
FEATURED AUTHOR
Frederic Hanusch
Frederic Hanusch is since 2016 a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). His research is focused on a combination of democracy research, global change research and the study of time. His most recent publication is “Democracy and Climate Change” (2017) published in the Routledge Global Cooperation Series.
Subjects: Environment and Sustainability
Biography
Frederic Hanusch studied from 2005-2011 at the universities of Gießen, Castellón and Heidelberg, where he received a M.A. in political science, philosophy and sociology. From 2011-2015 he did his Dr. phil. as part of the research group “Democracy and Climate Change” at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen (KWI). Besides, he worked from 2013-2016 at the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). In 2014 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto. Since 2016 he is part of the project “Futurisation of Politics” at the IASS.
His research is focused on a combination of democracy research and dynamics of global change. He published with the WBGU on the SDGs, international climate protection and global urbanization. At the KWI, he worked on a wide range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. At the IASS, he studies the importance of time and future in context of global change. Methodologically, his research is characterized by the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. His most recent publication is “Democracy and Climate Change” (2017) published in the Routledge Global Cooperation Series.
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Democracy, Global Change, Climate Politics, Time