She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Global Change and Sustainability at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, where she currently co-leads the Foresight Group. She also works closely with the Millennium Institute and the Earth4All initiative by The Club of Rome. Her focus lies on the application and teaching of systems thinking and system dynamics tools to address global challenges and find ways to ensure wellbeing within planetary boundaries. She holds a PhD in environment and life sciences from the University of Iceland and a PhD in economics from CERDI at Université Clermont Auvergne in France, as well as a Masters in socio-ecological economics and policy from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.