Heleen de Coninck

Heleen de Coninck is a Full Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (since 2020) and Professor at Radboud University's Faculty of Science. Her research focuses on socio-technical innovation in climate change, international climate negotiations, and energy-intensive industry decarbonization.

• Key affiliations: Technology, Innovation & Society Group, Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences Department, Raboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences

Research Interests:

• Climate change mitigation through technology
• Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
• Paris Agreement compliance
• System transitions and institutional barriers

Scientific Contributions:

• Coordinated IPCC Special Report on CCS
• Coordinating Lead Author for IPCC AR5/AR6 mitigation sections
• Developed feasibility frameworks for climate technologies

Recent Publications include analyses on:

• Carbon lock-in in chemical industries
• Paris-compatibility of CCU technologies
• Socio-technical system changes
• Feasibility dimensions for mitigation options

Awards & Activities:

• Vice-Chair, Netherlands Scientific Climate Council
• Fellow, Wiardi Beckman Stichting
• Former IPCC Technical Support Unit coordinator