Prof. Dr.
Sophia Becker
Vice President for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer, and Transdisciplinarity
Organization name | Technische Universität Berlin |
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Building | Hauptgebäude |
Room | H 1016 |
Address | Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin |
Sophia Becker studied in Münster and Paris, completing a Diplom degree in psychology. She earned her doctorate at the University of Stuttgart's Chair of Sociology of Technology, Risk and Environment where she wrote her dissertation titled Individuelles Rebound-Verhalten in der Pkw-Mobilität (Individual Rebound Behavior in Car Mobility). Following her studies, Becker conducted research on mobility at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam. Since 2019 she has been head of the inter and transdisciplinary junior research group The Transport Transition as a Socio-Ecological Real-World Experiment (EXPERI) and in 2020 was appointed professor of sustainability mobility and transdisciplinary research methods (NaMo) at TU Berlin. Becker is also head of the research group Methods of Transformative Policy Advice at IASS Potsdam.
Sophia Becker has been vice president for sustainability, internal communication, transfer, and transdisciplinarity since 1 April 2022.
Professor Becker is a member of the TU Berlin Extended Academic Senate. She is also a member of the institute council for the Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies (IBBA), where she served as deputy managing director from 2021 to 2022. In addition, Sophia Becker has been a member of the scientific advisory board and the supporting association of the professional journal GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society since 2018.
She also taught at several institutions, including the Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg (2012 to 2014). In 2015 she conducted research on carsharing and individual life quality at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Sophia Becker's research examines socio-technical transformation processes, sustainable mobility, individual behavior change, and mobility innovation.
Her work also focuses on transdisciplinary research methods. A particular focus of her research is dedicated to examining and supporting the mobility transition in Berlin and Brandenburg. Professor Becker is active in science communication and policy advising at municipal, state, and federal level.
Sophia Becker offers all University members office hours for topics under her remit. All members of the University are invited to make use of this offer. Please register in advance at the following e-mail address: vp-nt(at)tu-berlin.de.
The appointments usually take place in the office of the vice president. However, you can also participate digitally upon request.
The following office hours are currently scheduled:
22 April 2022, 11:30-12:30
27 May 2022, 11:30-12:30
27 June 2022, 15:00-16:00
11 July 2022, 15:00-16:00
Sustainability, in collaboration with the Council for Sustainable Development |
Implementation of the climate protection strategy, in collaboration with the Climate Action Task Force |
Advancement of junior scholars, in collaboration with the Center for Junior Scholars |
Einstein Center Climate Change for Public Policy and Human Settlements (ECCC), Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg (CCC) |
Campus Charlottenburg |
Climate KIC |
Chemical Invention Factory (CIF) |
Center for Technology and Society (CTS) |
Center for Entrepreneurship (CfE), Sustainable Entrepreneurship |
Center for Intellectual Property (DCAITI) |
Bauakademie (Building Academy) |
Internal communication, with a focus on strengthening cooperation between science and administration |
Transdisciplinarity, including the Science & Society section, citizen science |
Knowledge and technology transfer, in collaboration with the Transfer Advisory Council |
Transfer within the Berlin University Alliance |
Transdisciplinarity in the ENHANCE Alliance |
What areas will the new Executive Board focus on? Find out more in the 100-day program published to coincide with the start of the new Executive Board's period of office on 1 April 2022.
Further information
Peter Schust
Office of the Vice-president for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer and Transdisciplinarity
Office | VP-NT |
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Room | H 1017 |
Caya Prill
Coordinator for climate protection and sustainability
Room | H 1504 |
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Meike Ortmanns
Personal Assistant to the Vice President for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer, and Transdisciplinarity
Virginia Engels
Personal Assistant to the Vice President for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer, and Transdisciplinarity