Simone Schleper holds a BA in arts and culture with a major in “Cultures of Knowledge and Technology” from Maastricht University, and an MPhil in history, philosophy, and sociology of science, technology, and medicine from Cambridge University. Since late 2012 she has been working as a PhD candidate at Maastricht University, where she is studying the role of ecology in international nature conservation politics of the 1960s and 1970s. Her research is part of the project “Nature’s Diplomats,” funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).