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Due to the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, IKEM Academy 2020 is going digital. Our application process remains the same, but the event will be free. Please check out our updated FAQs for more details.

IKEM Academy 2020 IKEM Academy 2020
  • About
  • Applications
  • Program
    • 2020
    • Recent
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
    • Features
    • Fees
  • Sponsorships
  • FAQs
  • Contact

About us

Who we are

IKEM: Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility

The IKEM Academy is an annual event organised by the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM) in close cooper­ation with the University of Greifswald. IKEM is a German research institute that analyses challenges associated with the German energy transition, partic­u­larly questions related to policy and law. The Institute is affil­iated with the University of Greifswald and directed by Prof. Michael Rodi, who is also a professor of law at the University (learn more about IKEM here).

University of Greifswald

Founded in 1456, the University of Greifswald is one of the oldest academic insti­tu­tions in Europe. It is partic­u­larly renowned for its law and economic depart­ments. The University is strate­gi­cally positioned to study today’s energy transition. Located on the Baltic Sea, it’s close to offshore wind farms, the NordStream gas pipeline, and a decom­mis­sioned nuclear power plant in Lubmin. The first IKEM Academy was held at the University of Greifswald in 2004 (learn more about the University here).

The team

Prof. Michael Rodi

Professor Michael Rodi has been a professor of Public Law, Finance, and Tax Law at the University of Greifswald since 1999. He is the director of IKEM and founder of IKEM Academy: Energy and Climate.

Prof. Rodi has provided consul­tancy services to the German Ministry of Economic Affairs, the German Environmental Agency, and the European Union on the topics of tax surcharges, climate change law, and financial resource collection, respec­tively. He was also respon­sible for designing and imple­menting a compre­hensive ecological tax reform in Vietnam.

His current focus lies in climate and energy legis­lation, with a particular emphasis on the inter­action of fiscal instru­ments.

Anika Nicolaas Ponder

Anika Nicolaas Ponder leads the Sustainability & Innovation team at IKEM.  Her expertise includes innov­ative engagement formats for the energy transition, inter­na­tional networks, and project management. Anika has managed the IKEM Academy since 2011. In recent years, she served as project lead for the Baltic InteGrid, an EU consortium inves­ti­gating meshed offshore grids in the Baltic Sea. She was also project manager for two multi-award-winning collab­o­rative projects between IKEM and Ellery Studio for Creative Strategy.

Anika holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the Amsterdam School of Business and a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the Sorbonne, Paris.

Pauline Horng

Pauline is a research associate at IKEM with experience in green buildings, sustain­ability innovation, and inter­dis­ci­plinary and creative problem-solving. Her work for the Institute has included project acqui­sition, IKEM Academy planning, and research for the award-winning Infographic Energy Transition Coloring Book. Pauline’s thesis, Exploring Business Models for Addressing the Landlord-Tenant Dilemma in the Residential Buildings of Germany, was written in the context of the Kopernikus ENavi project and overseen by advisers from IKEM.

Pauline received a BSc. in Marine Biotechnology and Resources from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, and a double MSc. in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy from IMT Atlantique (France) and the Technical University of Madrid.

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