Dr. Maria Proestou
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KontaktHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin E-Mail: maria.proestou(at)hu-berlin.de Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (PolDErBio) |
Research interests | Publications | PolDErBio
Education
- PhD in Institutional Economics (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), FNF Scholarship
- MSc Integrated Natural Resource Management (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Visiting Student, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science (Freie Universität Berlin)
- MSc Agricultural and Crop Sciences (Agricultural University of Athens)
Work Experience
- Lecturer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin), Land Management (since 2018)
- Research Associate, BMBF Research Project “Institutional Implications of Bioeconomy Development”, Division of Horticultural Economics, HU Berlin (2017-2019)
- Lecturer at Berlin CIEE Global Institute, Berlin and the Politics of Building Sustainable Cities (2019)
- Coordinator of the Berlin Workshop in Institutional Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems (WINS), HU Berlin (2017-2019)
- Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW), Environmental Politics and Economics (2015-2016)
- Lecturer at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sustainable Energy Transition (2012-2013)
Research Interests
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Environmental Policy and Politics
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Institutional Economics
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Bioeconomy
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Climate Denial
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Socioeconomics of Energy Transition
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Climate Change Art
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Rural Sociology
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Theory of Social Psychology
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Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Publications
Journal Articles
- Feindt P.H., Proestou, M. and Daedlow, K. (2020): Policy design for resilience in the emerging bioeconomy – the RPD framework and application to German bioenergy policy, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2020.1814130.
- Proestou, M., Crewett, W., Yu, L. and Zhang, X. (2018). The Future of Bioeconomy. Germany Contact: 1.
Books and Monographs
- Proestou, M. (2016). Understanding Societies beyond Economics: Wind Energy Development on the Greek Island of Amorgos in Times of Neoliberalism, https://doi.org/10.18452/17481.
Conference Papers and Posters
- Proestou, M. and Feindt, P.H. (2020). The bioeconomy state and its role in shaping bioeconomy discourses. “Environmental Governance: Policy Discourse, Deliberative Practices, and Public Participation”, Lee Kyan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
- Daedlow, K., Proestou, M. and Feindt, P.H. (2019). Poster: Policy Designs for Resilient Bioeconomies – Towards an Analytical Framework”, 4. Bioeconomy Science Center Symposium, Köln, https://www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/de/institut/departments/daoe/apol/forschung/projekte/polderbio/findings/koeln-2019
- Crewett, W. and Proestou, M. (2019). Populism in bioeconomy-related policy. “Governance of Big Transformations”, German Political Science Association (DVPW), School of Governance, Technical University of Munich.
- Proestou, M. and Crewett, W. (2018). Innovative institutions for the governance of biomass energy spaces. Inimbio Workshop, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.