Matthias Täger

Matthias is an economic sociologist with the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx). He is interested in how finance governs and organises its relationship with the natural environment. In this context, his focus lies in particular on the role of knowledge and devices on the one hand and temporalities on the other hand. He has conducted interview-based and ethnographic fieldwork on the genesis of climate-related disclosure frameworks and institutions (TCFD), the design of climate scenarios for central banking (NGFS reference scenarios), and the development and use of climate-related knowledge and devices in asset management. His research brings together and advances debates in economic sociology, science & technology studies, and political sociology. Matthias is also an Honorary Research Fellow at Warwick Business School.

Background

Matthias obtained his PhD on the construction of climate risk at LSE’s Department of Geography & Environment where his research was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Before joining LSE, Matthias was a Fulbright student and research assistant at the School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston. Previously, he held several roles as research assistant at the University of Bremen, the European Institute for Public Participation in Bremen, the LMU Munich and the Institute for Contemporary History Munich. He received a BA in Political Science and History from LMU Munich and an MA in International Relations from the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University Bremen.

Research interests

• Temporalities of climate change
• Calculative devices
• Green central banking
• Green Finance