Dr. Susanne Koch
Forschungsfelder
- Wissenschaftssoziologie / Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Umweltsoziologie
Forschungsthemen
- Gender- und geographiebezogene Ungleichheiten und deren epistemische Effekte im Feld der Forstwissenschaften
- Bedeutung von Wissensdiversität für gesellschaftliche Transformation und nachhaltige Entwicklung
Forschungsnetzwerke
Beruflicher Werdegang
| Aktuell | Gastwissenschaftlerin am Lehrstuhl für Wald- und Umweltpolitik der Technischen Universität München sowie des Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University |
| Seit 2021 | Research Fellow des CREST und des DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in STI Policy, Universität Stellenbosch |
| Seit 2020 | Affiliate des Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP), Universität Bergen und Internationaler Wissenschaftsrat (ISC) |
| 2017–2019 | Research Associate des Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology, Universität Stellenbosch |
| 2016–2021 | Wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Lehrstuhl für Wald- und Umweltpolitik der Technischen Universität München |
| 2013–2015 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Fakultät für Soziologie der Universität Bielefeld |
| 2011–2012 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung der Universität Bielefeld |
| 2009–2010 | Freie Mitarbeiterin der Deutschen Welle, DW-TV, Berlin |
| 2004–2009 | Redaktionelle Praktika, u.a. beim Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Bayerischen Rundfunk (beides München) und Choice 102.3 FM (Accra/Ghana) |
Ausbildung
| 2015 | Promotion (Dr. phil.) an der Universität Bielefeld |
| 2011–2015 | Doktorandin an der Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, Universität Bielefeld |
| 2005–2010 | Studium der Journalistik und Sozialwissenschaft an der Technischen Universität Dortmund |
| 2007–2008 | Volontariat bei der Deutschen Welle, Bonn und Berlin
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Publikationen
| 2021 | Conferences as constitutive spaces of scientific fields. Blog post on Conference Inference: Blogging the World of Conferences. 26. July 2021. |
| 2021 | mit Elena Matviichuk: Patterns of inequality in global forest science conferences: An analysis of actors involved in IUFRO World Congresses with a focus on gender and geography. Forest Policy and Economics (129), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102510 |
| 2021 | Contextualising epistemic injustice in aid: on colliding interests, colonialism and counter-movements. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 10 (2), pp. 14-21. https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-5FQ |
| 2020 | Epistemische Ungleichheit unter „Entwicklungsexpert*innen“: eine empirische Analyse unter Einbeziehung philosophischer, dekolonialer und postkolonialer Perspektiven. polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren (44). |
| 2020 | Responsible research, inequality in science and epistemic injustice: an attempt to open up thinking about inclusiveness in the context of RI/RRI. Journal of Responsible Innovation 7 (3), pp. 672-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1780094 |
| 2020 | "The local consultant will not be credible": How epistemic injustice is experienced and practised in development aid. Social Epistemology - A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy 34 (5), pp. 478-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2020.1737749 |
| 2020 | On (not) feeling virtual vibes: an academic mother's EASST/4S online conference experience. EASST Review 39 (2). |
| 2020 | Of Hopes and Struggles: How Young African Scientists Experience Working Conditions in Academia (A Review of The Next Generation of Scientists in Africa). Backchannels (18.05.2020). |
| 2018 | Identifying enabling factors of science-policy interaction in a developing country context: A case study of South Africa's environment sector. Forest Policy and Economics (91). pp. 36-45, doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.07.007 |
| 2017 | International influence on forest governance in Tanzania: Analysing the role of aid experts in the REDD+ process. Forest Policy and Economics (83), S. 181-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2016.09.018 |
| 2016 | mit Jens Friis Lund und Mathew Bukhi Mabele: Norway's Tanzania REDD+ adventure. Another forestry experiment gone awry. Development Today 12-13, S. 14-15. |
| 2016 | mit Peter Weingart: The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer: The Impact of Foreign Aid Experts on Policy-making in South Africa and Tanzania. Cape Town: African Minds. |
| 2015 | „The Impact of Foreign Experts on Policymaking in Young Democracies – A Comparative Analysis of South Africa and Tanzania” - Dissertation. Universität Bielefeld, 2015. |
| 2009 | mit A. Leichner: „Virtuelle Vergemeinschaftung Jugendlicher. Ein Literaturbericht zur Szenenforschung der Projektgruppe 'Jugendszenen im Internet' “ - In: Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung, 4 (2009), S. 513–524 |
Konferenzbeiträge und eingeladene Vorträge
| 2021 | Tackling inequalities on stage and backstage of science conferences. Key note talk - ISC workshop: Inclusive and accessible science communication, International Science Council (virtual) |
| 2021 | Wald in der Dauerkrise und die Rolle der Forstwissenschaften in deren (Nicht-) Bewältigung. Gemeinsamer Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS) und der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (ÖGS), Universität Wien (virtuell) |
| 2021 | (Wie) lassen sich virtuelle Konferenzen beobachten? Einblicke und Fragen aus einer explorativen ethnografischen Studie zu (Be-)Wertungspraktiken in der Waldforschung. Workshop Digitale qualitative Forschung – grundsätzliche Ansätze und aktuelle Herausforderungen unter Pandemie-Bedingungen. LMU (virtuell) |
| 2021 | with E. Matviichuk: Gender- and geography-related inequalities in global forest science conferences: an actor-centred analysis of IUFRO World Congresses. International Forest Policy Meeting 3, Freiburg University (virtuell) |
| 2020 | Inequality in Science as Subject of Scholarly Debate: A Multi-disciplinary Research Synthesis. EASST/4S joint conference 'Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in an Emerging World", virPrague |
| 2019 | The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a lever for transforming the social and epistemic fabrics of science? Workshop "The Eco-Social Paradigm, the SDGs and Universities", University of Pretoria, Pretoria |
| 2019 | (How) does 'responsible research' relate to 'epistemic justice'? An attempt to open up thinking about inclusiveness in science by linking disconnected discourses. Summer School 'Responsible Innovation Cultures', Munich Center for Technology in Society, Munich |
| 2019 | The perpetuation of epistemic inequality by development cooperation. National SDG Conference 2019, University of Bergen, Bergen |
| 2017 | "The calamitous coupling of science and politics" - Alumni Symposium: Science Policy Interfaces, Research Academy Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig |
| 2016 | "Integrating science into environmental policymaking: insights from South Africa" - IUFRO International and Multi-disciplinary Scientific Conference: Forest-related policy and governance: Analyses in the environmental social sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor |
| 2016 | "Preventing 'Partnership', Perpetuating Dependence: The Detrimental Effects of Knowledge Hierarchies on International Cooperation" - DSA 2016 Conference: Politics in Development, University of Oxford, Oxford |
| 2016 | „External Experts' Influence on Forest Governance in Tanzania” - 1st International Forest Policy Meeting, Universität Göttingen, Hann. Münden |
| 2014 | „Undermining Democracy? The Impact of Expert Advice on Policy Processes and Governance in Aid Receiving Countries” - 12th Development Dialogue 2014: Rethinking Democracy, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Den Haag |
| 2014 | „Shaping the Fabrics of the State: The Impact of External Experts on Policy Processes and Governance in Young African Democracies” - ASAUK (African Studies Association of the UK) Conference 2014, University of Sussex, Brighton |
| 2013 | „The Impact of Foreign Experts on Developing Democracies” - Workshop, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch |
Lehre in der Zeit als wissenschaftliche Assistentin (2016-2021):
- International Environmental Policy
- Aktuelle Fragen der internationalen Wald- und Umweltpolitik
- Qualitative social science methodology for BA/MA thesis writing students