Kirsten joined the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL) in March 2022 and is based in Brussels. As part of her project coordinator role, she provides support to the Centre for Policy and Industrial Transformation team. Prior to this experience, Kirsten was the policy intern for CISL and a trainee for the Commission for Economic Policy in the European Union’s Committee of the Regions. The remit of the commission and her areas of focus included industrial policy and Sustainable Development Goals governance.
Kirsten holds a Master of Public Policy, with a specialisation in EU policy, from University College Dublin (UCD) and a BA in Economics, Politics and International Relations from UCD. She is a native English speaker and is currently learning French.