About
We are a small organisation with extensive expertise and a global network of experts from various disciplines, focusing on the governance (‘HOW?’) of sustainable development.
Who we are & what we do


Louis Meuleman
Founder | Director
Sustainability (meta)governance, SDGs, public management, participation; member UNCEPA & EEA Scientific. Comm., visiting prof. public governance, Leuven

Ingeborg Niestroy
Founder | Director
Sustainability governance, SDGs, geography of sustainability, science-policy interface, transdisciplinarity, impact assessment, stakeholder involvement

Andreas Versmann
Associate
Environmental law, circular economy, participatory methods, training, design and moderation of workshops, peer to peer learning and exchange

Jan-Gustav Strandenaes
Associate
Sustainability (meta)governance, SDGs, public management, participation; member UNCEPA & EEA Scientific. Comm., visiting prof. public governance, Leuven

Jill Jäger
Associate
Senior specialist on integrated sustainability assessment, vulnerability to climate change, and sustainability science

László Pintér
Associate
Professor and Head of Dept. of Env. Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Vienna; Senior Fellow and former program Director, IISD, Winnipeg, Canada

Roel in ‘t Veld
Associate
Public governance, sustainable development, education governance, knowledge democracy, science-policy relations
André C. S. Batalhão
Researcher
Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability Indicators, ESG, Sustainable Construction, and Sustainable Organizations

Andreas Versmann
Associate
SDGs, environmental law & psychology, water management, human rights, vulnerability & forced displacement francesca.valentini@ps4sd.eu
In focus

Guest Professor in Antwerp
Louis Meuleman was appointed as Guest Professor at the Politics & Public Governance research group and GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence at...

Chair of Stakeholder Forum for a sustainab …
As from 1st June 2025, Louis Meuleman is new Chair of the think tank Stakeholder Forum for sustainable development (SF). Stakehoder Forum is a bridge between stakeholders of all kinds and the international intergovernmental forums where sustainable development, and in particular the environment and issues related to its good governance are debated, global goals are established, and strategies mapped out. See: www.stakeholderforum.org.