Rosa Lehmann

Research focus within the Junior Research Group

Transnational social inequalities in the emerging bioeconomy in Germany (project module 3a)

Research interests

Political ecology, development and sustainability studies, socio-ecological inequalities, conflicts on renewable energies, bioeconomy, social movements

CV

Curriculum Vitae
Since 04/2021	HCIAS Juniorprofessor of “Innovation and Sustainability in Ibero-America” at Heidelberg University
07/2016– 03/2021	Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena within the Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”
03/2018	Doctorate at the Institut für Wissenschaftliche Politik der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Title: Conflict around wind energy projects in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Societal relationships with nature, inequalities, participation, and discourse. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reinhart Kößler, Prof. Dr. Manuela Boatcă.
Since 04/2012	Research fellow and PhD candidate at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Freiburg within the cluster “Politics of natural resources”
03/2010– 03/2012	Research Fellow and Research Assistant at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Freiburg
10/2003– 02/2010	M.A. in Political Science and Anthropology, University of Freiburg (Graduate degree: Magister Artium)

 

Publications

Lehmann, Rosa (2021): “Knowledge, Research, and Germany’s Bioeconomy: Inclusion and Exclusion in Bioenergy Funding Policies.” In: Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 107–129. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_6External link

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (2021): Introduction: “Contextualizing the Bioeconomy in an Unequal World: Biomass Sourcing and Global Socio-Ecological Inequalities.” In: Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_1External link

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5External link

Lehmann, Rosa (2021): Erneuerbare Energien in Südmexiko: Der sozialökologische Konfliktum Windenergieanlagen im Isthmus von Tehuantepec. In: Stefan Peters, Eleonora Rohland, Olaf Kaltmeier, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Christina Schnepel (eds.): Krisenklima. Umweltkonflikte aus lateinamerikanischer Perspektive. Studien zu Lateinamerika, vol 41. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 113–128.

Member of the editorial team of the journal PERIPHERIE as part of the special issue “Bioökonomie” 159/160 (2021). Open Access:
https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/peripherie/issue/view/2777External link

Lehmann, Rosa (2020): PERIPHERIE-Stichwort: “Bioökonomie”. In: PERIPHERIE – Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, vol. 40, no. 159/160, pp. 384–387. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/peripherie/article/view/36620External link

Backhouse, Maria; Büttner, Melissa; Greifenberg, David; Herdlitschka, Theresa; Lehmann, Rosa; Schaller, Evamaria; Thiel, Janine (2020): Erneuerbare Energien von unten? Perspektiven aus der Praxis auf dezentrale Energiesysteme. Working Paper 14 of the BMBF Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”. http://www.bioinequalities.uni-jena.de/sozb-media/workingpaper14.pdfpdf, 932 kb · de

Lehmann, Rosa; Backhouse, Maria; Puder, Janina (2020): Widersprüchliche Ziele. Neue Bioökonomiestrategie der Bundesregierung. In: W&E 01-02/2020, pp. 5–6. https://www.weltwirtschaft-und-entwicklung.org/wearchiv/042ae6ab7b09b2d01.phpExternal link

Jenss, Alke; Lehmann, Rosa (2019): Multi-Scalar Struggles: The Selectivity of Development Governance in Southern Mexico. Freiburg, ABI Working Paper 11. https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/sites/default/files/field/pub-download/2019-05-17_jenss-lehmann_2019_working_paper_multi-scalar_struggles_development_projects_mexico_final.pdfExternal link

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa (2019): New ‘renewable’ frontiers: contested palm oil plantations and wind energy projects in Brazil and Mexico. In: Journal of Land Use Science, vol. 15, no. 2-3, pp. 373–388.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1648577External link

Lehmann, Rosa (2019): Fragen kostet nichts. Die Konsultationen Indigener in Lateinamerika sind scheindemokratisch. In: iz3w 374, pp. 8–9. https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/374_sozialstaaten/lehmannExternal link
Article is also available in Spanish: https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/374_sozialstaaten/lehmann_spanischExternal link

Lehmann, Rosa (2019): Der Konflikt um Windenergie in Mexiko. Partizipation, Diskurse und die ungleiche Gestaltung der Naturverhältnisse im Isthmus von Tehuantepec. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lühmann, Malte; Tittor, Anne (2018): Bioökonomie als technologische Innovation. Zur Notwendigkeit alternativer Forschung und einer gesellschaftlichen Debatte. In: Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung Rundbrief 1/2018, pp. 14–15.

Lehmann, Rosa (2018): The conflict surrounding wind power projects in the Mexican Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Wind energy, conflict, and politics of scale. Working Paper 3 of the BMBF Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”. https://www.bioinequalities.uni-jena.de/sozbemedia/Neu/2018_11_19+Working+Paper+3.pdfExternal link

Backes, Martina; Lehmann, Rosa (2018): Gärungsprozesse – Die Bioökonomie verspricht viel und hält bisher wenig. In: iz3w 368, pp. 14–17. https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/368_biooekonomie/368_biooekonomie_auszugExternal link

Friede, Stephanie; Lehmann Rosa (2016): Consultas, Corporations, and Governance in Tehuantepec, Mexico. In: Peace Review, vol. 28, no. 1. San Francisco University: Taylor and Francis/Routledge Publishing Company.

Lehmann, Rosa (2015): Ohne offenen Ausgang. Die indigene Befragung in Juchitán als Machtinstrument zur Durchsetzung eines Mega-Windparks. In: Hawel, Marcus;  Redaktionskollektiv (eds.): Work in Progress Work on Progress. Doktorand_innen-Jahrbuch der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. Berlin, pp. 245–260.

Lehmann, Rosa (2014): Mehr als nur (heiße) Luft? Windparks im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Oaxaca verfestigen Ungleichheiten. In: PERIPHERIE – Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur 136, pp. 427–444.

Burchardt, Hans-Jürgen; Lehmann, Rosa; Lühmann, Malte (2011): Lateinamerika zwischen ungleicher Sicherheit und sicherer Ungleichheit. In: Burchardt, Hans-Jürgen; Öhlschläger, Rainer; Wehr, Ingrid (eds.): Lateinamerika: Ein (un)sicherer Kontinent? Latin America Studies. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 99–115.