Corinna Jenal studied German, politics and philosophy at the University of Trier and completed a certificate in sustainability at the University of the Saarland’s Chair of Sustainable Development. She subsequently worked on a number of research projects at the University of the Saarland and Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, among them on demographic change in Saarland industry, on public discourse on the health implications of HT power lines, and on the social acceptance of minerals extraction. Since fall 2016 she has lectured and researched in geography at the University of Tübingen’s Chair of Urban and Regional Development. Her research interests focus on landscape, renewable energies, cross-border cooperation, and social constructs and processes of negotiation around nature and woodland.