Sarah Pelull

Background

Sarah Pelull works as project and network coordinator in the HEATCOM project, which focuses on how people behave in heat situations, what factors influence their protective behavior and how interventions can contribute to a health-promoting adaptation.

She is also active in the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour's Science2Society activities,  where she works with society, the media and policymakers to think about and plan for health promotion and climate change from a human perspective. The aim is to strengthen the value of science as a basis for political and social decision-making and to promote exchange processes between journalists, politicians, citizens and scientists. 

Sarah Pelull also coordinates the Behavioural Science Connect network, which brings together scientists from across disciplines to promote the use of social and behavioural science in policy-making.

Area of interest: Planetary Health, Climate and Health, Urban Health, Health Politics, Behavioural Insights, Science and Health Communication

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

  • 2010-2014     Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie University of Berlin
  • 2006-2010    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Sociology, University of Göttingen

Employment

  • 2019-2024     Global Health Hub Germany (funded by the Federal Ministry of Health)
  • 2016-2019    Advisor (GIZ) of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development on Health System Strengthening and on the Global Fund (AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) and the Vaccine Alliance Gavi
  • 2014-2016    Junior Advisor Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Yemen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Publications

Policy Briefs