Martje Köppen

Martje Köppen is a Dean's Scholar at the Faculty of Law and the Ann Kennedy Scholar of Lady Margret Hall reading for her DPhil in Law at the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, where she researches the (contested) role of law in the 'Net Zero' transition. Her present research interests cover:

• the legislation and regulation of Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) in the EU
• the decarbonisation of the energy and industry sector's hard to abate process emissions and the role of law and legal instruments in this context. 

Previous to joining the Sustainable Law Programme, Martje worked for the German government on the conceptualisation and establishment of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs). Martje holds a law degree from Bucerius Law School (Scholar of the German Government) and graduated as valedictorian from the MSc in Environmental and Energy Technology from Imperial College London where she received the President's Trust Imperial Scholarship and the Turing Scholarship.