Lena Schlegel holds a B.A. in Political Sciences and Sociology and a M.A. in Peace Studies and International Politics from the University of Tübingen. Her interdisciplinary Master´s thesis developing a posthumanist ethics for sustainability transitions was awarded with the university´s sustainability prize. She has been working at the Ethics Center as a student assistant since September 2018 and is currently a research associate in the EU-project HEIMDALL.