Marie Hartmann is German and came to Leeuwarden in 2017 to pursue a bachelor's degree in International Hospitality Management. During her studies, she went on a Minor to South Africa, where she focused on the social aspect of sustainability, taking minors in Social Entrepreneurship and Food Security, albeit the latter online.

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Upon returning to Leeuwarden, Marie began her internship in the back-of-house department of what was then Stenden Hotel. For her thesis, she continued her focus on sustainability, specifically addressing food waste at Stenden Hotel.

After graduating in July 2021, Marie decided to delve deeper into sustainability. She applied for the pre-master's programme at the University of Groningen for MSc Sustainable Entrepreneurship and completed the half-year pre-master while still working for the back-of-house department of Stenden/Notiz Hotel (NHL Stenden Hospitality Group, NHG).

In September 2022, she commenced her master's degree at Campus Fryslân. While studying, Marie continued to work for the back-of-house department of NHG, transitioning from a Junior Practical Facilitator (PF) in purchasing to being responsible for the stewarding department.

Shortly before her graduation in July 2023, Marie returned to working full-time as a Practical Facilitator in purchasing while still being responsible for the stewarding department of Notiz Hotel. During this time, she also began working with Elena Cavagnaro and joined the research group as a Junior Researcher for Sustainability in Hospitality and Tourism. In this role, she focuses on projects connected to NHG. Marie develops projects based on existing research for articles, tests them in NHG outlets to see their practicality, and writes summaries of the outcomes along with practical guidelines for practitioners. These are labelled "Tested by NHG" and are intended to be replicable in other hotels. She also involves students in these projects to raise awareness of sustainability practices among future hoteliers.

Marie's specialty lies in circular economy and circular business model innovation, which was the topic of her master's thesis. She collaborated with Circular Fryslân and CIRCO (circularity training) for her research.

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