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Femke Merkx

Senior researcher
Femke Merkx is senior researcher Climate and Innovation.

Expertise

Femke works within the Climate and Innovation theme and is concerned with the role of hydrogen in making industry more sustainable and the role of digitisation in spatial planning. 

Education and career

Femke studied Molecular Sciences at the University of Wageningen and Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society at the University of Twente. There she subsequently obtained her PhD with a dissertation on the social embedding of new medical genetic technology. She previously worked at the Rathenau Institute (2005-2011), at which time she conducted research on the societal impact of climate research programmes and methods and techniques for inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration. From 2011 to 2023, she worked as an independent researcher, trainer, consultant and facilitator within her own company Knowledge Creation, Research & Consultancy. The common thread in her portfolio of assignments was to make a connection between research, practice and policy.