Carole de Bordes is a researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University in the Netherlands. She is a recent Msc graduate of International Development Studies at the University of Wageningen specialized in Environmental Social Sciences. She is generally passionate about science, network analysis and societal impact. To obtain her degree, she successfully combined her studies with an internship position at Solidaridad as a researcher working on several projects related to sustainable development strategies.