Melanie Fessler is a policy analyst for the Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme. She follows developments related to the European Green Deal, engaging in and developing activities especially on cross-sectoral topics such as just transition, citizen engagement in climate action, climate and migration. Prior to joining the EPC, Melanie worked for the EU-Representation Office of Carinthia in Brussels, where she dealt with environmental and climate topics, agriculture, digital agenda, social and regional policies.

She holds a PhD in French literature and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Innsbruck.