Simon Fraser University

Graduate Student, Political Science

PhD Candidate

Thesis Title: Public collaborative governance of goal-directed networks: ‘cluster facilitators’ as procedural tools

About

Sarah holds a German Magister in Political Science from the University of Bonn with Minors in Media Science and Psychology and a Masters degree from Aalborg University (Denmark)/Lund University (Sweden) in the field of Society, Science and Technology Studies. Both degrees are related to policy frameworks for the commercialization of biotechnology and ethical aspects of embryonic stem cell work in Germany and Europe.
Sarah is currently a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University and is researching the effectiveness of network management for cluster policy. As a research assistant she is looking at the use of place-based tools in climate change networks in cooperation with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
Sarah was affiliated with the Genome Canada/Genome BC-funded ‘GEEELS Projects’ where she collaborated with the UBC Wine and Research Centre on ‘Grape and Wine Genomics’.