Dr. habil. Susanne Koch is a sociologist of science and co-leads the project at the newly established Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). She is also a Research Fellow of CREST at Stellenbosch University and Affiliate of the Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP). Holding a PhD from Bielefeld University (Germany), her research focuses on gender- and geography-related inequalities in science and knowledge diversity in the context of societal transformation.