Victoria Herbig is a sustainability researcher and policy analyst with expertise at the intersection of climate and environmental policy, science-policy integration, and participatory governance. She combines a rigorous technical foundation in engineering with advanced training in qualitative and quantitative policy analysis methods, including econometrics, mixed-methods approaches, and transdisciplinary integration. Her work consistently bridges empirical research and evidence-based policy-making to support a just and effective socio-ecological transformation.

Prior to joining Technopolis Group, Victoria worked as a research assistant at the Transdisciplinarity Lab of ETH Zurich, where she i. developed a framework for inclusive stakeholder engagement in participatory modelling for net-zero, sustainable development within the EU Horizon project DIAMOND, and ii. investigated methods in inter- and transdisciplinary meta-research for the Swiss National Science Foundation project INTERSECTIONS. Before that, she completed a research internship at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research focused on machine learning approaches to climate model projections.

Victoria holds a M.Sc. in Science, Technology and Policy from ETH Zurich, and a B.Sc. in Energy and Process Engineering from TU Berlin. She is fluent in German and English.

Recent and current assignments include:

• Development of a data model for analysing the net climate protection benefits of digital technologies, dena.
• Evaluation of the communication and activation campaign ‘80 million together for energy transition’, BfEE.

Selected publications:

• Herbig, V., Vienni-Baptista, B. (Submitted 11.2025). From Promise to Practice: The Missing Conditions for Inclusive Modelling for Sustainability. Currently under review at GAIA.
• Nikas, A., Sampedro, J., Al Khourdajie, A., Arto, I., Balderrama, S., Boasson, E., Cartwright, A., Feijoo, F., Fragkos, P., Frilingou, N., García-Muros, X., Herbig, V., Karamaneas, A., Koasidis, K., Ma, L., Mittal, S., Moleskis, M., Nikolakakis, T., Pathak, M., Peters, G., Platias, C., Pietzcker, R., Raihan, S., Rodés-Bachs, C., Rogelj, J., Śniegocki, A., Sognnæs, I., Solomou, P., Spatharidou, D., Taliotis, C., Tigka, C., Tomás, M., Trachanas, G., Tsipouridis, I., Van de Ven, D., Vienni-Baptista, B., Zachariadis, T., Arnokourou, A., Gambhir, A., Kratena, K., Xexakis, G. (Submitted 10.2025). The challenge with climate-energy-economy models in constructing fair and equitable climate futures. Currently under review at Futures.
• Herbig, V., Briers, S., Vienni-Baptista, B. (Submitted 06.2025). From Consultation to Inclusive Engagement: Advancing Participatory Modelling for Net-Zero, Sustainable Development. Currently under review at Environmental Science and Policy.
• Vienni-Baptista, B., Herbig, V. (Submitted 05.2025). “Learning by doing”: Methodological Implications in Studying Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Practices. Currently under review at Science, Technology and Society.