Lara Koegst has studied Geography (Bachelor of Science) and Human Geography/Global Studies (Master of Arts) at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Since 2021 she is a research assistant at the Working Group on Urban and Regional Development and is currently writing her PhD in the DFG-funded project 'Geographies of Unsustainability - A Neopragmatic Regional Geography of Louisiana'.
