Katja develops technologies and strategies for cities seeking to serve all their inhabitants. Since 2022, she has been researching urban rights of nature at MIT’s Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, while also being affiliated with the Media Lab’s City Science Group and the Senseable City Lab. Her executive career spans leadership roles within innovation, technology, and mobility at the OECD in Paris, the Asian Development Bank in Manila, and the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. Today, Katja advises cities and corporations worldwide. In her publications and teaching, she challenges the divide between nature, technology, and society. She serves on the supervisory boards of leading European RTOs and fintechs, including a subsidiary of the Austrian National Bank, and is a founding member of the IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University in Linz. Together with Alex, she has recently launched the campaign for Citizen Danube and published a book about the rights of urban natures.
Confluence of European Water Bodies
