The CSCP Team

... for implementing the 10-Year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production. This involves consulting governments and international organisations on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), Resource Efficiency (RE) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies.

He presently directs projects in the fields of SCP/RE and poverty reduction, eco-efficiency performance assessment and management, Corporate Social Responsibility and reporting,  SCP indicators, technology assessment, triple bottom line innovation sustainable consumption, product stewardship and the design of SCP/RE strategies based on multi-stakeholder approaches at company, product chain and sector level.

He has worked with or for a variety of organisations including UNEP, UNIDO, Worldbank, ILO, the European Commission, InWent, GTZ; the Global Reporting Initiative, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and various other sector associations. Furthermore, he works for different multinational companies, examples are: Barclays Bank, Canon, EMI, Hewlett Packard, Philip Morris, Matsushita and Motorola.

Michael Kuhndt studied chemical engineering and environmental management and policy in Germany, Sweden and the USA. He obtained an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University Dortmund, Germany, and an MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University, Sweden.

After gaining professional experience in the development and application of environmental and social information for management decisions at a German Bank and at Saturn, General Motors (USA), he worked for the European Commission for two years on linking environmental information demand and supply in industry and science.  He was a senior consultant within the "Sustainable Production and Consumption Department" at the Wuppertal Institute and a permanent consultant at United Nations Environment Programme within the "Sustainable Consumption and Production" unit. He was the founding director of triple innova, one of the leading German innovation research centre.

Mr Kuhndt  is a representative of the Working Group on ICT and Sustainable Development of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and an International Advisory Member at the International Conference on EcoBalance in Tokyo.

Michael Kuhndt is a German national.

From 2000 to 2004, she co-organised the award Prix Charlemagne pour les Médias Européens, in Aachen. From 1989 to 1992 she worked as the Assistant to the Director of the North Rhine-Westphalia InWEnt office (formerly Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft).

Gabriele Eigen studied French and Art Education at the University of Wuppertal and holds the 1st state diploma. During her University studies she spent one year in Paris working as an au-pair and studying language at the Sorbonne. After that, she completed two years of practical training in Aachen in order to become a qualified high school teacher (2nd state diploma). In addition, Gabriele Eigen was trained as a personal assistant / bilingual assistant with a final exam at the Chamber of Commerce in Düsseldorf.

Gabriele Eigen is a German national.

The project will deliver a roadmap of change strategies and innovation spaces that address current unsustainable consumption patterns associated with the way we live, move and consume.

In 2010 Cheryl began working with the CSCP as a Senior Consultant on Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Consumption and Production.

Cheryl is an experienced business and sustainability professional with 15 years of cross-sector business experience and most recently working with leading multi-national companies on collaborative action projects for sustainable development with The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).  From 2004-2010 Cheryl was the focal point for the WBCSD’s work on sustainable consumption and sustainable finance with contribution to the WBCSD’s 2008-2009 scenarios project, Vision 2050. Cheryl led the WBCSD’s work exploring the relationship between business activities, consumer behavior, individual lifestyles and environmental and social challenges. Cheryl also led the WBCSD-UNEP FI initiative which brought business together directly with financial institutions to accelerate the valuation of sustainability in the capital markets.  In 2001-2004 Cheryl was focused on the health agenda, and a process for dialogue between company executives, medical professionals and hospital administration aimed at the social responsibility of companies related to impacts on health.  From 1995 – 2001 Cheryl held different positions in the areas of sales, marketing, and human resources in various companies and foundations.

Cheryl is Canadian and throughout her career and studies has worked and lived in Australia, Canada, Colombia, France, Mexico, South Korea, and is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Prior to joining CSCP in June 2010 Frans was with IVAM UvA B.V. based in Amsterdam (Netherlands) since 1993, and beforehand 2,5 years for the Dutch Ministry of Environment involved in stakeholder-dialogues to define improved structures to reduce industrial waste streams and developing the Dutch national strategy on Cleaner Production.

At IVAM - a private research and consultancy organization in the field of sustainability under a holding-structure of the University of Amsterdam – Frans acted as senior consultant during most of his work period, working mainly in the field of Sustainable Production and Environmentally Sound Technologies; since 1999 he also was head of the department on Sustainable Production and responsible for acquisition and management of most of IVAM’s international projects and from September 2008 he was the managing director.

His work is heavily oriented on capacity building and institutional strengthening of a variety of stakeholders (both in Europe as well as in developing countries) in the field of Sustainable Production (methodologically as well as technically); governmental agencies, research institutes and NGO’s as well as business organizations (individual enterprises and associations).

He is active since 1995 in over 20 countries, with a strong emphasis on Asian countries (China, Mongolia, South-Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka) working on assignments for amongst others Dutch and Swiss government, European Commission, UNIDO, UNEP, OECD, AsDB en Worldbank.

Based on this work he has a wealth of experience in the applicability of SCP tools and instruments in different cultural settings and which conditions enable or hamper the effective uptake.

Frans holds BSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University Eindhoven (Netherlands) and Chemistry from the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands= and a MSc in Environmental Sciences from the Rijksuniversity Utrecht (Netherlands).

Frans Verspeek is a Dutch national.

... as well as Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Finance. Her focus areas are training programmes and workshops for business and key stakeholders, organisational learning for sustainability and life cycle thinking. The latter encompasses life cycle assessment, closed material cycles and resource efficiency.

Nadine Pratt lectures at the university level on sustainability and has conducted workshops based on participatory and creative techniques, especially World Café with stakeholders from government, business and civil society. She has worked on several projects with MNCs, SMEs and NGOs in the field of sustainable consumption and production, particularly leadership training for sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Nadine Pratt holds a doctorate degree in economics. She studied at the University of Cologne, Germany and ESADE, Spain. Her doctoral studies she completed at the University Witten/Herdecke, Germany. For her dissertation she spent several months at the department of Peter Senge at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, conducting research on organisational learning and full system approaches to sustainability.

Nadine Pratt is a German-Haitian national.

...sustainable living. Her expertise lies with resource efficiency, supply chain innovation, product stewardship, corporate responsibility and stakeholder dialogue.  She is furthermore involved in implementation and capacity building with the SWITCH Asia programme for sustainable consumption and production.

Prior to engaging with the CSCP Christina Raab has worked for several years at a German consultancy, where she was responsible for strategy development and project management in the field of sound chemicals management, environmental policies and service-based, innovative business approaches for international private and public clients. Directly after her studies she joined the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation to contribute in the area of Cleaner Production and Chemical Leasing. Christina Raab is experienced in working in developed economies as well as emerging and developing countries in South America, North Africa and South Asia.

Christina Raab holds a doctoral degree in technical chemistry from the Vienna University of Technology and conducted her PhD research in materials chemistry at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Throughout her studies she has lived in the United States, France and Spain.

Christina Raab is an Austrian national.

Before joining the CSCP, she worked as an environment expert to the EU’s LIFE (Financial Instrument for the Environment) programme and as a parliamentary assistant at the European Parliament, focusing on environmental policy and consumer protection issues. She also worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature and the European Environmental Bureau.

Nora has studied International Relations at the Technical University Dresden and McGill University in Montreal. She conducted her thesis on international water conflicts in close cooperation with the Institute of Organisational Communication (IFOK) and the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics.

Nora is a German national. 

... Sustainable Building Interior Renovation. Furthermore he is responsible for projects on designing strategies and in defining criteria for more sustainable products and services.

Before taking up the position at CSCP, Thomas worked as a scientific assistant at the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and as an environment expert in the national office of Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). In both cases he was responsible for various topics of sustainable development strategies, analysing indicators of natural resource conservation and working on basic policy issues of sustainability.

Thomas has studied political science at Free University Berlin. The focal points of his studies were the correlations of international conflicts and environment policy.

Thomas is a German national.

She lectures in capacity building training programmes conducted for the intermediary cleaner production institutions of developing countries on tools for environmental management including reporting. She has also conducted seminars on Environmental Management in various universities and business schools.

Burcu Tunçer holds an MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden). She previously earned a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from Bilkent University and an MSc Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.

Burcu Tunçer is a Turkish national.

... and analysing linkages between poverty eradication and social progress with sustainable consumption and production in Africa.

Fisseha is a former senior expert at the Ethiopia Environmental Protection Authority. He worked for UNDP, UNEP and GEF projects in Africa and served as chief chemist for Environmental Management, Process Control, Quality Control and Research and Development at processing industries in Africa.

He holds BSc in Chemistry from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Diploma in Management from Mekele University (Ethiopia), MSc in Environment and Development from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), and MA in Social Entrepreneurship and International Philanthropy from Bologna University (Italy).

Fisseha Tessema is an Ethiopian national.

...approaches and tools for mainstreaming SCP.

Neil is an experienced Project leader used to coordinating multi-national and multi-functional project teams to find solutions meeting the interests of diverse stakeholders. He acquired over 10 years professional experience in IT and consumer goods marketing.

As an International Product Manager he was responsible for strategy for a portfolio of brands and products in over 30 countries including projects on full chain sustainability risk and opportunity analysis and market change strategy for harmful products. He designed and commissioned international market researches and has extensive experience of supply chain and packaging optimisation, including working on packaging design and category management for major retailer groups. Additionally he managed innovation process and pipelines and was a trained knowledge management expert.

He now works on diverse projects with corporations, industry associations and policy-makers. His other key field of interest is in the field of behavioural change and values systems shifts towards sustainable lifestyles- addressing people within their own subjective contexts.

Neil studied Marketing at Lancaster University, England with units of Consumer Behaviour, Retailing and Cognitive and Social Psychology. He is a Master Practioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, a certified coach and an Associate member of the global Association of Coaching.

Neil is a British national.

...Susanne focuses on communicating and disseminating project’s best practices and project results. She edits the Network Facility’s webpage, produces movies and designs communication tools necessary to network among projects and policy makers.

Before joining the SWITCH-Asia Network Facility, Susanne Müller managed a bi-lateral project for the German development cooperation. Change management and policy development were at the heart of her work as media advisor to the Minister of Women’s Affairs in Cambodia. Susanne effectively put communication campaigns into practice. With intercultural expertise she directed a project on women’s rights. She designed strategies and conducted impact analyzes.

Susanne has worked with or for a variety of organisations including GTZ, DED and Greenpeace. Furthermore, she worked for different German broadcasting channels and media companies, examples are: NDR/RBB, RTL, SAT1, VOX, Multimedia and Media Company Berlin.

Environmental Protection has not only been at the center of Susanne’s career in the Greenpeace press office. She produced environmental movies and action footage. Susanne conceptualized action imagery contributing to the branding of Greenpeace.

The basis for Susanne’s work is her journalistic background. She studied communication science and languages. For 10 years, she worked in topical broadcasting.

Susanne is a German national.

He has 14 years international consultancy and research experience in various sectors, including SMEs, resource processing, manufacturing, service, local and state government. 

In 2010 Dick started to work for the CSCP on an UNEP project focusing on business models and the business case for resource efficiency. 
He is currently involved in various CSCP projects as a Senior Consultant.

Dick currently also holds a position with GHD engineering consultancy firm. Dick held previous positions with the Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production Perth, Centre for Industrial Ecology at Yale University, and African Environmental Solutions.

He holds an PhD (Industrial Ecology) from Curtin University of Technology (Perth), MSc in Applied Science from University of Cape Town, and BSc in Industrial Engineering from
University of Professional Education Tilburg (Netherlands). Through his studies and work, Dick has lived in The Netherlands, South Africa, USA, New Zealand, and Australia.

Dick is a Dutch national, currently based in Perth (Western Australia).

... on making these products more sustainable and bringing them to the market.

Before taking up the position at CSCP in the beginning of 2006, he spent several years at the Fraunhofer Society for applied research as a student researcher. After that he spent and one year at a consulting company and later as an intern at the renewable energy venture capital department in one of Europe's largest energy companies. He volunteers in several organisations such as AIESEC, where he also served as regional trainer on sustainable development. Furthermore, in 2008 his online sustainability platform received the "light house project" recognition from the German Council for Sustainable Development.

Oliver Adria spent 20 years in Indonesia before moving to Germany. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne where he wrote his thesis on policy frameworks for renewable energy storage.

Oliver is a German national.

Rosa is currently working on the projects entitled “Making the Business Case Towards Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Lifestyles”, “Sustainable and Cleaner Production in the Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan (SCI-PAK)“ and “Artists in Residence”.

Rosa completed an MA in Politics, International Law and History at the Universities of Bonn and Southampton. Her final thesis on the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement for Mexico was recently published. After interning at the CSCP in sum-mer 2008, Rosa started an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She focused on policy instruments and sus-tainability and volunteered at the LSE environmental society. For her master thesis on renewable energies she carried out interviews with various experts. She graduated in winter 2009. During her studies, Rosa worked for several organisations for development cooperation, amongst others the German Development Service and InWEnt. She also interned at the German Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua.

Rosa is a German national.

In this context, Francesca actively works on the development of training material for the financial sector and business associations in Pakistan. This material will enable key players to access and provide financial instruments that will contribute to improve energy and resource efficiency performance for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the country.  

Francesca studied foreign languages and literatures – English, German and French - and computer science at the university of Rome “Tor Vergata”. In October 2009 she graduated from a two years master’s programme in International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University.  The focus of her studies lies in European Union politics, international organizations´ structures and working procedures, and diplomatic and international security theories. While completing her master’s studies Francesca has also performed an internship at the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL). In this context she mainly dealt with: Financial Markets Regulations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Rule of Law and its actual implementation in Afghanistan.

Francesca Grossi is an Italian national.

After joining the CSCP on October 2009, Jadwiga conducted a research of the sustainable entrepreneurship world landscape, worked on eco-efficiency measures for metal industry and researched SCP strategies in Baltic Sea Region. As part of Jadwiga’s activities within the sustainable entrepreneurship area, she became involved in the SMART Start-Up Programme which aims to foster entrepreneurship for SCP. As a member of the SMART Start-up team, Jadwiga is currently working on development of the training materials for experiential learning, stakeholder’s involvement as well as facilitating and organising international ‘Train-the-trainer’ trainings. Furthermore, Jadwiga is researching the water consumption field and is involved in the preparation of the conference ‘The Future of Sustainable Lifestyles and Entrepreneurship’ to take place on May 2011.

Jadwiga obtained the degree of Master of Science-Engineer on Environmental Engineering at the University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland. For over three years she worked in the sustainability field in various Polish organizations including companies and NGO’s (e.g. The Sendzimir Foundation, Centre on System Solutions, Green Zone of Entrepreneurship Business Park Zawila), gaining experience in sustainable business, sustainability strategies and CSR. Because of her involvement in promotion of sustainable development, Jadwiga has been awarded with various prizes and scholarships, among them is the award of Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Federal Environmental Foundation) for the best graduates in the field of environmental protection.

Before joining the CSCP, Jadwiga had worked as a fellow researcher at the Center on Sustainable Leadership at the University Witten/Herdecke, Germany.

Jadwiga is a Polish national

… implementation and dissemination strategies. On the other hand, it comprises the analysis of institutional and physical infrastructures and their capacities for innovation and effective utilisation of information and resources. Sebastian’s regional focus is China where he has dedicated to projects on low-carbon city development, green government procurement, sustainable building interiors and CDM. On a more global scale, he has worked on the aluminium industry, open innovation and strategic alliances. As for Europe, challenges in the energy markets are his fields of expertise.

Before joining the CSCP, Sebastian gained experience at the interface of applied research and the corporate field in Germany, the UK and China. He worked with German CIM Experts and supported Ecolutions, the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management, SCHOTT UK and Stiftung Welt:Klasse.

Sebastian’s academic background mirrors his interdisciplinary work focus as a mediator between research and practice. He holds a postgraduate degree in Economics/ Chinese Area Studies from University of Cologne, from where he also obtained undergraduate degrees in Chinese Area Studies/ Economics, and Business Administration. During his studies Sebastian conducted field research on policy implementation and impact assessment in China. He spent one year at a Chinese key university and lived with a Chinese family.

Already as a student Sebastian committed to the institutionalisation of sustainability in economics and management, and the promotion of Modern Chinese studies. He worked with oikos Cologne, was an acting member of the student parliament, the student council and the Association for Modern Chinese Studies, some of which he still supports as an alumnus today.

Sebastian Philipps is a German national.

Ginnie developed the tool for allocating, monitoring and evaluating the projects sponsored by the foundation she worked for in the Netherlands in 2006; created the sustainability strategy for the companies she collaborated with in Estonia and became a strategic researcher for an NY based firm while participating as editor of a prime-time aired TV show in Mexico. Before earning her MSc. Ginnie managed the Sustainability and Social Communications department of a multinational corporation quartered in Mexico City where she developed internal campaigns towards implementation of eco- efficiencies, educational programs and a nation-wide projects aimed to promote awareness on sustainable lifestyles.

Trying to encompass her theoretical learning with hands-on experience, Ginnie majored in Political Science and began her professional career working for AIESEC, having directive roles in Russia, Poland and Mexico – and internationally directing the communications for the  Sustainability Drive Team. Ginnie is a graduate of the MSc. program in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability at BTH in Sweden, where she focused her research on addressing inter-sectoral sustainability challenges through Media driven initiatives.

Ginnie is known as an extremely creative person that firmly believes on the power of cross-sectoral cooperation and its ability to move societies towards a more sustainable future.

Ginnie Guillen is a Mexican national.

in the developing world. He studied public policy at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy of Universität Erfurt, Germany. His specialization areas include international affairs and international political economy. For his studies he received a partial scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Ahmad’s research article is recently published in which he analyzed the potential of improving the environmental performance of manufacturing firms through ISO 14001 in Pakistan.

Apart from his academic credentials, he has professional experience in both public and private sectors. In the public service, he served as assistant director for more than a year in the Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education in Pakistan. During his service, he was involved in various public policy initiatives in the areas of education, health and social security. Before joining the public sector, he was serving as human resources officer in a large textile manufacturing firm in Pakistan.

Ahmad is a Pakistani national. 

Her expertise lies in the field of visualisation of sustainability topics in different communications media.

Ina is currently studying sustainable product and graphic design at the ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung in Cologne. The focus of her studies is on the versatility of design. She will complete her studies in April 2011.
After completing her training as a decorator (1998-2001) she completed her "Fachabitur" in ‘creation’.

She then began a second training program as an office administrator (2002-2004) and worked as an independent decorator for two years prior to beginning studies at the ecosign at April 2006.

Ina is a German national. 

... the implementation of the SMART project, which aims to help businesses improving and communicating sustainability through 52 weekly actions. Jens Kristian holds a Master Degree in Socio-Economic and Environmental Planning from Roskilde University, Denmark. In the past, he has worked as a consultant with United Nations Environment Programme in Bangkok and the European Commission in Brussels.

Further, he has developed several trainings in the field in Germany and African countries within the framework of the “Smart Start-Up” project. Currently, Julio Andrés coordinates the “Sustainable and Cleaner Production in the Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan” (SCI-PAK) project. He holds a diploma in finances and international relations from the University Externado of Colombia, another diploma in business management from the University of Applied Sciences of Worms in Germany and a Master degree in Environmental Management and Development from the National University of Colombia / University of Bremen in Germany.

Julio Andrés Rozo Grisales is a Colombian national.

Ongoing activities of Laura Schindler include design and support for conferences such as „The future of sustainable lifestyles and entrepreneurship“ and the visualization of various projects like the SPREAD Sustainable Lifestyles 2050 project. Additional to this Laura is working within the communication task force of the CSCP. 

Laura Schindler studied communication design at the ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung in Cologne and obtained the Diploma for sustainable Design/ecosign.

In addition to her studies, she has worked as a self-employed designer. Furthermore, she has completed internships in the design sector and participated in various exchange programs, having earned the German-French bilingual baccalaureate. 

Laura Schindler is a German national.

... energy efficiency, cleaner production and resource efficiency projects in Chinese enterprises, green procurement practices among local governments and cooperation with Chinese researchers in promoting LCA application.

Patrick holds a BA Hons in Chinese (University of Westminster, UK)，a BA in Art and Design (NMIT, New Zealand) and an MA in International Relations (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand). Prior to joining CSCP Patrick worked in New Zealand in the field of bio-diversity protection and as research assistant and tutor at the Department of Environmental Studies at Victoria University. In addition to his work for CSCP Patrick currently is visiting researcher at the China University of Political Science and Law, investigating policy issues and multi-stakeholder partnerships relevant to environmental leapfrogging in China’s energy sector for his PhD thesis.

Patrick Schroeder is a German-New Zealand national.

Prior to joining CSCP, she worked as a consultant on waste management policies and transboundary waste-resource management. The specific activities involved the legislation and implementation of the waste directives of EC and Asian countries, the transboundary movement of scrap metal of End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) within and out of EC, the initiation of Asia Pro-Eco project in China which deals with hazardous waste treatment, and the German-Sino projects on Utilization of Organic Waste in Yanglin Agricultural Hi-tech Demonstration Zoon, and on Hubei Longganhu Farm in China. She has been a senior engineer in local government in China primarily working on technology management including technology incubation programmes, project evaluation and audit, technology transfer, contract assessment as well as national priority manufacturing technologies programme.

She has BSc in Chemistry from Sichuan Normal University (China) and  finished her MSc study in International Material Flow Management in Germany. She is a certified junior accountant, the auditor of the Quality Management System of ISO1400, ISO9002. She also received training in "Sino-America International leadership improvement program" in the United States.

Chuanrong Wang is a Chinese national.

responsibility and the influence of civil society in shaping and promoting sustainable lifestyles.

After high school, Carina spent a year in Bolivia where she worked for a human rights NGO in the slums of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.  During her University studies, Carina worked with Youth Action for Peace Germany, Friends of the Earth International and the Student Workforce for Sustainability and Development. In the latter, as a member of the executive board she coordinated working groups on civic activism and sustainable technologies.

Carina holds a M.Sc. in Political Science, specialisation in Global Environmental Governance, from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. In her thesis she assessed the CSR performances of leading retail stores and the impact of civil society campaigning on behavioural change.

Carina Diedrich is a German national.

Claudia joined the CSCP as an intern in November 2010 and since August 2011 she is working as a consultant in the Acquisition Team. She also supports the Sustainable Products Team in different projects related to eco-efficiency and market surveys. Her fields of interest are resource efficiency, policy and instruments, urban infrastructure and services, sustainable transportation and mobility, participatory approach in planning processes and sustainable living (green cities).

Previously Claudia worked in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Managua, Nicaragua. She was responsible for the administration of several projects carried out by the Environment, Energy and Risk Management Unit dealing with risk management, early response and recovery, energy supply for isolated communities and desertification. In this function she worked together with several Nicaraguan Ministries and different United Nations Agencies (such as FAO, UNICEF, WFP). At the same time, Claudia worked for the United Nations Volunteers (UNV). As a UN Volunteer she was responsible for the planning and realisation of conferences, meetings, workshops and dissemination campaigns related to adaptation and mitigation of climate change and MDGs.

Claudia holds a first Diploma in Economy Business from the Thomas More University in Managua, Nicaragua and a M.Sc. in Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics with focus on Urban and Regional Management from the University of Applied Science in Cologne. In her master thesis she focused on the development of a sustainable indicator set for the urban transport sector.

Claudia Groezinger is a Nicaraguan national.

Currently she works on projects for international food producers and retailers on product impact assessments and company-wide sustainability strategies.

During her internship at the CSCP she worked on a project for an international service provider and identified trends and future market opportunities in the energy, construction and consumer goods sectors.  Gabriëlle is also engaged in SMART start-up Trainings and writing of funding proposals for EU research grants.

Gabriëlle holds a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences and a B.Sc. degree in Organic Production Sciences, both obtained at Wageningen University and Research centre in the Netherlands. During her studies she focused on sustainable entrepreneurship, where she combined environmental communication, sociology and environmental systems analysis and applied it mainly to food production. Gabriëlle wrote her Master thesis on entrepreneurial strategies for the provision of Fairtrade products in SMEs.

In parallel to her studies Gabriëlle attended and prepared congresses and excursions in the field of SCP, held in The Netherlands and Scandinavia. She was also an active board member of her study association and the RUW Foundation, where she organised workshops and debates on rural development.

Gabriëlle Rossing is a Dutch national.

She previously worked at China Clean Development Mechanism Fund management center focusing on the financing methods on addressing climate change issues and Chinese renewable energy industry sectors, European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), carbon market in the Europe. She worked as a student assistant in University of Cologne to support to organize the 2nd Germany-China Forum on Climate Change and Renewable Energy. And she worked as an intern in United Nations University – International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). She was instrumental in the development of a quality correspondence with the various national committees IHDP collaborate with.

She holds MSc in Environmental Sciences from University of Cologne and Bsc in Environment engineering from University of Beijing Technology. In her thesis, she focuses on the energy policy and particularly renewable energy policy in China.

Sha Song is a Chinese national.

Before joining the CSCP, he worked as a Student Assistant at the Wuppertal Institute, working for the Research Group on Future Energy and Mobility Structures. His area of focus at the Institute was providing support for researchers on sustainable mobility.

His civilian service took him to South Africa where he worked in a school for handicapped children for the time of one year. Later on, he has been working for several organisations engaged in development cooperation in other African countries such as Guinea, Mali and Uganda.

Jan Per Bethge is studying Social Science at the University of Cologne. Next to his studies he is active for oikos Cologne, a student initiative for sustainable economics and management.

Jan Per Bethge is a German national.

Alexandra recently obtained a BA in Global Management from the University of Applied Sciences Bremen. She wrote her Bachelor Thesis in collaboration with the CSCP on Multistakeholder Networks promoting Energy and Resource Efficiency in SMEs.

Within her studies, Alexandra set her regional focus on Latin America and spent one semester at the Universidad Santa María in Valparaíso, Chile before going to Peru for an internship at the German Embassy in Lima and to Buenos Aires, Argentina where she was working in the purchasing department of an international retail company.

Alexandra also spent a school year in Paraguay and volunteered with the American Field Service; an international NGO that contributes to intercultural understanding by organizing youth exchange programs.

At the moment Alexandra is doing her Masters in Sustainability Economics and Management at the University of Oldenburg.

Alexandra Groth is a German national.

She studied Political Science and Applied Foreign Languages - English, German and Arabic - in France, Germany and Syria. She was involved in an association acting for children in Afghanistan, in several actions against GMO in her region in France and volunteered as conference organiser at the 2008 European Fair Trade Fair in Lyon, France.

Cécile  Marsille is a French national.

She has also been contributing to a DBU funded research project assessing the potential of sustainable consumption and future lifestyles in Germany. Previously she was involved in and coordinated a number of student workshops around sustainable lifestyles in the UK, Switzerland and Brazil. With a degree in Development Studies from Sussex University, she wrote her dissertations in the area of human rights as well as on social entrepreneurship and its influence on CSR and civil society. During her studies she was awarded a university research bursary for her proposal and consequently spent three months in Brazil working with indigenous communities on waste and recycling management. 

Sarah is interested in combining her academic background with an investigation into aesthetic practices and creative strategies. She is currently doing her masters in Social Sculpture at Oxford Brookes University which explores interdisciplinary creativity and new forms of sustainable research. 

Sarah has dual nationality (German/English).

Prior to his work at the CSCP, Jamal gained experience with network administration in other fields. He is a volunteer tutor and an administrator of the dormitories IT network at the University of Wuppertal. He studies applied mathematics and computer science; this includes web technology in general and information systems as well as his personal focal areas software engineering and web development.

Jamal is a German national.

... supporting multi stakeholder projects within international cooperation agencies, ministries and non-government organizations. Larissa is involved in collaboration projects with the European Environment Agency and works within a SWITCH-Asia project on Sustainable Building Interior Renovation. She also became involved in the SMART Start-Up Programme by working on its training modules and she is supporting the team for sustainable infrastructures, products and services that aim to develop long-term solutions towards more sustainable services. Larissa worked for a German social-media NGO related to access to water and water consumption. She was responsible for the planning and realization of campaigns regarding water resources and the lack of clean water around the world. At the same time, Larissa did an internship at a human rights NGO, where she was responsible for the planning and realization of seminars, meetings and campaigns related to Africa.

Larissa is currently a Master student of Environmental Sciences at the University of Cologne, Germany. She holds a degree in International Relations with focus on Economics and Latin-America and did a career training in Environmental Sciences at ETESP, in São Paulo, Brazil, as well. Her research interests cover sustainable innovation, eco-efficiency, natural resources management and solutions for supporting sustainable behavior. 

Larissa Kerstin Schultze is a German-Brazilian national.