Patrizia Nanz [SEP] place of birth
Patrizia Nanz
Patrizia Nanz (born 9 July 1965 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a political scientist and an expert for public participation and democratic innovations. She is a professor of transformative sustainability studies at the University of Potsdam, and one of three scientific directors at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). On 1 March 2018 she was elected managing scientific director. She is the co-chair of "Science Platform Sustainability 2030", an interdisciplinary platform for research and dialogue to support the implementation of the United Nations
with energy infrastructure projects.
Patrizia Nanz is a member of the boards of trustees of the Hannah Arendt Festival, which is staged annually in Hanover. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Forum for Democracy (Europarat). In addition she is member of the specified advisory board Cultural Education and Discourse of the German Goethe Institute, advisory board of Die Umwelt-Akademie, Munich, as well as corresponding member of advisory board of the European Forum Alpbach. Nanz has provided expert opinions to businesses,