Alice
VADROT

Alice Vadrot has been Professor of International Relations and Environment at the University of Vienna since March 2025, focusing on the role of knowledge at the science–policy interface in international environmental diplomacy.

She received an ERC Starting Grant for her project MARIPOLDATA (2018–2024), which mapped high seas negotiations and is part of the EU consortium of the project MARCO-BOLO (2022–2026) analyzing biodiversity data needs.

She was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for the project TwinPolitics in 2024. Vadrot is a member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), vice Chair of the ÖAW Commission Biodiversity in Austria and part of the managing board of the Austrian Biodiversity Council and the ECH. She leads Biodiversity Austria- International, serves on several national and European advisory boards, and has been honored with the Figdor Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Henrik-Enderlein-Prize for excellence in social science research.