Prof. Doris FUCHS, Ph.D.

Doris 1-1 Institute for Political Science
 Room 315
Scharnhorststr. 100
48151 Münster
Germany
Phone: +49 251 83-25327
Fax: +49 251 83-25383
sustainability[at]uni-muenster[dot]de
 

Prof. Doris Fuchs, PhD is Director at the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (RIFS) and Professor for Sustainable Development at the University of Münster. She is also a board member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN).

Please make an appointment via sustainability[at]uni-muenster[dot]de or call +49 251 8325327.

Research Areas

  • Sustainable Consumption and Limits to Growth
  • Democracy, Power, Participation & Sustainability
  • Global Sustainability Governance: Energy, Climate, Environment, Agrifood, Finance
  • Sustainability, Justice & Responsibility

In the context of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN) and the Religion & Politics Cluster at the WWU, the Research Lab Democracy and Sustainability at the Institute of Political Science and various national and international research networks, Doris Fuchs focuses in particular on inter- and transdisciplinary and transformative research approaches.

 
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Academic Education

Ph.D., Politics & Economics Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
M.A., International Political Economy, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
M.A., English, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
American Studies at the University of Virgina, USA
German and English Studies at Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany

Positions

Director of the Research Institute for Sustainability - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
Professorin für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Universität Münster
Professor of International Relations and Sustainable Development, University of Muenster
Professor of International Relations and Development, University of Münster
Professor of International Relations and European Integration, University of Stuttgart
Professor of Political Science, HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Acting Professor of International Relations and European Integration, University of Stuttgart
Lecturer, Geschwister-Scholl-Institute für Political Science, LMU München, Venia Legendi Political Science 2004
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Apprenticeship, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany

External Functions

Deutsches Klima-Konsortium (DKK) (Vorstandsmitglied)
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e.V. (Mitglied der Arbeitsgruppe System Mensch-Erde)
Gesellschaft für transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung (Mitglied)
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Metrologie für Umwelt- und Klimaschutz der Physikalisch-Technischen Bundesanstalt (PTB) (Mitglied)
Universitäres Innovationszentrum für soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit im europäischen Universitätsnetzwerk ULYSSEUS (wissenschaftliche Leiterin)
Steering Board der Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative Europe (SCORAI Europe) (Mitglied)
Member of the Alliance for Science Muenster (Mitglied)
Member of the Expertgroup "World Economy and Social Ethics" of the German Conference of the Bishops
Speaker of the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (Vorstandsmitglied)
Coordinator of the B.A and M.A joint study program, in cooperation with Science Po Lille (Koordinatorin)
Member of the scientific advisory board "global sustainable commune" Muenster (Mitglied)
Vice Dean for Research, Junior Scholars, and International Affairs at the Faculty for Education and the Social Sciences
Center for Religion and Modernity (Member of the Board)
Member of the Commission of the Rectorate for Research Affairs
Reviewer for funding institutes: ERC, DFG, BMBF, Finland Academiy of Sciences, Umweltministerium Schweden, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Kanada), Volkswagen Stiftung, DBU, DAAD, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung, Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF), Studienstiftung ...
German Association for Political Science (DGfP)
German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Projects

In Process

Finished

Publications

  • and , . Ökozölle als Instrumente des fairen Handels? in: J. Mayer eds. Internationaler Handel im Zeichen nachhaltiger Entwicklung. Die Politik Deutschlands und der Europäischen Union auf dem Prüfstand. Rehburg: Evangelische Akademie Loccum. pp. 267–270.

Teaching:

An overview of the courses taught at the Chair for International Relations and Sustainable Development currently and in the past can be accessed here.

Supervision of promotions

Prof'in Fuchs supervises doctoral theses in the field of sustainable consumption and sustainable development (including climate, food, energy and land governance) as well as on the political role of corporations and economic actors. In order to ensure adequate supervision of the doctoral candidates, only a limited number of them are accepted at any given time. The expectations Prof'in Fuchs has of a doctoral thesis are summarised in this flyer. If you are interested in doctoral supervision, please submit a short exposé with your request, outlining the research question, its social and scientific relevance and planned methodological procedure.