Dr. Rebecca Froese
Current affiliations
- Professorship of Sustainable Development (Prof. Fuchs)
- Center of Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN)
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Social-Ecological Transformations and Related Societal Conflicts
- Arts and Culture in Sustainability Transformations
- Transdisciplinary Methods (among others real-world laboratories)
- Academia in times of social-ecological transformation processes
- Social Science-based Sustainability Research
- Human-Nature Relations
- Land, Environmental and Resource Governance
- Germany (esp. Region of Münsterland, Berlin), Europe (esp. Spain, Portugal, Hungary, France), Latin America, (esp. Brazil, Bolivia, Peru)
Academic Education | |
| 05/2019 - 12/2022 | PhD, Research Group Landuse Conflicts, University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 10/2014 - 12/2016 | M.Sc. Integrated Climate System Sciences, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 10/2010 - 09/2013 | B.Sc. Geosciences, University of Bremen & University of Victoria, Canada |
Work Experience | |
| since 01/2024 | Researcher at Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at GFZ Potsdam, Research Group "Arts and Culture for Sustainable Development" |
| since 01/2023 | Postdoctoral Researcher in BMBF Project SUNRISE LAB "Sustainable University Landscape Münster - Living Labs as Drivers of Transformation towards Sustainable Universities" |
| 04/2024 - 09/2024 | Deputy Professor for Human Geography with a Focus on Human-Nature Relations |
| 05/2019 - 12/2022 | Researcher in BMBF project PRODIGY - Soil Biodiversity Governing Tipping Points in the Amazon |
| 04/2018 - 12/2022 | Researcher Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 01/2017 - 12/2017 | Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, Latin America Department, Hamburg, Germany |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 01/2025 | Mitglied, Network of real-world laboratories for sustainability |
| since 01/2024 | Member, German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) |
| since 09/2022 | Member, DFG Netzwerk Environmental Peacebuilding |
| since 06/2022 | Member, Political Ecology Network (POLLEN |
| since 05/2019 | Member, Earth System Governance Network |
Publications
Voggenreiter, Valerie; Bernert, Philip; Froese, Rebecca (2025) Web publication (blog article) | Published | |
Alusiola, Rowan Alumasa; Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter; Klär, Paul
(2025) In: Climate and Development, 1, 1-15. doi:10.1080/17565529.2025.2505538 Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Froese, Rebecca; Hussak, Melanie (2025) In: Filho, Walter Leal; Scherenberg, Viviane (eds.), SDG 13: Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz , 553-571. Berlin: Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-70588-9_33 Research article (book contribution) | Peer reviewed | Published | |
Froese, Rebecca; Breuckmann, Tobias (2024) Web publication (blog article) | Published | |
Breuckmann, Tobias; Froese, Rebecca; Gerke, Daria-Maria; Guirgis, Fady; Jostmeier, Milena; Notzon, Swantje; Stroila, Iulia-Maria; Wilkens, Lea (2024) Münster: miami. doi:10.17879/87968611566 Working paper | Published |
Projects
Regenerative Münster-Seville Scapes (MuSeScape) Duration: 01/08/2025 - 31/07/2026 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2028 Funded by: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/02/2025 - 31/01/2028 | 1st Funding period Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Research and innovation action Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster | |
Passierschein A39 (PSA39) Duration: 01/04/2023 - 30/09/2024 | 1st Funding period Funded by: Claussen-Simon-Stiftung Type of project: Project carried out outside the University of Münster |
Talks
| Konflikt- und Gewaltdynamiken im Kontext sozial-ökologischer
Transformationsprozesse Froese, Rebecca (12/02/2025) INAS Fachkongress ”Transformation Gestalten", Freiburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Vom Abbau des Elfenbeinturms - Hochschulen als soziale Infrastrukturen für eine
partizipative sozial-ökologischen Transformation
Froese, Rebecca (06/02/2025) Ringvorlesung: Nachhaltigkeit und globale Verantwortung, Universität Würzburg Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| (sozial-ökologisches) Streiten mit Stil
Froese, Rebecca (18/07/2024) Science Slam der RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau Type of talk: practical talk | |
| The Violences of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Power and Hierarchies in the Strive towards Justice in the Social-Ecological Transformation Froese, Rebecca (02/07/2024) DFG-Netzwerktreffen: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Conflicts, Braunschweig Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Beneath the Canopy: Unpacking the Complexities of Gold Mining Conflicts in the
Southwestern Amazon Froese, Rebecca (26/06/2024) Ringvorlesung: Insights into Conflict Hotspots Around the Globe, Berlin School of Economics and Law, HWR Berlin Type of talk: scientific talk |
Prizes
| Partizipativer Preis "Zusammen für die Zukunft" Awarded by: Claussen Simon Stiftung Award given to: Rebecca Froese, Daniel Bucurescu Announced at: 09/03/2023 | Date of awarding: 18/03/2023 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Stipendium für Studierende Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Award given to: Rebecca Froese Announced at: 12/06/2010 | Date of awarding: 12/06/2010 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Master Plus Stipendium Awarded by: Claussen Simon Stiftung Award given to: Rebecca Froese Announced at: 01/07/2014 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Sprachkurs-Stipendium 2012 Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Award given to: Rebecca Froese Announced at: 15/01/2012 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Auslandsstipendium für Studierende Awarded by: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes Award given to: Rebecca Froese Announced at: 01/03/2012 Type of distinction: Scholarship |