Funding: | German Environment Agency | |
Duration: | November 2016 – October 2018 | |
Supervision: | Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink, Dr. Alexandra Rau |
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Partners: |
Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Wuppertal Institute, GenderCC – Women for Climate Justice | |
Researchers: | Luigi Wenzl |
In addition to a systematic literature review on gender and climate policy, the project will further develop and test the Gender Impact Assessment tool (GIA) for the areas of climate adaptation and climate protection. The application of the GIA enables political decision-makers to assess gender-specific consequences of climate protection and adaptation measures in order to reinforce intended impacts and to avoid negative, unintended consequences. With the help of secondary analyses, the ISOE's team examines existing GIAs in the field of environmental and climate as well as other impact assessments that feature distinctive gender dimensions (e.g. technology impact assessments, regulatory impact assessments and vulnerability analyses). These analyses lay the groundwork for further developing the GIA tool and for its testing and evaluation in selected fields of action of climate protection and adaptation to climate change. These include, for instance, the areas of transport and energy supply in private households. Here, the overarching question is to what extent these measures contribute to a reduction or even to a possible reinforcement of gender hierarchies.
To date, there is little reliable knowledge on how a gender perspective leads to qualitative changes in climate policy and, conversely, what influence climate policy has on gender relations. The project will therefore investigate the specific value of a gender perspective for climate protection and adaptation. To this end, in addition to the further development and testing of the GIA tool in the field of climate policy, further data requirements and appropriate survey methods will be identified. Finally, the researchers will develop concrete recommendations for action and policy in the field of climate policy.
Funding: | Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts | |
Duration: | June 2015 – November 2016 | |
Supervision: | Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink, Dr. Alexandra Rau |
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Researchers: | Luigi Wenzl |
The explorative preliminary study examines the phenomenon of rental grandfathers in the State of Hesse. The focus is on "old" men who provide post-employment childcare and thus break with "typical" post-employment activities of the same gender group. Initially, quantitative data on the structure and distribution of the phenomenon are assessed. On the basis of guideline-based interviews the project reconstructs, firstly, the central motives and causes of renting grandfathers and, secondly, the design of care practice. The analytical framework is based on three discourses: the diagnosis of a (social-)reproduction crisis, the precarization of work and life, and the debate about "active old people" / activity in the process of ageing. Whether and to what extent traditional and/or changing conceptions of masculinity and the corresponding concepts of grandfatherhood are addressed subjectively is the central gender-sociological question of the study. For this purpose, rental grandmothers will also be interviewed in the course of the qualitative phase of the study, which will provide a comparative measure for the interpretation.
Publications
Sauter, A. (2016). Großvater aus >>freien Stücken<<. Soziologie nimmt das Phänomen „Leihopa“ unter die Lupe. UniReport, 1, p.7
Mitternacht, K. (2016). Wenn Opa nur geliehen ist. Seniorinnen, die junge Familien unterstützen, kennt man. Jetzt trauen sich auch Männer. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS), 32, p. 17.
Funding: | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure,
National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Project
Management Jülich | |
Duration: | July 2012 - June 2015 |
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Supervision: | Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink |
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Partners: | Prof. Dr. Petra Schäfer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Prof. Dr. Martin Lanzendorf (Goethe University), Dr. Udo Hermenau (e-hoch3 Darmstadt) | |
Researchers: | Dirk Dalichau |
In order to embed an increasing number of electric vehicles of any size into the daily routine of mobility relevant organizations and (business) enterprises should be examined in relation to their possible function as ‚Change-Agents‘ for the broad-range introduction to the market of electric vehicles. The accompanying social scientific research of the presented subproject brings two main fields of need in focus: ‚job mobility‘ (commuting traffic, fleets of company cars etc.) as well as ‚residing and living‘ (mobility chains, sharing-concepts, infrastructure etc.). Enterprises and associations in the model region are considered as the main actors, who can make a key contribution to the market diffusion of electro-mobile transport modes. The main research–leading question is: Which are the key regulating variables for the acceptance of electric mobility in the context of working and living and how can these be successfully used for a wide market penetration in terms of ‚best practice‘?
Publications
Blättel-Mink, Birgit; Dalichau, Dirk; Buchsbaum, Monika; Hattenhauer, Merle; Weber, Jens (2013): Elektromobilität aus der Sicht privater Nutzerinnen und Nutzer. Ergebnisse der sozialwissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung in der Modellregion Rhein-Main. In: Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis. Jg. 36 (2), pp. 270-286.
Blättel-Mink, Birgit; Buchsbaum, Monika; Dalichau, Dirk; Hattenhauer, Merle; Weber, Jens (2013): Transforming mobility into sustainable e-mobility. The example of Rhein-Main region. In: Hülsmann, Michael; Fornahl, Dirk (eds.): Evolutionary Paths towards the Mobility Patterns of the Future. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 113-130.
See Interim Conclusion (German)
Funding: | Federal Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban
Development, National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology,
Project Management Jülich | |
Duration: | July 2012 - June 2015 |
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Supervision: | Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink |
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Partners: | Prof. Dr. Petra Schäfer (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Prof. Dr. Martin Lanzendorf (Goethe University), Dr. Udo Hermenau (e-hoch3 Darmstadt) | |
Researchers: | Monika Buchsbaum, Dirk Dalichau, Merle Hattenhauer, Jens Weber |
Main results
1. E-Mobility is getting more attractive, if it is possible to test it. The experienced Fun-Factor as well as positive empirical knowledge about the battery range are decisive.
2. A possible switch to (sustainable) E-Mobility most likely is seen in the context of professional mobility.
3. The conditions in cities significantly differ from conditions in the county. For cities: major opportunities are seen for Intermodality and Sharing-concepts. For the country: the own car has a high priority, private loading possibilities mostly do exist and optionally there is an interest in sharing a car to get to work.
4. Besides the so called „lead user“ further groups of people have to be included: e.g. women, family carers, elderly people, and young people.
5. The optimum solutions to enforce (sustainable) E-Mobility in the Rhein-Main region have to be tailored to the individual requirements.
Publications
Blättel-Mink, Birgit; Buchsbaum, Monika; Dalichau, Dirk; Hattenhauer, Merle; Weber, Jens (2013): Transforming mobility into sustainable e-mobility. The example of Rhein-Main region. In: Hülsmann, Michael; Fornahl, Dirk (eds.): Evolutionary Paths towards the Mobility Patterns of the Future. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 113-130.
Blättel-Mink, Birgit; Buchsbaum, Monika; Dalichau, Dirk; Hattenhauer, Merle; Weber, Jens (2011): Sozialwissenschaftliche Begleitforschung Modellregion E-Mobilität Rhein-Main. Akzeptanz und Optimierung durch Nutzerinnen und Nutzer. Interner Endbericht. Frankfurt am Main: Goethe University.
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences; Goethe University Frankfurt; e-hoch-3 GbR (2011) (eds.): Sozialwissenschaftliche Begleitforschung zur Elektromobilität in der Modellregion Rhein-Main. Broschüre zur Abschlussveranstaltung „Begleitforschung zur Elektromobilität in der Modellregion Rhein-Main“, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, September, 6, 2011 in Frankfurt.
See Concluding Report (German)
2013 | Implementation Research. How to Achieve Successful Implementation of Research Results into Practice? | Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2012 - 2013 | European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring |
Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2012 - 2013 | Energy Sector and Energy Transformation in Hesse | Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2008 - 2010 | From Consumer to Prosumer (eBay Project) | Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2006 - 2007 | Sociology and Consulting | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Institute for Social Research |
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2006 | "Let's Start a Biotech Start-Up!?" Work Orientations from Life Scientists in the Context of New Control Models at Universities |
Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2006 | Teaching Evaluation at the Goethe University Frankfurt |
Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2005 - 2006 | Foundation as an Option in the Social Sciences. For the Integration of the Founding Theme in Teaching Social Sciences |
Goethe University Frankfurt | ||
2002 - 2004 | Mathematics and Gender | University of Bielefeld | ||
2001 - 2003 | Health Professions, Gender and Society. Shifting Relations in Times of Institutional and Social Change |
University of Bremen | ||
2001 - 2002 | Ecological Innovation Systems - an International Comparison | Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg |
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2001 | From Bottom to Top in Higher Education. Women's Experiences and Visions in Different Parts of the World |
University of Mannheim, ETH Zürich |
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2000 - 2003 | Sustainability and Transdisciplinarity | Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Baden-Württemberg |
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2000 - 2002 | Gender and Studies. Factors of a Gender-Specific Choice of Field of Ftudy |
Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg |
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1999 - 2000 | Sustainability in Retail | Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg |
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1996 - 2000 | Innovations for Sustainable Economy (Habilitation Project) | Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg |
Prof. Dr. Birgit Blättel-Mink
Goethe-University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Visiting address
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
Campus-Westend – PEG-Building
Room 3.G 029
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Mail address
Campus Westend
PEG - internal post 31
60629 Frankfurt am Main
Tel. +49 69 798 36660
b.blaettel-mink@soz.uni-frankfurt.de