Niklas Werner Weins

Doutor em Ambiente e Sociedade (bolsista FAPESP) do Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH) e o Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais (NEPAM) Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Foi pesquisador visitante (FAPESP) na Environmental Policy Group da Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Holanda entre 2021-22. Ele é Mestre em Tecnologia e Sociedade (PPGTE) pela UTFPR (2019), Bachelor of Arts em Economia e Política da Ásia Oriental pela Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Alemanha (2015) com estadias de pesquisa na Universidade de Tongji, Xangai, China e Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, DF, México. Experiência com Sociologia Ambiental, Economia Institucional, Estudos de Desenvolvimento, Meio Ambiente e Relações Internacionais e Economia Política. Foi pesquisador colaborador do Studio Cities and Biodiversity (2015-2019) e o grupo de pesquisa Políticas Públicas e Dinâmicas de Desenvolvimento Territorial da UTFPR. Focos de pesquisa: Arranjos institucionais, Pagamento por serviços ambientais (PSA), desigualdade, economia institucional, políticas ambientais e sociais na China e na América Latina.

PhD in Environment and Society (FAPESP fellow) of the Institute of Philosophy and Humanities (IFCH) and the Center for Environmental Studies and Research (NEPAM) at the University of Campinas, Brazil. Between 2021-22 he was a visiting researcher (FAPESP fellow) at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Netherlands. Master in Technology and Society (PPGTE) from UTFPR (2019), Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Politics of East Asia from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (2015) with research stays at Tongji University, Shanghai, China and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, DF, Mexico. Experience with Environmental Sociology, Institutional Economics, Development Studies, Environment, International Relations and Political Economics. He was a collaborating researcher at Studio Cities and Biodiversity (2015-2019) and the research group Public Policies and Dynamics of Territorial Development at UTFPR. Research focus: Institutional arrangements, Payment for ecosystem services (PES), inequality, institutional economics, environmental and social policies in China and Latin America.