CONTRIBUTORS
Columnist
Christine Nikander
Christine Nikander has been doing scholarly research into the legal and policy framework surrounding e-waste and conflict minerals since 2015. In The E-Waste Column, she draws upon this expertise and writes about recent developments in law, policy, and business. Christine studied law at the universities of Columbia (New York), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Leiden (the Netherlands). She enjoys working at the nexus of law, business, sustainability, and social impact. In 2022, she therefore founded the the environmental and social sustainability consultancy, Palsa & Pulk.
Newletter Co-Authors
Saskia Tykkyläinen
Saskia Tykkyläinen is a freelance sustainability and strategy consultant at Palsa & Pulk. She studied industrial product design and business management. Saskia has extensive experience working with young growth firms and entrepreneurs in accelerator and education programs. In her consultancy work, she takes on projects that design and build sustainable business practices.
Saskia writes about sustainable design, and she has been a contributor to The E-Waste Newsletter since April 2024.
Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander
Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander is a freelance biodiversity & forestry consultant at Palsa & Pulk. She studied forest management, environmental protection technology, and North American studies. Through her consultancy work, she hopes to help companies in protecting forests and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. Heidrun writes about biodiversity, and she has been a contributor to The E-Waste Newsletter since August 2024.
Krisna Baghouzian
Krisna Baghouzian is a freelance sustainability consultant at Palsa & Pulk. At university, she studied "Governance of Sustainability". Krisna has past experience working at a local government with a people-centered approach. In her consultancy work, she currently focuses on policy and governance matters. Krisna writes about sustainability broadly, and she has been a contributor to The E-Waste Newsletter since February 2025.
Contributors to The E-Waste Learning Hub
The E-Waste Learning Hub is the product of collaboration between the team at Palsa & Pulk B.V. and our partners. It also features interactive visuals created by students gaining practical work experience with us.
We would like to give a special thanks to the following people for their roles and support in creating the content for the learning hub:​
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Krisna Baghouzian, Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander, Christine Nikander, and Saskia Tykkyläinen for creating the majority of the content for the learning platform
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Vlada Gurvich and Remicard Kam Sereme for contributing their expertise on business & human rights, gender equality, and social risks within supply chains
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Teun Bastiaans, Aniol Gironès López, Wiktoria Gonet, and Yun-Ting Tang from the Master's program in sustainable development at Utrecht University​ for the content they created on electric vehicle batteries
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Shuyao Chen, Léa Guardiola, Sachini Pallebage Gamarallage, Marjolein Starreveld, and Yujing Zhang from the Master's program in sustainable development at Utrecht University for the content they created on vapes
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Tomaso Manca from Hiro Robotics for helping with the creation of the content on the use of robotics and AI in e-waste management
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Aniol Gironès López for the content he co-created on ways to respect Indigenous knowledge and land rights in agriculture
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Teun Bastiaans for the content he co-created on bamboo as biomass, as well as on recent shifts in mineral geopolitics
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Wiktoria Gonet for the content she co-created on blockchain in e-waste management and mineral circularity
