Gerolf Hanke

Special Expertise

Main areas of research: Sustainable products and consumption

Topics:

• Transformation research
• Sustainable food systems, regionalisation of food systems
• Resilience, post-growth, sufficiency

Methods:

• Qualitative social research
• Transdisciplinary sustainability research
• Trend analysis

Key Projects

• Social aspects of environmental policy – sub-project 1: analysis and environmental policy implications
• Sustainable management: Socio-ecological transformation of the food system. Shaping the future by involving pioneers of change and economically relevant actors
• Market observation of sustainable consumption: Market analysis and interventions to promote green products, with respect to the sustainable consumption goals of the German Sustainability Strategy
• Citizens’ participation and social inclusion as a building block for the implementation of the National Programme for Sustainable Consumption
• Commitment to sustainable public welfare
• Resilient supply systems – strategies for a socio-ecological transformation

Professional Training and Career

• Since 2020: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
• 2018-2019: Researcher at Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) in the department for fundamental issues, sustainability strategies and resource conservation
• 2013-2018: Associate Education Officer at Eine Welt Forum e.V., Freiburg
• 2008-2011: Research Assistant and Tutor at University of Freiburg in the Institutes of Sociology, Human Genetics & Anthropology and Forest Economics
• 2006-2012: Master of Arts (Magister Artium) in Sociology, biological anthropology, and European ethnology, University of Freiburg

Language Skills

English