Zora Kovacic

I am a Senior Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). I work on the challenges of uncertainty and complexity that emerge when scientific knowledge is used in the governance of environmental issues. My research line developed around three main themes: (i) the study of how scientific evidence is used in environmental policy, with a particular interest in metrics and numbers, (ii) how uncertainty affects decision-making, based on the study of energy policies in urban slums and innovative sustainability policies such as the circular economy, and (iii) the role of innovation in environmental governance. My work builds on the interdisciplinary subfield of post-normal science.

I hold a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Institut de Ciencia i Tecnología Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), a MSc Joint European Master in Environmental Studies by ICTA-UAB and the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology (TUHH), and a BA in Economics and Develpoment Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). I am co-PI of the project DEMO.