{"id":2708,"date":"2024-11-19T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2025-10-16T17:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:00:39","slug":"dr-britta-acksel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/dr-britta-acksel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Britta Acksel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Britta Acksel\" class=\"wp-image-2932 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Britta_2024-2-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wuppertal Institute for Environment, Climate, Energy<br>Cultural Anthropology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS)<br>October 2024 &#8211; September 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-ufr-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ufr-button\"> \n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wupperinst.org\/c\/wi\/c\/s\/cd\/5369\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"\n\t\tbl-text-[1.125rem] bl-leading-[1.5625rem] bl-px-[26px] bl-py-[7px] bl-border-[2px] bl-gap-[8px] !bl-decoration-2 !bl-underline-offset-[5px] focus-visible:bl-outline-offset-[6px]\t\tbl-no-underline hover:bl-underline bl-font-medium\n\t\t\n\t\tfocus-visible:bl-outline-dotted focus-visible:bl-outline-2 bl-border-identity-black bl-text-identity-black\n\t   hover:bl-bg-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-border-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-text-pure-white\n\t   active:bl-bg-identity-blue active:bl-text-pure-white active:bl-border-identity-blue\n\t   !bl-outline-identity-black dark:bl-text-pure-white dark:!bl-border-pure-white\n\t\tdark:hover:bl-text-identity-black dark:hover:bl-bg-identity-yellow-40 dark:hover:!bl-border-identity-yellow-40\n\t\tdark:active:bl-text-identity-black dark:active:bl-bg-identity-yellow dark:active:!bl-border-identity-yellow\n\t\tdark:!bl-outline-pure-white\t\tbl-inline-flex bl-flex-row bl-items-center motion-safe:bl-transition-colors\n\t\tmotion-safe:bl-duration-[400ms] justify-center bl-hyphens-auto\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bl-inline-block\">\n\t\t\tWebsite\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ufr-button\"> \n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3255-8485\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"\n\t\tbl-text-[1.125rem] bl-leading-[1.5625rem] bl-px-[26px] bl-py-[7px] bl-border-[2px] bl-gap-[8px] !bl-decoration-2 !bl-underline-offset-[5px] focus-visible:bl-outline-offset-[6px]\t\tbl-no-underline hover:bl-underline bl-font-medium\n\t\t\n\t\tfocus-visible:bl-outline-dotted focus-visible:bl-outline-2 bl-border-identity-black bl-text-identity-black\n\t   hover:bl-bg-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-border-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-text-pure-white\n\t   active:bl-bg-identity-blue active:bl-text-pure-white active:bl-border-identity-blue\n\t   !bl-outline-identity-black dark:bl-text-pure-white dark:!bl-border-pure-white\n\t\tdark:hover:bl-text-identity-black dark:hover:bl-bg-identity-yellow-40 dark:hover:!bl-border-identity-yellow-40\n\t\tdark:active:bl-text-identity-black dark:active:bl-bg-identity-yellow dark:active:!bl-border-identity-yellow\n\t\tdark:!bl-outline-pure-white\t\tbl-inline-flex bl-flex-row bl-items-center motion-safe:bl-transition-colors\n\t\tmotion-safe:bl-duration-[400ms] justify-center bl-hyphens-auto\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bl-inline-block\">\n\t\t\tORCID\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:britta.acksel@wupperinst.org\">britta.acksel@wupperinst.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;&gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;&gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute [&amp;&gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;&gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip [.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible bl-bg-identity-lightblue bl-text-identity-black dark:bl-bg-identity-lightblue dark:bl-text-identity-black bl-py-[24px] align wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Update: 16.10.2025<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britta Acksel is a cultural anthropologist interested in current sustainability efforts. She holds a doctorate from Goethe University Frankfurt and ethnographically explored sustainability governance in\/of cities. As research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen her work focused on Anthropology of Policy, Human-Environment Relations, Energy Transition and Participation. After an interlude as postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Media Studies (RUB), she works as scientific advisor for methods of transformation research at the Wuppertal Institute for Environment, Climate, Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bl-w-full wp-block-ufr-accordion\">\n\n\n<article class=\"ufr-accordion-container-wrapper\" data-accordion=\"animationDuration: 400; direction: vertical; collapsible: true; \">\n\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-container-flex-wrapper \">\n\t\t\n\n<section\n\tid=\"Selected-Publications\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: Selected Publications\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tSelected Publications\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Britta Acksel, Manfred Fischedick Transformationsforschung \u2013 forschen, verstehen, gestalten. Reicher, Christa; Celik, Canan; Rubarth, Antonia; Hahn, Christine (Ed.): Handbuch Nachhaltige Energiesysteme im Quartier Modelle und Strategien zwischen lokalen und globalen Herausforderungen. Berlin: Springer nature, im Erscheinen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Britta Acksel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-open.de\/isbn\/6992\">Sta\u0308dte auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit<\/a>. Ethnographische Einblicke und Analysen. Bielefeld: transcript, 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Britta Acksel <a href=\"https:\/\/hrcak.srce.hr\/304258\">Good stories\u2026un\/making transformations of post-industrial cities<\/a> (Journal Article) Narodna umjetnost: hrvatski c\u030casopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Vol. 60 No. 1, pp. 59-75, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Britta Acksel C\u0327evreci, das hei\u00dft Umweltschu\u0308tzer auf Tu\u0308rkisch: mehr als Bloggen fu\u0308r die Umwelt. Claus Leggewie; Christa Reicher; Lea Kristin Schmitt (Ed.): Geschichten einer Region: AgentInnen des Wandels fu\u0308r ein nachhaltiges Ruhrgebiet. Dortmund: Kettler, pp. 302-311, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Britta Acksel, Johannes Euler, Leslie Gauditz, Silke Helfrich, Brigitte Kratzwald, Stefan Meretz, Flavio Stein, Stefan Tuschen Commoning: Zur Kon-struktion einer konvivialen Gesellschaft. Frank Adloff; Volker Heins (Ed.): Konvivialismus: eine Debatte. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 133-145, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section\n\tid=\"YAS-Projects\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: YAS Projects\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion YAS-Projects content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tYAS Projects\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion YAS-Projects content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>YAS Guide to Interdisciplinarity<\/strong> (with Friderike Beyer, Niko Sch\u00e4pke, Noura Wahby, Patrick Flamm, Machteld Simoens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conflicts<\/strong> (with Niko Sch\u00e4pke, Machteld Simoens, Philipp H\u00f6fele)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;&gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;&gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute [&amp;&gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;&gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip [.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible bl-bg-transparent bl-text-inherit dark:bl-bg-transparent dark:bl-text-inherit alignfull wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bl-absolute bl-inset-0 bl-w-full bl-h-full bl-pointer-events-none bl-mt-0\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"bl-absolute bl-origin-center\n\t\t\t\tbl-w-96\t\t\t\tbl-top-[50%] -bl-translate-y-[50%] bl-left-[50%] -bl-translate-x-[50%]\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-block dark:bl-hidden bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"VgoLqkzFJm\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#VgoLqkzFJm)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-hidden dark:bl-block bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"hCj04oBxfk\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#hCj04oBxfk)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wuppertal Institute for Environment, Climate, EnergyCultural Anthropology Member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS)October 2024 &#8211; September 2027 E-Mail: britta.acksel@wupperinst.org Curriculum Vitae Britta Acksel is a cultural anthropologist interested in current sustainability efforts. 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