Franziska Gaupp

Dr. Franziska Gaupp is a researcher in the Department of Environmental Economics at the University of Osnabrück, Department 9 - Economics. Her work integrates inner perception—values, mindset, empathy, and self-efficacy—into sustainability transformation research, combining transdisciplinary and participatory methods with quantitative modeling.

She received her PhD from the University of Oxford on climate and water risks in global grain systems, an M.Sc. in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the Free University of Berlin.

• PhD: University of Oxford — Climate and water risks in global grain stores
• M.Sc.: University of Edinburgh — Ecological Economics
• B.Sc.: Free University of Berlin — Economics

Her research interests center on enabling societal sustainability transformation through inner growth. She investigates how visioning, future thinking, and cognitive plasticity influence pro-environmental behavior. Key methodologies include Theory U, Warm Data Labs, and Art of Hosting, which she first encountered during her time at IIASA.

Dr. Gaupp previously served as a Senior Guest Scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Director of the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC). She also worked as a researcher at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, focusing on systemic risks in global systems.

She is a member of the GTPF – Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research. Her current project, Inner Growth for Sustainability Transformation, aims to develop measurable indicators of cognitive plasticity and test interventions that foster sustainable thinking and decision-making.

She has no listed scientific awards or publications in the provided text, and there is no mention of students she may advise. Her work is deeply interdisciplinary, bridging economics, psychology, systems science, and sustainability science.