Former Team Members
Nele Kress
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Research Focus
- Urban Stustainability Transformations
- Environmental Governance
- Smart Cities
- Imaginaries
Curriculum Vitae
01/2020 − 03/2021
Research associate at the UFZ – Project Governance of Sociotechnical Transformations
02/2019 – 12/2019
Research assistant at the UFZ – Project Governance of Sociotechnical Transformations
06/2018 – 09/2018
Internship at the World Future Council – Department Climate, Energy and Cities
11/2017 – 02/2018
Research assistant at the UFZ – Project Enabling Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Melanesia and Micronesia
10/2016 – 09/2019
M.Sc. in Sustainable Development with a specialization in Earth System Governance at the University of Leipzig and Utrecht University (Netherlands) – Thesis: Rethinking Smart Cities: An Empirical Study of the Urban Laboratory ‚Verschwörhaus‘ in Ulm (Germany) and its Potentials for a Community-driven Smart Transition
04/2015 – 07/2015
Internship at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht – Department Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas
08/2013 – 09/2013
Internship at the Political Unit of Greenpeace e.V., Berlin
10/2011 – 03/2016
B.Sc. in Environmental and Sustainability Studies (minor Political Science) at the Leuphana University Lüneburg and Karlstad University (Sweden) – Thesis: The role of future visions in environmental and sustainability policy. A case study: Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation