Since Maja joined Trinomics early 2022, she contributed to projects on circular economy in Africa and EU funding programmes for the environment. Thereby, she supported with her expertise in circular economy, sustainable finance, sustainable reporting and international development. Additionally, she is experienced with system thinking and mixed-method research approaches.

Maja holds a M.Sc. in Sustainable Development (International Development) at Utrecht University (NL) for which she wrote her master thesis on how European countries can finance small and medium-sized enterprises working in Nigeria’s plastic waste management to contribute to Nigeria’s sustainable development. She holds a B.Sc. in Sustainability Economics at Carl von Ossietzky University (DE). Before joining Trinomics, Maja gained work experiences in the private sector during internships in the sustainability department of Volkswagen Group and at the sustainability consultancy Akzente.

Maja is a native German speaker, fluent in English and an intermediate user of Dutch.