Hi, I'm Niklas. I enjoy exploring the intersection between nature and urban spaces, working at Fraunhofer IAO within the Urban Systems Engineering and Urban Governance Innovation team. My role allows me to engage with a variety of people, valuing diverse perspectives and collaborative efforts towards sustainable advancements. Outside my project work, I'm passionate about brainstorming new ideas, such as enhancing nocturnal urban landscapes by exploring possible synergies between nocturnal ecology and nocturnal socioeconomics.

On this site, you'll find both my professional journey, including my CV and details about my projects at Fraunhofer IAO, and a peek into my personal passions. I've shared links to my photography on Unsplash and you may discover my interests in craftwork, music, and the arts.

Current and past projects I am/was involved in professionally:

• The URBREATH Approach: Systemic Integration of Transformative Technical and Nature-based Solutions to Improve Climate Neutrality of European Cities and Regions and tackle Climate Change
• SPARCS: Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS
• ACCSESS: Providing access to cost-efficient, replicable, safe and flexible CCUS
• Innovationsnetzwerk Nachtkultur
• Fraunhofer Think Tank Pioneer Programme Bioeconomy and Methane Value Chains
• Seminar on Feedback, Scientific Poster Design. For Bachelor Students

Current and past projects of personal interest and hobbies:

• Crab Couture - a sustainable fashion brand; about bringing ideas to life with the help of generative AI; open craft space/workshop Stuttgart
• Fahrrad.de Advertisement and Commuting by (E-)Bike up the hill
• To Build a Birdhouse
• Working in Wagenhallen Kitchen
• My Friend openend an Ice-Cream Shop - how cool is that?
• My Master Thesis on 'The Governance of Nature-Based Solutions' (if you're interested also see a video of its presentation, I held during a research visit at the American University of Armenia)
• Sustainability Week Uni Hohenheim - Our take on the topic through Utopian Thinking - does it make sense?
• Nachhaltigkeitstage Uni Hohenheim - A take on Food Waste and Michelin Star Cooking
• Gärtnerei Willmann - Working on a Demeter certified Organic Farm
• Seminar work on "Coersive Conservation", an interesting topic, see presentation on it
• Playing Music for Friends - dj effekt and good times
• Civil Service at Young Friends of the Earth Baden-Württemberg

Be in touch...

• Email: niklas.effenberger@gmail.com