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I am a PhD candidate with the Innovation Studies Section and the Urban Futures Studio in the „Phase-Outs in Science as a Lever for Sustainability Transformations“ project – supervised by Dr. Jarno Hoekman and Dr. Jeroen Oomen.

My research explores the increasing politicization of science – long seen as apolitical, neutral and a key driver of sustainability. Drawing on STS, public policy, political sociology, and futuring, I conceptualize science politicization as a process enacted through strategic performances. Specifically, I am interested how various actors attempt to destabilize academic institutions, practices or funding streams, and how such performances intersect with broader sociopolitical projects. Recognizing that science and its institutions are inescapably political, my research seeks to illuminate who gets to politicize science, under what conditions and with what consequences. Ultimately, I want to understand whether the politicization can also act as a catalyst for reimagining science’s role in society.

My drive to understand the evolving role of science in societal transformations is rooted in a broader interest in how these transformations unfold amid intersecting crises – including the climate crises, democratic backsliding and the politicization of sustainability itself. I hold a BA in Political Science (FU Berlin) and a MSc in Governance of Sustainability Transformations (Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) from which I graduated cum laude. My educational background spans insights into environmental and public policy, political sociology, EU integration and transnational environmental law, combined with a strong interest in populism, contentious politics, and the role of civil society in transformation processes.