Linda Ostermann is a research associate at the Human Technology Center at RWTH Aachen University. Within VeSPoTec, she researches knowledge, non-knowledge, and knowledge strategies in verification and arms control regimes. Her Ph.D. examines the conditions under which knowledge infrastructures and means of knowledge production are negotiated in nuclear verification regimes. From 2023 to 2025, she served as spokesperson for early-career researchers in the German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK). She holds an M.A. in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research from Goethe University Frankfurt and the Technical University of Darmstadt, and a B.A. in French and Political Science from the University of Münster. Alongside her Master’s studies, she worked at KfW Development Bank on peace and security, human rights, and gender equality.