Mathis, Okka Lou
Okka Lou Mathis
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Researcher
Specialization
Political Science
Work areas
- Dissertation project "National sustainability and climate institutions and their impact on policy-making"
- Sustainability politics in democracies
- Global climate politics and national implementation
- 2030 Agenda with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Working Group Sustainability at IDOS
Vita
2/2024-12/2024 | Parental Leave |
since 10/2019 | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg PhD Candidate, Research Group on Governance, Participation and Sustainability |
since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Department "Environmental Governance" |
1/2018-10/2018 | Parental Leave |
6/2014-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Department "Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources" |
9/2013-5/2014 | Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Teilnehmerin des 49. Postgraduierten-Programms. Forschungsprojekt: Fluch oder Segen? Natürliche Ressourcen, Fiskaltransfers und lokale Politik in Peru |
9/2012-6/2013 | Uppsala University, Sweden Development Studies (M.A.) |
2/2012-8/2012 | Heinrich-Böll Stiftung, Kambodscha Praktikum im Bereich Gender Democracy |
1/2011-8/2011 | Universität Konstanz, Lehrstuhl für internationale Politik Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Projekt "The European Union as a Democracy Promoter in the Western Balkans" |
10/2007-4/2011 | Universität Konstanz und Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Studium Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft (B.A.) |
12/2009-2/2010 | Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammanarbeit (GIZ), Nepal Praktikum im Programm "Urban Development through Local Efforts" |
9/2009-11/2009 | Oxfam Deutschland e.V., Berlin Praktikum zu den Themen Klimawandel und Klimapolitik |
Member of
Research fellow: Earth System Governance project
Member of the process advisory board of the participation procedure Bonn4Future – Wir fürs Klima
Refereed Publications
- Mathis, Okka Lou / Michael Rose / Jens Newig / Bauer, Steffen (2022)
Toward the sustainability state? Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions and their impact on policy-making
in: Environmental Policy and Governance 33 (3), 313-324 - Grimm, Sonja / Okka Lou Mathis (2017)
Democratization via aid? The European Union’s democracy promotion in the Western Balkans 1994–2010
published on European Union Politics September 17, 2017 - Grimm, Sonja / Okka Lou Mathis
(2015)
Stability first, development second, democracy third: the European Union's policy towards the post-conflict Western Balkans, 1991–2010
in: Europe-Asia Studies 67 (6), 916-947
Non-refereed Publications
- Mathis, Okka Lou / Sander Chan (2016)
Book review: "Hayley Stevenson / John S. Dryzek: Democratizing global climate governance"
in: Carbon and Climate Law Review (CCLR) 10 (1), 83-85 - Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Pieter Pauw / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis (2015)
EU climate leadership: five building blocks for ambitious action
(Briefing Paper 21/2015) - Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis (2015)
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
in: Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.), Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Discussion Paper 7/2015), 81-84
Opinion Pieces
- Mathis, Okka Lou (2021)
Citizens’ councils for promoting the global common good
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 18 March 2021 - Breuer, Anita / Svea Koch / Ina Lehmann / Okka Lou Mathis (2021)
Stellungnahme des DIE zur Weiterentwicklung der Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie 2021
published on www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/nachhaltigkeitspolitik, 01.11.2020 - Wieczorek, Florian / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
Mensch, dein Lebensraum!
published on klimareporter.de, 26.09.2020 - Hägele, Ramona / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
From COVID-19 to climate action
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 25 May 2020 - Schwachula, Anna / Okka Lou Mathis / Daniele Malerba / Ramona Hägele (2019)
On the dilemma of flying for sustainability
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 27 September 2019) - Mathis, Okka Lou (2017)
Digging our own grave – democratically
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 15 September 2017) - Mathis, Okka Lou / Benjamin Schraven (2015)
“Climate refugees” in Europe? Climate-related migration affects developing countries in particular
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 10 December 2015) - Mathis, Okka Lou / Matthias Ruchser (2015)
If you like the world, save it!
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 21 September 2015)
Projects
- Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement ("Klimalog II")
- Klimalog: Dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation
- Klimalog: Research for a climate-smart and just transformation
- EINEWELT – Unsere Verantwortung: Die Zukunftscharta
- Rohstoffe und fiskalische Dezentralisierung in Peru
Politische Institutionen im (Klima-) Wandel
In the media
"Bürgerrat Klima": Macht, Ohnmacht und Hoffnung auf eine nachhaltige Politik
Wieczorek, Florian / Okka Lou Mathis (2021)
klimareporter.de, 26 June 2021
In den Medien
Podcast: Wie kommt Nachhaltigkeit in die Politik?
Radio free FM, 24.03.2021
In the Media
Mensch, dein Lebensraum!
Wieczorek, Florian / Okka Lou Mathis (2020)
klimareporter.de, 26 September 2020