Johannes Brehm

Johannes Brehm is a PhD candidate in the Governance Programme at the Hertie School and a Research Associate with the Sustainability and Governance research group at the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. His work bridges political economy, climate policy, and environmental economics.

Research Focus:

• Political economy of the green transition
• Low-carbon innovation
• Policy effects on education and health
• Machine learning applications in environmental tax analysis

Recent Publications analyze carbon taxation effects, climate protests, flood risk impacts on real estate, and environmental policy's influence on educational outcomes. His work spans Journal of Public Economics, Nature Communications, and Environmental Research Letters.