Paula Steiner

The person

Paula Steiner has been working as a research assistant in the "Resources, Economies and Resilience" research field since April 2025. Prior to this, she supported the team in the "Energy, Climate and Infrastructure" research field, first as a student assistant and then as a junior researcher. She is mainly dedicated to the topics of social innovation and sustainable consumption with a special focus on their impact and transformation potential as well as participatory planning to promote renewable energies.

Until the winter semester 2022/23, she studied Futures Studies (M. A.) at the Free University of Berlin. Her studies focussed on socio-ecological transformation processes. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences in 2018. In addition, she has already gained experience through various internships, including at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society.