Current Position: Senior Scientific Officer at PT DLR Project Management Agency, Bonn, Germany. JPI Climate.
PhD in Sociology. Expertise in research management and funding amongst others,in the field of climate change, societal transformation and climate change adaptation.Programme development and Joint Programming on European level: JPI Climate Connecting climate knowledge for EuropeGerman Representative in JPIs To Co WorkWork Package Leader in CIRCLE-2 Era Net Project: Climate change impact responsesCo-Editor of Working Group 3 in JPI Climate: Societal transformations in the face of climate changeResearch and consultancy for innovations in sustainable development, I appreciate diversity as a source of creativity. Specialized in evaluation and advice for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary programmes, programme development. I have experience in climate change resarch and sustainable energy andwith environmental problems in the urban context.My special interest lies in jointly developing solutions that combine different areas, for instance climate change and energy. Decentral energy systems is an area of special interest for me.My aim is to contribute to societal relevance of research. How can we support this effectively in research policy and funding. How will H2020 address this? Which criteria do we need when evaluating societal impact of research? What are best practices?I am fluent in German, Dutch and English. I feel at home in Ireland, the Netherlands (where I am living with my family) and Germany.
Specialties: Research Funding, European and national Programme development, planning and evaluation, research methods, Evaluating intgegrative research, interdisciplinary collaboration, designing and facilitating collaborative innovation processes, stakeholder dialogues, in sustainable energy, urban areas and climate change.
Joined 2014
Organisation
PT DLR Project Management Agency in the German Aerospace Centre,