Dirk Messner

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Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner is the Director of the German Environmental Agency and Co-Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He previously served as Director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany, and Vice-Rector of the United Nations University. He is a member of the Earth League, an alliance of sustainability scholars, and has served on several advisory boards. He is a specialist in globalization and global governance, sustainable transformation, decarbonization, sustainability, digital change, international cooperation and social change. He holds a PhD in political science, is a university professor and has written more than 300 publications.