Cécile Blanchet is a Berlin-based researcher in geosciences with a focus on dynamics of past climatic changes. She is presently working as a post-doctoral fellow at the GeoForschungszentrum in Potsdam (Germany). During a four-years career pause, Cécile studied renewable energy and became a fellow at the Commons Network, where she explores the social and transformative values of reframing energy as a commons.