Nils Hilder

PhD student
Focus fields:
Hydrogen
Contact:
Languages:
German English French

Short description

I am a social geographer and my current PhD project deals with the socio-ecological impacts of the hydrogen transition. I work with perspectives of political ecology and concepts such as energy justice and energy democracy.

Research data

Academic degree
PhD candidate
Department
Social issues, Climate protection & Resources
Research topic

Socio-ecological transformation, social justice, political ecology

Research institute
Kiel University
Location of the research institute
Kiel
Department/Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institution
Institute of Geography
Chair
Prof. Dr. Silja Klepp

Career

Education
MSc Sustainability, Society, and the Environment, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 2024
BA Geography, English-Speaking Cultures, University of Bremen, 2020
Experience
PhD student (since 2025)

Publications and projects

Selected publications
Hein, J., & Hilder, N. (2023). Estuarine territorialization and the port of Hamburg. Maritime Studies, 22(3), 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-023-00329-x (Link to publication)
Hilder, N., & Hein, J. (2023). The Port of Hamburg under pressure to grow-The port expansion area as a territory of (in)justice? In S. Klepp & J. Hein (Eds.), Environmental justice and socio-ecological transformation: Conflicts over sustainability in German-speaking countries (pp. 207-233). Transcript. DOI: 10.14361/9783839463253-008 (Link to publication)
Selected sponsored projects
Political ecology of hydrogen infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein and Normandy - An investigation of the transformative potential of hydrogen infrastructures, Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, 2025-2028 (Link to project)
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