I am a post-doctoral researcher studying agricultural grassroots initiatives, rural-urban relations and post-capitalist transformations. In 2024, I defended my PhD thesis ‘A rural(–urban) perspective: Agricultural grassroots initiatives and the making of post-capitalist futures’ at Utrecht University. I hold a MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance from the University of Oxford (UK), and a BA in Geography and Political Science from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). Next to my academic work, I am a vegetable farmer in training. For many years, I have been working with social movements and nongovernmental organizations struggling for food sovereignty.