Dr. Alexandra Palzkill-Vorbeck

Education and Academic Training

• 2011 - 2017: Phd (Dr. rer. oec) Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Bergische University of Wuppertal
• 2004 - 2009: Studies of Sociology and Economics (Magister), University of Göttingen

Professional Experience

• Since 10/2024: Senior Researcher, Division Circular Economy
• 2023 - 2024: Head of the Planning, Strategic Control and Research Coordination Division of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn
• 2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor of Economics, in particular Transformation Research and Sustainability at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, University of Wuppertal
• 2017 - 2022: Co-leader of the SÖF junior research group UrbanUp at the Center for Transformation Research and Sustainability, Wuppertal
• 2010 - 2017: Researcher in the Presidential Department of the Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal

Research Focus

• Resilient business models in transitions
• Transformation processes of a circular society
• Linking economic, political, social and sustainability logics

Teaching

• 2019 - 2022: "Sustainable System Innovations and Transitions - Design and Upscaling of Niche-Experiments" and "Societal & Ecological Change" in the Master's program Sustainability Management, University of Wuppertal

Memberships

• Since 2024: Appointed member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Gothaer Foundation
• Since 2021: Appointed member of the Sustainability Advisory Board of Barmenia Versicherung
• 2021 - 2022: Chairwoman of the Board of the Center for Transformation Research and Sustainability at the University of Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Institute
• Since 2018: Chairwoman of the Board of the Association for Ecological Economic Research (VÖW)

Reviewer

• Review activities for the Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Journal of Business Economics (Springer), GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (oekom)