Katja is a postdoctoral research fellow at the KFG 'The Transformative Power of Europe' at the Free University Berlin, Germany. She worked at the IES from June 2007 to September 2011, where she successfully defended her PhD dissertation with the title 'Policy Recycling? The External Effects of EU Environmental Legislation on the United States' in February 2012. The focus of Katja's academic research is on the external effects of EU environmental policy, in particular chemicals, electronic waste and climate change policy.
 
From June 2007 to January 2009, Katja worked together with other IES research fellows on the European Commission-funded research project “Assessing the potential of various instruments for sustainable consumption practices and greening of the market” (ASCEE).

Katja studied political science at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, University of Technology Sydney and Université Libre de Bruxelles. She holds a Masters degree from College of Europe in Bruges. From 2005 to 2007, she worked EU Affairs Manager at a trade association representing high-tech companies where she dealt with environmental and consumer protection policy.

Biedenkopf, Katja. 2012. Environmental Leadership Through the Diffusion of Environmental Pioneer Policy. In Rigling Gallagher, Deborah, Norman Christensen and R.N.L (Pete) Andrews (eds.) Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Reference Series on Leadership. London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi. SAGE Publications.

Biedenkopf, Katja and DaeYoung Park. 2012. A Toxic Issue? Global Leadership in Comprehensive Chemicals Management. In Rigling Gallagher, Deborah, Norman Christensen and R.N.L (Pete) Andrews (eds.) Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Reference Series on Leadership. London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi. SAGE Publications.

Biedenkopf, Katja. 2011. Book Review of Mikler, John. 2009. Greening the Car Industry: Varieties of Capitalism and Climate Change. Global Environmental Politics 11 (2): 129-131.

Scholl, Gerd, Frieder Rubik, Harri Kalimo, Katja Biedenkopf and Ólöf Söebech. 2010. Policies to promote sustainable consumption: Innovative approaches in Europe. Natural Resources Forum 34 (1): 39–50.

Biedenkopf, Katja. 2009. Policy Diffusion and Environmental Pioneership: Insights for Transatlantic Cooperation fostering Biodiversity and Biosafety?. In Jo Swinnen, David Vogel, Axel Marx, Heddy Riss and Jan Wouters (eds.). Handling Global Challenges Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World - EU, US, California and Comparative Perspectives. Leuven. Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies.

Rubik, Frieder, Gerd Scholl, Katja Biedenkopf, Harri Kalimo, Franziska Mohaupt, Ólöf Söebech, Eivind Stø, Pål Strandbakken, Bruno Turnheim. 2009. Innovative Approaches in European Sustainable Consumption Policies. Assessing the potential of various instruments for sustainable consumption practises and greening of the market (ASCEE). Berlin. Schriftenreihe des IÖW 192/09.

Rubik, Frieder, Gerd Scholl, Katja Biedenkopf, Harri Kalimo, Franziska Mohaupt, Ólöf Söebech, Eivind Stø, Pål Strandbakken, Bruno Turnheim. 2009. Promoting Sustainable Consumption – New Policy Approaches. Policy Brief. Berlin, Brussels and Oslo. IÖW, IES, Sifo.