Originally focused on feminist theory, Josephine joined the CoalExit Research Group as a student assistant in 2019 while studying political science at Freie Universität Berlin. After completing her master's degree in political science at Columbia University in New York, she has been supporting the team as a student assistant since December 2022 and is pursuing a doctorate on the topic of reintegration of sites of fossil energy production and their socio-ecological effects.

• Walk, P./ Braunger, I./ Semb, J./ Brodtmann, C./ Oei, P./Kemfert, C. (2021): Strengthening Gender Justice in a Just Transition: A Research Agenda Based on a Systematic Map of Gender in Coal Transitions. Energies 14: 5985. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185985