Maike Weiper is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Utrecht University and Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS). She obtained her BSc in Psychology at Radboud University in 2020. Afterwards she completed the Behavioural Science Research Master (MSc) at Radboud University, and the Applied Data Science Master (MSc) at Utrecht University.

Her PhD project is titled 'Mind the Gender Gap: A gender lens to facilitate sustainable climate actions' and is part of the research programme 'Sustainable Cooperation: Roadmaps to a Resilient Society' (SCOOP). She investigates the way that gender interacts with the climate crisis as well as how policies can be designed in a more gender-aware manner.