Dr. Sophie Berg
Dr. Sophie Berg
Research assistant in the project "Real-world laboratory 70 GW offshore wind" at the Chair of Ecological Economics with a research focus on gender and sustainability.
Research interest
- Gender and sustainability research
- Transformative science
- Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainability
Presentations and conference papers
2021
- "Sustainability in research - empirical research results". Presentation at the conference "Dilemmas of Sustainability". 09 June (digital conference).
- "On dealing with and around gender in sustainability research: knowledge potentials - challenges - dilemmas". Moderation of the keynote by Prof. Dr. Ines Weller at the conference "Dilemmas of Sustainability". 09 June (digital conference).
- "Managing Dilemmas". Moderation of the panel discussion at the conference "Dilemmas of Sustainability". 10 June (digital conference).
2022
- "Dilemma Potentials - An Empirical Analysis of Selected Research on Sustainable Development". Presentation for the lecture series "Dilemma, Paradox, Aporia - Philosophical and Social Science Perspectives" at the TU Braunschweig. 11 July (digital).
2023
- “IMPULSE – Immersive Playful Understanding and Learning for Sustainability Engagement”. Lecture at the DGfE-BNE commission meeting in Heidelberg. September 26th.
- “‘Is sustainability possible in patriarchy?’ – reflection on teaching experiences and integration into concepts of transformative and research-based learning.” Presentation at the 13th Gender Research Day at the ZFG of the CvO University of Oldenburg. December 1st.
2024
- Poster pitch at the DBU conference “Transformative Education for Sustainable Development – Shaping Change” at the DBU Center for Environmental Communication in Osnabrück. 24th-25th January.
Publikationen
- Berg, Sophie (2025): Schatten Im Diskurs: Anknüpfungspunkte zur Integration einer kritischen Genderperspektive in die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Oldenburg.
- Berg, Sophie; Wolter, Hendrik (2025): Spielend in die (Un)Sicherheit? Eine Lehrveranstaltung für den reflexiven Umgang mit Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit. In: Jana Costa, Helge Kminek, Teresa Ruckelshauß, Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Johanna Weselek (Hrsg.) (2025): Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Kontroversen und Debatten. Verlag Barbara Budrich, S. 59-83. https://doi.org/10.3224/84743144
- Henkel, Anna; Berg, Sophie; Müller, Ann-Kristin; Mader, Dimitri; Gruber, Holli; Siebenhüner, Bernd; Speck, Karsten (2023): Vielfalt der Nachhaltigkeit – Gemeinsamkeit der Dilemmata. Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. In: NR (Nachhaltigkeitsrecht) 3 (3), S. 266–274. https://doi.org/10.33196/nr202303026601
- Henkel, Anna; Berg, Sophie; Mader, Dimitri; Müller, Ann-Kristin; Bergmann, Matthias; Gruber, Holli; Siebenhüner, Bernd; Speck, Karsten (2023): Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit: Zur Relevanz und kritischen Reflexion in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Ein Leitfaden. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG. doi.org/10.5771/9783748938538
- Henkel, Anna; Berg, Sophie; Bergmann, Matthias; Gruber, Holli; Karafyllis, Nicole C.; Mader, Dimitri; Müller, Ann-Kristin; Siebenhüner, Bernd; Speck, Karsten; Zorn, Daniel-Pascal (Hrsg.) (2023): Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG. doi.org/10.5771/9783748938507
- Berg, Sophie; Müller, Ann-Kristin; Siebenhüner, Bernd; Speck, Karsten (2023): Forschungsförderung im Bereich nachhaltige Entwicklung in Deutschland – eine qualitative Bestandsaufnahme. In: Anna Henkel, Sophie Berg, Matthias Bergmann, Holli Gruber, Nicole Christine Karafyllis, Dimitri Mader et al. (Hg.): Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft (Nomos eLibrary Open Access), S. 279–292. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748938507-279,
- Müller, Ann-Kristin; Berg, Sophie (2023): Forschungsförderung im Spannungsfeld der Nachhaltigkeit – Eine Analyse von Förderprogrammen der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Deutschland. In: Anna Henkel, Sophie Berg, Matthias Bergmann, Holli Gruber, Nicole Christine Karafyllis, Dimitri Mader et al. (Hg.): Dilemmata der Nachhaltigkeit. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft (Nomos eLibrary Open Access), S. 53–72. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748938507-53
Curriculum vitae
| Since 10/2024 | Research associate in the project Real-world laboratory 70 GW offshore wind |
| Since 10/2022 | Decentralised Equal Opportunities Officer at the Department of Economics and Law |
| 10/2022 - 03/2025 | Research assistant at the end of project IMPULSE - Immersive Playful Understanding and Learning for Sustainability Engagement |
| 03/2021 - 02/2025 | PhD student at the Chair of Ecological Economics. Title of the doctoral thesis: Schatten Im Diskurs: Starting points for the integration of a critical gender perspective in sustainability research |
| 04/2019 - 09/2023 | Research assistant in the project Dilemmas of sustainability between evaluation and reflection |
| 10/2016 - 03/2019 | M. A. Sustainability Economics and Management, University of Oldenburg. Specialisation: Eco-Entrepreneurship. Thesis: Sown contradictions - An investigation into sovereignty and subjugation in solidarity agriculture. |
| 01/2015 - 06/2015 | Internship abroad at Suritex S.A.C., Lima, Peru, sustainable alpaca textiles, in the area of sales and marketing in national and international business |
| 08/2014 - 12/2014 | Study abroad in the field of International Business and CSR at the Universidad de Lima, Peru |
| 10/2012 - 09/2016 | Bachelor's degree in the International Global Management degree programme at Bremen University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. Thesis: Sustainability in mining - the example of gold mining in Peru |