This year's NEST conference (Network for Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Transitions) took place in Brighton, UK, on 29 and 30 May 2025. Our doctoral students Miriam Doderer and Lea Schnackenberg from the TEN.efzn project were also there to present their current research work and provide exciting insights into their dissertation projects.

Miriam Doderer presented a literature review that she is working on together with Emily Drewing and Jannika Mattes. The paper analyses the existing research findings on offshore wind energy in the context of the energy transition.

Lea Schnackenberg presented the status of her first dissertation paper, which she wrote with Jannikas Mattes and which focusses on the role of actors at system interfaces in multi-system interactions.

Miriam and Lea were accompanied by their colleagues Anna Theis and Adelheid Böckmann, who are also doctoral students in the TEN.efzn project and work at the University of Vechta. The joint trip not only provided an opportunity for professional exchange, but also for further networking within the international community of young sustainability researchers.

We are delighted with the strong presence of our young female researchers at NEST 2025 and the valuable input they contributed to the discussions.