Annika Weber
Annika Weber is a senior research associate in the mobility department at IKEM. She is also IKEM’s Equal Opportunities Officer. She studied Global Studies at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Buenos Aires), and Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok). Her master’s thesis focused on societal responses to socio-ecological transformations. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Intercultural […]
Markus Lehnshack
Markus Lehnshack was a Senior Research Associate research fellow at IKEM until June 2025. Since then, he has been supporting projects in the areas of energy law and mobility as well as project acquisition as an external employee. His research focuses on the mobility, energy and building sectors, with a particular focus on socially just […]
Dr. Alexandra Appel
Dr. Alexandra Appel is head of the mobility department at IKEM. She currently leads projects on electromobility and focuses on sustainable mobility concepts in urban and rural areas. Previously, she was an academic councillor, researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Economic Geography at the Institute of Geography and Geology at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg […]
Dr. Kathleen Pauleweit, LL.M.
Dr. Kathleen Pauleweit is a Senior Research Associate in IKEM’s departments of Climate and Innovation and Mobility. Her research focuses on participation, public involvement, and climate good governance. She also serves as IKEM’s Gender Equality Officer. She studied environmental law at the University of Kassel and completed her master’s degree in 2017 as the best […]
Anika Nicolaas Ponder
Anika Nicolaas Ponder leads IKEM’s Climate and Innovation Department, where she and her team explore the socio-economic benefits of the energy transition, and turn those findings into positive communication strategies and effective engagement. With over fifteen years of experience in international research and project management, she specialises in acceptance research, social innovation, and science communication […]
