Henry Hempel

Henry Hempel is a Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Environmental Politics within the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. He joined UFZ in August 2023 and contributes to research on EU chemical policy frameworks, including projects like Modernizing Hazard Indicators (ModHaz) and the Governance Monitor.

• Education:
  • Master in Economic Sociology (2020–2023), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
  • Bachelor in Business and Economics (2013–2017), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Erasmus Exchange (2022), Marmara University Istanbul

Research Interests: His work focuses on Chemical Industry & Policy, Discourse Analysis, and Circular Economy, particularly analyzing EU regulatory strategies such as the European Plastics Strategy and European Green Deal. Recent publications, like the 2024 policy brief on accelerating chemical regulation, highlight systemic improvements in EU chemical governance.

Conference Participation: He presented at the 2024 European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in Lisbon on Discursive Battles over EU Chemical Hazard Assessments and at the 2023 ECPR in Toulouse on Framing Environmental Risks of Plastics.