Dr. Florian Engels is a Senior Fellow at CASSIS. He studied political science at the University of Bonn and Science Po Grenoble from 2010-2015. After completing his Master's degree, he worked for the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and the German Energy Agency (Dena) in Berlin. For his doctorate, he returned to Bonn at the end of 2016 as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz at the Institute for Political Science and Sociology. Dr. Florian Engels successfully completed his dissertation entitled "Debates and decisions - France's participatory decision-making processes in the environmental and energy sector between deliberative democracy and instrumental politics" in 2023, which was funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

In addition to his work at CASSIS, Dr. Florian Engels works as a freelance expert for various foundations.

2023
Dissertation "Debates and decisions - France's participatory decision-making processes in the environmental
and energy sector between deliberative democracy and instrumental politics"

Since March 2019
Doctoral scholar of the German National Academic Foundation.

Since October 2016
Research assistant and PhD student with Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Bonn.

2016
German Energy Agency Ltd.
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

2013-2015
Master studies in political science at the University of Bonn and the "Science Po" Grenoble.

2010-2013
Bachelor studies "Politics and Society" at the University of Bonn

Debatten und Entscheidungen – Frankreichs partizipative Willensbildungsprozesse im Umwelt- und Energiebereich zwischen deliberativer Demokratie und instrumenteller Politik. Dissertationsschrift. In: Rechkemmer, Andreas et. al. (Hg.): Sustainable Development in the 21st Century. Schriftenreihe bei Nomos: Baden-Baden. Im Erscheinen.

The French (non-)compliance with the European energy policy. In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. Online First-Publikation, August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41358- 022-00329-z.

Deliberative Partizipationsprozesse in der französischen Umwelt- und Energiepolitik – Lösungsansätze für die Legitimationskrise der Demokratie? In: Deutsch-Französisches Institut (Hg.): Frankreich Jahrbuch 2018, Springer: Wiesbaden 2019, S. 155-174.

Why There is No Energy Transition in France. In: Hilz, Wolfram/Ulatowski, Rafał (Hg.): Energy Policy in Europe. Tectum: Baden-Baden 2019, S. 49-62.

Die französische Energiewende im Rahmen der EU-Energiepolitik. Tectum: Marburg 2016.

Summer semester 2021
Democracy and democratic deficit of the EU
(BMDE)

Summer semester 2020
Democracy and democratic deficit in the EU. Online Proseminar
(BMDE)

Summer semester 2019
France: politics, society, Europe. Proseminar
(BMDE)

Summer semester 2018
The political system of France. Proseminar
(BMDE)
Negotiation simulation: energy policy in Europe
(BMDE)

Summer semester 2017
Politics in France. Proseminar
(BMDE)

Winter semester 2018-2022
Exercise to the lecture
(BMDE)

Winter term 2016/2017
Energy policy in the European Union. Proseminar
(BMDE)