Organisation
Mission Wertvoll
Position
Founder
Biography
Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel is a political economist and an influential voice for the sustainable transformation of society, working at the intersection of economy, politics, and society.
The policy advisor, bestselling author (“Rethinking Our World”, “We can do better”, Scribe Publishers, translated into 10 languages, “Werte”, Brandstätter Verlag), and sought-after speaker is a professor for
sustainability transformation at Leuphana University Lüneburg and founder of “Mission Wertvoll“.
She was Director of Research at The New Institute and Secretary-General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Before that, she headed the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy, after having helped set up the World Future Council for six years as Director Future Justice at the Brussels office and as Campaign Manager Climate Energy in Hamburg.
Maja Göpel is a member of the Club of Rome, the World Future Council, the Balaton Group, and aco-initiator of the “Scientists for Future” network. She was a member of the Bioeconomy Council of the German Federal Government.
Her work has been recognized with multiple awards in Germany, the most recent ones being the Honorary Award of the German Sustainability Award, the myself Award, and the Science Communication Medal.
Speaking in:
#EUSocialForum 2026: Resilient Societies: Strengthening Social Policy through Research