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Research interests
Beate Friedrich is an environmental and sustainability scientist. She researches in the field of environmental planning and at the interface of sustainability and gender research. Her research interests include social-ecological research, nature-gender relations, conflicts about plant breeding technologies, agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering, sustainable regional development, conflict sociology, urban/rural sociology, and social movements.
Curriculum
Beate Friedrich is an environmental and sustainability scientist. She researches in the field of environmental planning and at the interface of sustainability and gender research. Her research interests include social-ecological research, nature-gender relations, conflicts about plant breeding technologies, agricultural biotechnology and genetic engineering, sustainable regional development, conflict sociology, urban/rural sociology, and social movements.
since September 2020: Consultant for Mentoring (ProViae), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Office for Equal Opportunities
since 2020: Cooperation with GEAP3: www.geap3.com
July 2019-March 2020: Visiting Research Fellow, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
since October 2017: Research associate (Postdoc) at the Institute of Sustainability Governance (INSUGO) at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2015-2017: Research Coordinator in the LAGEN network of Women’s and Gender Studies institutions in Lower Saxony, Germany (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Einrichtungen für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Niedersachsen, LAGEN)
2015: obtaining the degree of Dr. phil.
2009-2015: Doctoral studies in the Faculty of Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2009-2014: Research Associate in the Social-Ecological Research Group “PoNa – Politiken der Naturgestaltung” Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2007-2008: Research Associate at the International Office at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2004-2007: Study fellow of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Summer semester 2004: Study visits in France and Poland
2001-2007: Study of Environmental Sciences, University of Lüneburg, Germany
Keywords
- Sustainability Science
- Environmental planning
- Gender and Diversity
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research collaborations from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Finished
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EXIST Women - ScaleF
Habersang, S. (Project manager, academic), Wille, C. (Coordination), Friedrich, B. (Partner), Pohlmann, F. (Partner) & Thiem, A. (Partner)
01.01.24 → 31.12.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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Raumkonflikte – Konflikträume: Wie beinflussen neue molekularbiologische Züchtungstechniken Diskurse und Praktiken in ländlichen Räumen in Großbritannien und Deutschland?
Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.19 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
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Lokale Konflikte um die Gestaltung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse am Beispiel von Agro-Gentechnik (Arbeitstitel)
Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.09 → 29.04.15
Project: Dissertation project
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PoNa: Shaping nature: Policy, Policies and Polity. Rural Development and Biotechnology in Agriculture between Criticism and Vision
Mölders, T. (Project manager, academic), Gottschlich, D. (Project manager, academic), Paszkowska, J. (Coordination), Friedrich, B. (Project staff), Sulmowski, J. A. (Project staff), Burandt, A. (Project staff), Szumelda, A. U. (Project staff) & Roth, S. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.09 → 31.10.14
Project: Research
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Research output
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Governing Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany: A Trans-decadal Study of Regulatory Cultures
Ely, A., Friedrich, B., Glover, D., Fischer, K., Stone, G. D., Kingiri, A. & Schnurr, M. A., 11.2023, In: Science Technology and Human Values. 48, 6, p. 1292-1328 37 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus) -
Pathways of Conflict: Lessons from the Cultivation of MON810 in Germany in 2005–2008 for Emerging Conflicts over New Breeding Techniques
Friedrich, B., 01.01.2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 1, 17 p., 144.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conflicts over GMOs and their Contribution to Food Democracy
Friedrich, B., Hackfort, S. K., Boyer, M. & Gottschlich, D., 28.10.2019, In: Politics and Governance. 7, 4, p. 165-177 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Konfliktfeld „neue Gentechnik“: Regulierung landwirtschaftlicher Biotechnologien zwischen Innovation und Vorsorge
Friedrich, B. & Hackfort, S. K., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 2, p. 211-215 5 p.Translated title of the contribution :The conflictual area of "new genetic modification techniques": Agricultural biotechnology regulation between innovation and precaution Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Politik zwischen Stadt und Land: Die Bedeutung des Ruralen im Streit um Agro-Gentechnik
Friedrich, B., 2018, Rurbane Landschaften: Perspektiven des Ruralen in einer urbanisierten Welt. Sigrun, L. & Fröhlich-Kulik, M. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 263-274 12 p. (Rurale Topografien; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Policy Briefing 4
Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant), Ely , A. (Consultant), Noland, A. (Consultant) & Lidstone, A. (Consultant)
03.2021Activity: Consultancy
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Prozesse der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung Moderation
Friedrich, B. (Speaker)
13.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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P029-G0. Product, Process and Programme Revisited: Genome Editing and the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Agricultural ‘Natures’
Ely , A. (Coauthor), Fischer, K. (Coauthor), Friedrich, B. (Coauthor), Glover, D. (presenter), Schnurr, M. (Coauthor) & Stone, G. D. (Coauthor)
22.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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Policy Brief Series
Glover, D. (Consultant), Friedrich, B. (Consultant) & Ely , A. (Consultant)
09.2020Activity: Consultancy
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Earth System Governance 2018
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
05.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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