Felicitas Riedel
Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology
Heidelberg University
Bergheimer Str. 58
69115 Heidelberg
Room: 02.004
Phone: 06221-54 2985
felicitas.riedel@mwi.uni-heidelberg.de
Office Hours: heiCO
Research Interests
- Political Sociology
- Environmental Sociology, Climate crisis & Socio-ecological Transformation
- Sociological perspectives on justice in climate politics
- Critique of capitalism & Sociology of critique
- Qualitative research designs (discourse analysis, qualitative interviews, ethnography)
Recent Research
- PhD Project: Reframing social justice: How sustainability policies justify targeting low-income households
- Explorer Project / Field of Focus 4: Studying the evidence base of policy, stakeholders, and policy design in an in vivo setting [NEVIVO]
Memberships
- Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE-College)
- German Sociological Association (DGS)
Publications & Lectures
- F. Rubik, S. Prakash and F. Riedel (2022)
Integration of social aspects in the German Blue Angel scheme – Views from manufacturers and consumers, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol. 33, Sep. 2022, pp 466 - 476 - In the psyche, out of the climate crisis? In dialogue. Psycho Talks, DAI Heidelberg, June 2022
- Oppelland, Torsten / Riedel, Felicitas (2019)
Fortschritte bei der Europäisierung der Europa-Wahlkämpfe nationaler Parteien? Eine kurze Bilanz der EP-Wahl von 2019, Kurzanalyse, Erschienen auf: regierungsforschung.de.
Courses & Seminars
- The Social Construction of Sustainability in German Households (Master research seminar, SoSe 2024 & WiSe 24/25)
- Theory and Criticism of Capitalist Societies (Bachelor seminar, SoSe 2023, SoSe 2022)
- Social Justice (Bachelor seminar, SoSe 2023, WiSe 22/23, WiSe 21/22)
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 04/2022: Doctoral Fellow at Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University
- Since 09/2021: Research Associate at Max-Weber-Institute of Sociology, Heidelberg University
- Since 07/2018: Freelance Researcher in the fields of market, social and environmental research
- 2018 - 2020: Master Program Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- Degree: M.A. Sociology
- Focus: Sustainability and Societal Transformations
- Award: Institutspreis des Instituts für Soziologie für das Jahr 2021
- 2017 - 2018: Internships at SINUS-Institute, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), GIM-Research-Institute, German Environment Agency
- 2016 - 2017: Erasmus Program Sociology and Gender Studies, Lund University, Sweden
- 2014 - 2017: Bachelor Program Sociology, Heidelberg University
- Degree: B.A. Sociology
- Award: Alumni-Preis 2017 für hervorragende Leistungen im Bachelor-Studiengang Soziologie