Pia Mamut has a background in political science (Universities of Münster, Germany, and Twente, The Netherlands) and sustainability science (Lund University, Sweden). Her doctoral work at the University of Münster explored the concept of sufficiency as a normative source for socio-ecological transformation. She examined how sufficiency is understood and applied within environmental and social science discourses, as well as in the local discourses of German "energy and climate model regions". Her areas of research expertise include sustainable consumption, post-growth, transformative change at universities, and the intersections between democracy, civic participation and sustainability. Presently, Pia works as a senior researcher in the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project, titled "Policies and Tools for Mainstreaming 1.5° Lifestyles". The project is a collaborative effort involving 10 partners from 7 countries, aimed at facilitating structural change towards 1.5° lifestyles societies.