-dubai-klimakonferenz-ergebnisse-kritik-greenwashing.
• “Das Vertrauen junger Tunesier*innen in politische Partizipationsräume: Warum die EU-Demokratieförderung ihren Blickwinkel ändern muss“ [The Trust of Young Tunisians in Political Participation Spaces: Why the EU Democracy Promotion Needs to Change Its Perspective]. Young Journal of European Affairs, no. 1 (2021): 65–92. https://doi.org/10.5282/yjea/36.
• “Determine Who Owns the Power? A Critical Examination of the Concept of Elites in the Context of Non-State Peacebuilding.” DNGPS Working Paper (2021). https://doi.org/10.3224/dngps.v7i1.06.