Alejandra Irigoyen is a researcher for the project “PCG - Interacting Actors in Polycentric Climate Governance” supported by the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) and a doctoral student under the supervision of HCIAS Jun.-Prof. Dr. Rosa Lehmann.

Her research focuses on the interactions between local and global climate politics, with a particular interest in the electrification of urban transportation in La Paz, Bolivia, and Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Alejandra holds a diploma degree in Sociology from Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, Bolivia, and a Master of Science in Sustainability, Society and the Environment from Christian-Albrechts-Universität (CAU) in Kiel, Germany. She worked as a project assistant at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) within the project Baltic Gender. During her master's studies, she participated in a project focused on human-environmental interaction at the Institute for Ecosystem Research at CAU Kiel.

PCG - Interacting Actors in Polycentric Climate Governance