• Research Foci

    • Universities in the social-ecological transformation
    • Social-ecological Peace and Conflict Research
    • Land, Environmental and Resource Governance
    • Social-Ecological Systems & Tipping Points
    • Human-Environmental Interactions
    • Global Change
    • Sustainable Development
    • Latin America, (in particular Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador)
  • CV

    Academic Education

    Doctoral Candidate, Research Group Landuse Conflicts, University of Koblenz-Landau
    M.Sc. Integrated Climate System Sciences, University of Hamburg, Germany
    B.Sc. Geosciences, University of Bremen & University of Victoria, Canada

    Positions

    Deputy Professor for Human Geography with a Focus on Human-Nature Relations
    Researcher at Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
    Postdoctoral Researcher in BMBF Project SUNRISE LAB - Sustainable University Landscape Münster - Living Labs as Drivers of Transformation towards Sustainable Universities
    Researcher in BMBF project PRODIGY - Soil Biodiversity Governing Tipping Points in the Amazon
    Researcher Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, University of Koblenz-Landau
    Consultant, GFA Consulting Group, Latin America Department, Hamburg, Germany

    Honors

    Erstklassig! WWU Mentoring-Programm für Wissenschaftlerinnen – Universität Münster
    Partizipativer Preis "Zusammen für die Zukunft" – Claussen Simon Stiftung
    Master Plus Stipendium – Claussen Simon Stiftung
    Auslandsstipendium für Studierende – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
    Sprachkurs-Stipendium – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
    Stipendium für Studierende – Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
  • Teaching

  • Projects

  • Publications

    Articles

    Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
    Research Articles (Journals)
    Non-Scientific Contributions (Journals)
    Book Contributions
    Research Article (Book Contributions)
    Conference Reports (Book Contributions)

    Theses (Doctoral or Postdoctoral)

    Web Publications (Blog Articles)

    Working Papers

  • Talks

    • Froese, Rebecca : „Konflikte um Nachhaltigkeit: Gerechte Sozial-Ökologische Transformation in Zeiten der Polykrise“. Entwicklung-Frieden-Nachhaltigkeit: Konfliktbearbeitung und Bildungsarbeit im Kontext der Klimakrise, online, Friedensinstitut Freiburg, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter : “Environmental peacebuilding, social structures and communal resistance to gold mining in the Manuripi Wildlife Reserve in Pando, Bolivia ”. Annual Conference of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies, Darmstadt, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Hussak, Melanie : “The Violences of Sustainability: Power and Hierarchies in the Strive towards Justice in the Social-Ecological Transformation”. Annual Conference of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies, Darmstadt, .
    • Froese, Rebecca : “The Nexus of Climate Change, Land Use, and Conflict in Southwestern Amazonia”. De-Polarizing Land Use Conflicts: A Deep Dive into the Swedish Forest, Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University, .
    • Froese, Rebecca : “Erhalten, Entfalten, Gestalten”. Science Slam ”Technologies for Peace”, Frauenkirche Dresden, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Mamut, Pia; Wiethüchter, Julia : „Appetit auf den Akademischen Donut - Die Voraussetzungen für eine nachhaltige Uni schaffen“. Campus Earth Day - Nachhaltigkeitstag der Universität Münster, Münster, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Pinzón Cuella, Claudia : “Frontier-making in the Bolivian Amazon: Clashes of postcolonial logics with local resistance’”. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (DKG), Frankfurt, .
    • Breuckmann, Tobias; Froese, Rebecca; : „Die Hochschule als soziale Infrastruktur für Nachhaltigkeit - Chancen und Barrieren auf dem Weg zur Transformation“. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (DKG), Frankfurt, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Giudice, Renzo : “The Amazon Complex. More than a Rainforest Scientific Approximations”. Amazon Week Berlin, Lateinamerika Institut (LAI), FU Berlin, .
    • Froese, Rebecca; Pinzón, Claudia; Figueroa, Diana : “Local Action Against Gold Mining in the Bolivian Amazon: Human-Nature Relations as a Foundation for Resistance to Colonial Continuities”. EISA / EWIS Workshop "Postcolonial Hierarchies in World Politics", University of Amsterdam, .
    • Froese, Rebecca : “Digging for Diversity – Interdisciplinary Perspectves on Diversity for a Just Social-Ecological Transformation”. Summer School "Reimagining Global Justice within and through the University", Budapest, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Conflicts over Biodiversity: Walking a Tightrope Between Escalation and Transformation“. ZIN Brotzeitkolloquium, Münster, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “From Climate Conflicts towards Environmental Peace”. Public Lecture Series "Wars for Resources and Good Practices for Just Peace", Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Communal Resistance to Gold Mining: Environmental Peacebuilding in the Manuripi National Amazonian Wildlife Reserve in Bolivia”. DFG Network Conference "From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding", online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Climate conflicts and environmental peacebuilding”. Presentation on Risks and Opportunities for German Peace and Development Policies, GFA Consulting Group, Hamburg, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Der Klimawandel als globale Gerechtigkeits- und Friedenskrise“. Vortrag im Rahmen des Demokratietags, Europagymnasium Wörth, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Environmental Peacebuilding – Umwelt und Frieden zusammendenken“. Ringvorlesung „What kind of a UN does it need to make peace?“ TU Dresden & Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen, Dresden, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “REDD+ Driver of Conflict or Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding”. Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “COVID-19 as a Catalyst of Change in Times of Crisis - Insights from the Amazon”. Workshop "From a Climate-Security Nexus of Conflicts to a Nexus of Synergies”, Hamburg, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “How to not fall off a cliff - Social Cohesion and Tipping Points”. Earth System Governance Network Early Career Dialogue, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese, Renzo Giudice : “Socio-economic Drivers Tackled in the PRODIGY BioTIP Project”. BMBF BioTIP Midterm Conference, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese, Oliver Frör, Regine Schönenberg, Jens Boy : “Functional Diversity to Foster Conviviality? – Understanding Amazonian Tipping Points”. Global Land Forum, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Social Cohesion in Social-Ecological Systems - Towards a Framework for Analyzing the Interconnections between Social Cohesion and Land-Use Change”. Annual Meeting of the Earth System Governance Network, online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Ao Caminho de Criar Momentos Pós-coloniais: Propondo uma Dinámica de Intercámbio de Conhecimento em Defesa da Amazônia ("Auf dem Weg zur Schaffung postkolonialer Momente: Vorschlag für eine Dynamik des Wissensaustauschs des Wissens zur Verteidigung von Amazonien")”. Seminário Internacional América Latina (SIALAT) (Internationales Seminar Lateinamerika), online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Klimawandel und Konflikte – Ein Risiko für den Frieden?Input Vortrag für die Sitzung der Abteilung Öffentlichkeitsarbeit des Zivilen Friedensdienstes (ZFD), online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Political Ecology Perspective on Resource Extraction and Human Security in Kenya, Bolivia and Peru”. Political Ecology Biannual Conference (POLLEN), online, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Tipping Points - Oder wie man nicht von einer Klippe fällt“. Science Slam Mainz, Mainz, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „An Introduction to Climate Justice“. Presentation und Podiumsdiskussion der ATF, Universität Hamburg, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Climate Change as a Global Crisis of Justice and Peace“. Presentation und Diskussion von dem forumZFD, Köngiswinter, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Climate Change – What can we do about it?Presentation und Diskussion auf einem Festival, Kierpse, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „Climate Justice - What is Needed for Peace in Europe and Beyond?Petcha Kutcha von Refo Moabit, Berlin, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “The rise of academic networks - A chance to reshape governance processes in climate-resilient urban development in Ecuador?Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Washington, .
    • Rebecca Froese : „How to become a Climate Researcher“. Girls Day, Universität Hamburg, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “The Role of Non-Party Stakeholder in Climate Compatible Development”. 24th Annual ISDRS Conference, Messina, .
    • Rebecca Froese : “Towards an integrated approach of climate-proofing development cooperation”. International Sustainability Congress, Instanbul, .
  • Student Supervision

    First Advisor

    2023 Bachelor Thesis Universität Münster ”Conflicts around the thirst for more - Analyzing activist-rooted knowledge to identify corporate impacts on well-being in South American water conflicts”

    2023 Bachelor Thesis Universität Münster “Just and Strong Societies Worldwide!? - Transformation Potentials and Limitations of the German Strategy for a Feminist Development Policy to Achieve Gender Equality”

    Second Advisor

    2023 Master Thesis Universität Passau ”Access to Social Protection: A Case Study of the Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes in Acre, Brazil”

    2023 Master Thesis Universität Marburg “Resource Curse Never Again? Environmental Peacebuilding and Gold Mining in Burkina Faso”

  • In the Media

    Host of the Podcast Fokus Frieden (Focus Peace) since 07/2020

    Interview "Frieden verbessert das Klima" for the Podcast of the German Civil Peace Service (Ziviler Friedensdienst – ZFD). 14/06/2021

    Interview "Klimagerechtigkeit" for the Podcast 'climate talk'. 18/05/2020

    Interview "Klimaverhandlungen in Polen: Wir sitzen immer noch alle im selben Kanu." Interview for Friedensakademie-Blog and CEN News. 18/12/2018

  • Conference and event organization

    2023 Co-Organization of two panels at the Symposium "40 Year Sciences for Peace": ”Peace improves the Climate” – How conflict transformation can contribute to overcoming the climate crisis” & ” Moments of transformation towards sustainability: In search of the A39 pass” - Panel Discussion, Fishbowl Discussion, experimental art spaces

    2021 Organization of a scientific accompanying program for the art exhibition “Weltenbrand”. Forum Theaters, Podcasts and an Excursion about the Amazon Rainforest

    2021 Organisation of Symposium „Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems” in cooperation with the DIW in Berlin

    2020 Organisation of Symposium “Social Cohesion and Tipping Points”

  • Externally taught courses

    WiSe 2022/2023 - Espace Mondial / Weltpolitik - Internationale Beziehungen global gedacht (Sciences Po Nancy, Centre for International Studies (CERI))

    WiSe 2020/2021 – Tipping Points in the Southwestern Amazon (Universität Koblenz-Landau (seit 2023 Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Institut für Umweltwissenschaften)