PD Dr Dr Ariel Macaspac Hernandez is currently a senior researcher at the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Enwicklungspolitik and a Privatdozent at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. He holds a Habilitation degree on political science (Uni Duisburg-Essen), two PhDs in political science (Uni of Vienna) and in Economics and Social Sciences (Uni of Cologne) as well as Master’s Degrees in Mediation (European Uni Viadrina), Political Science, Sociology and Pedagogy (LMU Munich). His research and teaching interests include international negotiations, transformation to sustainability, international cooperation and development policies of rising powers, sustainable energy, climate change and Global North-Global South cooperation.