Berthold Kuhn

Berthold Kuhn is a political scientist and international cooperation advisor on sustainable development. He works as an adjunct professor (Privatdozent) at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science (OSI), Freie Universität Berlin and as consultant to the European Commission, United Nations organisations, German development cooperation, consulting firms and non-governmental organisations. He was previously a professor at the School of Public Affairs and School of Public Policy, Xiamen University and a GIZ-CIM and Rhineland-Palatinate cooperation expert.
His work focuses on sustainable development and climate policies in comparative perspective, sustainable finance, state-market-civil society cooperation, China in the global context, the role of civil society, non-governmental organisations (NGO), global megatrends and future research, human rights (including economic, social and cultural rights), participation issues, capacity development, monitoring and evaluation.