M. A. Politics and Policy

What does justice mean in the energy transition? How can power relations and participation in energy production, distribution, and consumption be transformed? Intersectional perspectives on the energy transition as social-ecological transformation are central to the research work of Annika Bode at the IÖW. Key topics include, for example, innovative practices and organizational forms of community energy that specifically address and benefit marginalized consumers in the energy transition.

Main focus

• Energy Justice
• Decentralized energy supply structures
• Community Energy
   

Experience

• Since 04/2026: Researcher at the IÖW
• 07/2025 – 04/2026: Project officer for energy consulting, consumer association Berlin
• 2021 – 2024: Researcher, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, chair “Management of Regional Energy Supply Structures”
• 2020 – 2021: Internship and Student assistant in the research field Sustainable Energy and Climate Protection at the IÖW
   

Education

• 2019 – 2021: M. A. European Politics and Policy at the University of Manchester, UK
• 08/2016 – 12/2016: Semester abroad at the Universidad de los Andes, Chile
• 2014 – 2019: B. A. in Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bayreuth