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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

Francesca Valentini
Researcher
SDGs, environmental law & psychology, water management, human rights, vulnerability & forced displacement

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

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

Roel in ‘t Veld
Associate
Public governance, sustainable development, education governance, knowledge democracy, science-policy relations

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

Beau Lieu Café on 4 May 2023 – Video
MAY 2023 - On 4th May, a Beau Lieu Café on "SDGs in Better Regulation for Evidence-Informed Policymaking" took place at the Residence Palace in the...

Beau Lieu Café on 5 April 2023 – Video
APR 2023 – On Wednesday 5 April, the first of a new series of high-level talk shows with live band under the name Beau Lieu Cafe took place, hosted...