Bio

Johannes joined the research team in autumn 2019 and has been leading Founders Pledge’s climate work since 2020, building the FP Climate Fund and the climate research team. His research and grantmaking have been covered by Vox, Volts, Prospect Magazine, Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and the Future of Life Institute, amongst others.

He brings five years of experience working in a think tank advising decision makers on climate policy and has also researched the intersection between effective and feasible climate policies. Johannes holds a M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a M.Sc. in Sociology with a focus on research methods from the Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology from the University of Groningen.