Dr. habil. Susanne Koch is sociologist of science who conducts interdisciplinary research on science and governance addressing sustainability transformations. Integrating science studies and environmental governance research, her work focuses on three key topics: (1) knowledge relations and power dynamics in global science and sustainability governance; (2) science policy interfaces and research collaborations for transformative change; (3) (in-)equity and inclusion in socio-ecological transitions.

She currently works as Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Principal Investigator at the Chair of Sociology of Science and Technology of Technical University of Munich (TUM). Since 2022, she has led the DFG-funded project In-Forest, a multi-method study of inequality and its epistemic effects in forest research conducted with collaborators at the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) of Stellenbosch University, the Centre of Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University and the Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI).

Susanne has gained a PhD in sociology with highest distinction at Bielefeld University, Germany, in 2015, and a habilitation in sociology awarded by the TUM School of Governance in 2024. Since 2017, she is an appointed Research Fellow of CREST and, since 2020, Research Affiliate of the Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP).