Maximilian Benner is an economist and economic geographer with a habilitation degree (venia docendi) in human geography. As senior scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Vienna and non-tenured associate professor (“Privatdozent”) at the University of Klagenfurt, he focuses on innovation-based regional development and its impacts in terms of environmental sustainability, social justice, and inclusiveness. Empirically, he is…
Anna-Lena Mieke is a PhD student in Environmental Science with a focus on social ecological system research at the University of Vienna, Austria. As a member of the Justice and Conservation Research Group, she contributes to interdisciplinary work on conservation and justice within complex social ecological systems. Her main research interests include political ecology, environmental justice, and the analysis…
With a background in development studies, Nora Katharina Faltmann works on social science perspectives on food and agriculture. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the project ‚Exploring values-based modes of production and consumption in the corporate food regime‘ in which she researches alternative food initiatives across rural mountain and urban areas in Switzerland. A further research focus lies…
Having a background in environmental sciences my focus shifted from natural sciences towards questions of responsibility and justice in my two masters programs on Environmental Ethics and Sustainability Science. Having studied in Lima, Lisbon and Kiel, I am passionate about coastal regions and inter- as well as transdisciplinary knowledge transfer. During my time at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact…
Der Schwerpunkt meiner Forschungsfragen liegen auf den Schnittstellen Klima, Umwelt und Ressourcen. Im Fokus stehen die Themen der sozialen Verletzbarkeit, der sozialen Gerechtigkeit, Anpassungsstrategien und Auswirkungen von politischen Entscheidungen für die Gesellschaft. Dabei befasse ich mich vor allem mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten zu Risikomanagement und Governance, wie z.B. Analyse von vertikalen und horizontalen Netzwerken lokaler Akteure und deren Steuerbarkeit von…
