Dr. Nils Matzner

Contact

PostDoc

Department SUSOZ
Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig

Tel: +49 89 28924217
nils.matzner@ufz.de
Nils Matzner

Research Interests

  • Science and Technology Studies (MCTS)
  • Governance of climate engineering
  • Anticipatory governance and responsible research
  • Discourse research and mixed methods
  • Network analysis and the analysis of social media
  • Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
  • Governance of emerging technologies

 Academic Career

Since Dec.2023 PostDoc at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Department City Planning and Environmental Sociology, Prof. Matthias Groß
Since Feb.2022 PostDoc at the Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Sabine Maasen, in the project WorkPanRisk
Since Feb.2022 PostDoc at the Technical University München at STS Department, Prof. Dr. Silke Beck, in the project BioNETs
Feb.2020-Jan.2022 PostDoc at the Technischen Universität München at MCTS, Prof. Sabine Maasen (act in place Dr. Silke Beck)
Feb.2014-Jun.2020 Research Fellow at Klagenfurt University at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Prof. Daniel Barben
Apr.2012-Jan.2014 Research Fellow at RWTH Aachen University at the Institute for Political Science, Chair for Future Studies, Prof. Daniel Barben
Oct.2011-Mar.2012 Research Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt a. M. at the Institute for Policy and Society Analysis, Prof. Hofmeister
Apr.2011-Sep.2011 Teaching Assistant at the RWTH Aachen University at the Institute for Sociology, Prof. Hofmeister

Education

2011 - 2019

Dissertation in Science and Technology Studies at Klagenfurt University. Dissertation on “Governance and Responsibility of Climate Engineering”, supervisor Prof. Daniel Barben.

2003 - 2011

Undergrad studies in Political Science (minors: sociology and philosophy) at RWTH Aachen University. Magister thesis on „Politics of Geoengineering“, supervisor Prof. Daniel Barben.

Ausgewählte Publikationen / Selected Publications

*peer reviewed


*Otto, Danny; Matzner, Nils (2024): Let us get regional. Exploring prospects of biomass based carbon dioxide removal on the ground. In C – Journal of Carbon Research 10 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/c10010025.

Matzner, Nils; Wieser, Matthias (2023): Die Herstellung von Online-Publika des Bachmannpreises. In Florian Muhle, Tilmann Sutter, Josef Wehner (Eds.): Das sichtbare Publikum? Publikumsbeziehungen der Massenmedien im digitalen Wandel. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 221–250.

Matzner, Nils; Wieser, Matthias (2023): „Klagenfurt ich komme! #tddl“. Die Twitter-Kommunikation bei den Tagen der deutschsprachigen Literatur. In Christine Magerski, Christian Steuerwald (Eds.): Literatursoziologie. Zu Ihrer Aktualität und Ihren Möglichkeiten. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Literatur und Gesellschaft. Literatursoziologische Studien Ser), pp. 129–156.

Matzner, Nils (2022): Jasanoff, Sheila (2010). A New Climate for Society. In Youssef Ibrahim, Simone Rödder (Eds.): Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (Soziologie der Nachhaltigkeit, Band 2), pp. 135–138.

*Brendel, Nina; Matzner, Nils; Menzel, Max-Peter (2021): Geographisches Gezwitscher – Analyse von Twitter-Daten als Methode im GW-Unterricht. In: gwu 21 (164), pp. 72–85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1553/gw-unterricht164s72.

*Barben, Daniel; Matzner, Nils (2020): Anticipatory Governance of Climate Engineering. Edited by Hans von Storch (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science). Available online at https://oxfordre.com/climatescience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-69.

*Matzner, Nils; Barben, Daniel (2020): Climate Engineering as a Communication Challenge: Contested Notions of Responsibility Across Expert Arenas of Science and Policy. In Science Communication 42 (1), pp. 61-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547019899408.

*Kreuter, Judith; Matzner, Nils; Baatz, Christian; Keller, David P.; Markus, Till; Wittstock, Felix et al. (2020): Unveiling assumptions through interdisciplinary scrutiny: Observations from the German Priority Program on Climate Engineering (SPP 1689). In Climatic Change (162), pp. 57–66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02777-4.

Matzner, Nils (2020): A digital conference as a digital object. How EASST/4S went online with success and some liveness and accessibility challenges. In easst review 39 (2), pp. 34–38. Available online at https://easst.net/article/a-digital-conference-as-a-digital-object-how-easst-4s-went-online-with-success-and-some-liveness-and-accessibility-challenges/.

Barben, Daniel; Irshaid, Jenan; Matzner, Nils; Erat, Vanessa; Görg, Christoph; Haas, Willi (2019): Policy Brief: Klimaschutz als notwendige Daseinsvorsorge. RefGovCC.AT. Available online at https://www.aau.at/blog/policy-brief-klimaschutz-als-notwendige-daseinsvorsorge-2/.

*Matzner, Nils; Barben, Daniel (2018): Verantwortungsvoll das Klima manipulieren? Unsicherheit und Verantwortung im Diskurs um Climate Engineering. In Nina Janich, Lisa Rhein (Eds.): Unsicherheit als Herausforderung für die Wissenschaft. Berlin: Peter Lang, pp. 143–178.

*Matzner, Nils; Herrenbrück, Robert (2017): Simulating a Climate Engineering Crisis. Climate Politics Simulated by Students in Model United Nations. In Simulation & Gaming 48 (2), pp. 268–290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878116680513.

Klepper, Gernot; Dovern, Jonas; Rickels, Wilfried; Barben, Daniel; Goeschl, Timo; Harnisch, Sebastian; Heyen, Daniel; Janich, Nina; Maas, Achim; Matzner, Nils et al. (2016): Herausforderung Climate Engineering. Bewertung neuer Optionen für den Klimaschutz. In Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik (8), pp. 1–51. Available online at https://www.ifw-kiel.de/pub/wipo/resolveUid/347943cd894101c49c5c3ca41a31a5c5 .