Frederic is Co-Founder and Scientific Manager of the Panel on Planetary Thinking at Giessen University and co-convener of the Earth System Governance Project’s Working Group on Democracy. Considering the stimulating science-art interface, he initiated the Planetary Scholars and Artists in Residence Program. His own research revolves around the intersections of democracy and planetary change. Before joining Giessen University, Frederic received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Duisburg-Essen and worked for the German Advisory Council on Global Change for the German Government (WBGU) in Berlin, where he contributed to various policy-oriented reports. Afterwards, he was a research group leader at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. Frederic has received several scholarships, including from the International Council of Canadian Studies for a visiting fellowship at the School of the Environment of the University of Toronto.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE Frederic is working on themes related to The Future of Democracy and pursues a project on “Planetary Democracy”.