Maja Göpel

Maja Göpel is a prominent German economist and sustainability scientist, born in 1976 in Bielefeld. She holds a doctorate in political economy from the University of Kassel and has served as the Secretary General of the Scientific Advisory Board on Global Environmental Changes to the German government. Göpel is known for her influential writings on global transformation and is a professor of sustainability transformation at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She is also the founder of the network 'Mission wertvoll.' Recently, she was featured in a podcast discussing the implications of the Trump administration's attacks on environmental protections, emphasizing the risks they pose to international climate progress and the climate movement in Germany.