Leonie Reuter
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Disaster Research Unit (DRU)
Research Associate
12165 Berlin
Education
- M.A. Sociology (study focus on "Sustainability and Social Transformation") at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
- Thesis in cooperation with the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW): "Understanding Youth Engagement in Climate Change Action: The Relevance of Social Patterns of Interpretation (‘soziale Deutungsmuster’) to Young People’s (De)Mobilization for Climate Action. A Qualitative Study"
- 01/2020 - 06/2020: Study stay at Roskilde University, Denmark
- 10/2013 - 07/2018: B.A. Cultural Studies at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
- Thesis: "Corporate Responsibility as a Sustainable Spirit in Capitalism. On the Significance of Corporate Sustainability to the Legitimation of the Capitalist Economic System”
- 01/2017 - 04/2017: Study stay at the University Bordeaux Montaigne, France
Academic Positions
- Since 03/2022: Research Associate at the Disaster Research Unit (DRU), Freie Universität Berlin
- 05/2021 - 02/2022: Student Assistant at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS)
- 04/2021 - 09/2021: Student Assistant at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- 10/2017 - 01/2018: Intern at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)
- 10/2015 - 04/2016: Student Assistant at the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Research interests
- Social-ecological conflicts and crises, especially climate crisis
- Collective climate-related knowledge
- Climate movement participation
- Sociology of Sustainability (Sustainability as a normative principle, evaluation criterion and discursive resource for criticism, justification and legitimation)
- Qualitative research, especially analysis of social interpretative patterns (soziale Deutungsmuster)
Publications
Reuter, L. (2023). Julia Zilles / Emily Drewing / Julia Janik (Hrsg.), Umkämpfte Zukunft: Zum Verhältnis von Nachhaltigkeit, Demokratie und Konflikt. Bielefeld: transcript 2022, 432 S., kt., 39,00 € . Soziologische Revue, 46(3), 296-300. https://doi.org/10.1515/srsr-2023-2049
Hansen, L., Reuter, L., Schröder, R., & Zentgraf, L. L. (2023). Ein Bericht zur interdisziplinären Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie 2022: TRANSFORMATION für wen? // durch wen? // mit wem? Epistemologien_ Agencies_Institutionen_politische Ökonomie & [_]. Soziologie Und Nachhaltigkeit. https://doi.org/10.17879/sun-2023-5105
Reuter, L.; Gossen, M.(2021): Klimaschutzengagement junger Menschen. Zwischen individuellen Verhaltensweisen und kollektivem Aktivismus. In: Thema Jugend, 2021/3, S. 18-22.
Reuter, L. (2021). Klimaschutzengagement von Jugendlichen verstehen: zur Relevanz sozialer Deutungsmuster für die klimapolitische (De)Mobilisierung junger Menschen (Masterarbeit, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena). https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-dbt-20230615-081910-005