Sarah Friese, born in Hildesheim in 1993, has been a scholarship holder at the INZIN Institute since May 2022 and works on the project “Model projects of spatial planning (MORO): Shaping climate change and the energy transition – preparatory study for the Spatial Planning Report 2024”. She previously worked as a junior project manager at Thüringer Erneuerbare Energien Netzwerk (ThEEN) e.V. (Thuringian Renewable Energy Network). As part of this competence network, she was responsible for the association’s work, the organization of specialist events and the project management of smart city and environmental heat projects. From 2018 – 2020, she completed a Master’s degree in “Renewable Energy Management” at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences after completing her Bachelor’s degree in “Industrial Engineering for Sustainable Technologies” in 2018.