Kira Lappé studied classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Vienna as well as geographic information science at the University of Salzburg. She has worked on excavation sites dating from different periods in various countries and has participated in archaeological and historical projects at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna. Since 2018, she has been part of the interdisciplinary project The Anthropocene Surge, which aims to explore the growth of the Anthropocene signal in the urban environments of Vienna. Her current research work focuses on creating a 3D model of the anthropogenic sediments underlying Vienna, investigating the growth of anthropogenic influence.