Dr. Frank Hüesker
Research Unit Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Governance and Institutions
Working Group Social-Science Water Research (Speaker)
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1656
frank.hueesker@ufz.de

Research topics
- Politics of water and chemicals
- Legitimacy and efficiency of global and European environmental governance
- Sustainable urban infrastructures and municipal utilities
- Energy transition and sector integration (e.g. nexus to wastewater sector)
Former Projects
River Basin Governance (RiBaGo) Research Network: The European Union and China, CO-REACH ERA grant, 2009−2011
Rescaling Environmental Governance in Europe – The EU Water Framework Directive and the scalar reconfiguration of resource regulation, German Research Foundation (DFG), 2010−2013
Existing Wastewater Treatment Plant´s potentials to provide ancillary services for energy grids (arrivee), German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2014−2017
Publications & Presentations
Recent Publications:
Hüesker, F.; Moss T. (2018): Kommunale (Abwasser-)Unternehmen als ein Standbein der dezentralen Energiewende. In: Radtke, Jörg; Kersting, Norbert (Hrsg.): Energiewende. Politikwissenschaftliche Perspektiven, Springer, 289-312.
Gretzschel, O.; Hüesker, F.; Schmitt, T. G.; Kolisch, G.; Salomon, D.; Zdrallek, M.; Schiebold, D.; Hanke, B. (2018): Flexibilitätsbeiträge von Kläranlagen zur Energiewende – Handlungsempfehlungen und Forderungen an Gesetzgeber und Politik. In: Korrespondenz Abwasser, Abfall, 65. Jg., vol. 3, 217ff.