Hänze, Niklas

Niklas Hänze is an Independent Doctoral Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz under the supervision of Gabriele Spilker. Niklas completed his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics at Osnabrück University. He holds a Master’s degree in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz.

Doctoral Project:

“Inequality, institutions, and climate change: Understanding the circle between inequality and climate change impacts in the Global South”

Research interests:

• Climate change, natural disasters and political conflict
• Quantitative methods and spatial analysis
• Horizontal inequality