Research focus

Research on socio-technical transitions, transformative sustainability research, environmental conflicts and environmental justice, science and technology studies (STS)

Work experience and education

• Since 2019 Junior Research Group BioKum
• 2019 M.Sc. Geography: Resource analysis and management I Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• 2019 Scientific assistant „Politics of knowledge and non-knowledge: Agricultural biotechnology in India” I Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• 2017 Erasmus Mundus Inspire Scholarship I University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2016 B.Sc. Natural area and regional management I Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg am Neckar
• 2013-2016 Student assistant „Hochschultag ländlicher Raum“ I Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg am Neckar

Selected Publications:

peer-reviewed

2021

Friedrich J, Bunker I, Uthes S, Zscheischler J (2021) The potential of bioeconomic innovations to contribute to a social-ecological transformation – A case study in the livestock system. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09866-z

Friedrich J, Zscheischler J, Faust H (2021) Social-ecological transformation and COVID-19: the need to revisit working-class environmentalism. GAIA – Ecologic Persepctives for Science and Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.30.1.5

2020

Friedrich J, Stahl J, Fitchett JM, Hoogendoorn G (2020) To beach or not to beach? Socio-economic factors influencing beach tourists’ perceptions of climate and weather in South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2020.1716869

Friedrich J, Stahl J, Hoogendoorn G, Fitchett JM (2020) Exploring Climate Change Threats to Beach Tourism Destinations: Application of the Hazard-Activity Pairs’ Methodology in South Africa. Weather, Climate and Society. doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0133.1