Since 2020 research assistant at the Independent Institute for Environmental Issues e.V. in the field of environmental law & participation.
Studied law at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. Subsequently, research assistant at a public law chair in Hamburg and doctoral thesis on the public welfare responsibility of private companies in infrastructure development.
Legal clerkship with stations at the Hamburg Higher Administrative Court (Senate for Immission Control Law and Planning Approval Procedures), at the environmental law firm Günther Rechtsanwälte in Hamburg and at the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. in Berlin.
Projects
Wissenschaftliche Unterstützung des Rechtsschutzes in Umweltangelegenheiten in der 19. Legislaturperiode. (2019 – 2021)
Data use concept and data infrastructure for the Federal Environment Agency’s social and natural science databases, (2019 – 2022)
E-Justice Portal – Regulation and practice of access to justice in environmental matters, (2020 – 2021)
Public participation in the nuclear repository search, (2020 – 2022)
Publications (selection)
Verheyen, Roda/Franke, Johannes: Current Loss and Damage in Climate Change Litigation, in: Research Handbook on International, National, and Transnational Responses to Loss and Damage, Edward Elgar Publishing (im Erscheinen)

Department
Environmental Law & Participation
Fully qualified lawyer
Research associate
phone +49 (0)30 – 4284 993 35
e-mail johannes.franke@ufu.de