Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel

Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel (* June 27, 1976 in Bielefeld) is a German political economist, transformation researcher and sustainability expert. She focuses on transdisciplinary thinking and sustainable social transformation. Göpel was Secretary General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) and is an honorary professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg. She is co-founder of the initiative Scientists for Future and author of the bestseller Rethinking our world (2020) and We can also do things differently (2022).