Dr. Nona Schulte-Römer
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Dr. Nona Schulte-Römer
Researcher
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Tel.: +49 341 235 1021
Fax: +49 341 235 451021
Nona Schulte-Römer
Research areas:
Chemicals in the environment:
- The transformation towards a 'sustainable chemistry'.
- Micropollutants in aquatic systems and medial discourse.
Light in the city:
- The LED-'revolution' in urban public lighting.
- Light pollution and sustainable light planning.
Recent events
- Workshop 'Tackling toxic ignorance. Generating evidence about chemicals and their effects by other means.' (Januar 2019)
E-book 'Light Pollution - A Global Discussion' (Dec. 2018, for free download) - Workshop 'Sustainable Chemistry meets environmental research' December 2017.
Workshop 'Sustainable Chemistry meets environmental research' (Dezember 2017)Workshop 'Can you feel the energy. The 'Sensory Governance of energy technologies and systems'. March 2017, UFZ Energy Days. Workshop documentation
Curriculum Vitae
since 12/2015
Researcher in the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
11/2014 - 11/2015
Researcher at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) in the President's Project Group, Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, PhD.
09/2008 - 10/2014
Researcher and doctoral student in the WZB-research unit "Cultural Sources of Newness".
04/2007 - 08/2008
Editorial assistant, online newsroom Nachrichtenmanufaktur (n-tv.de and telebörse.de)
10/2000 - 12/2006
Magister Artium at Humboldt University Berlin, studies in theatre science/cultural communication, political science and cultural theory and history. Erasmus at Goldsmiths' College, University of London (2002/2003).
Completed projects
- 'Light Pollution - A Global Discussion' (transdisciplinary study with Etta Dannemann and Josiane Meier).
- 'Innovative city lights' (dissertation project): Completed with the thesis 'Innovating in Public. The introduction of LED lighting in Berlin and Lyon', Technical University Berlin.
- "The co-evolution of economy and art" (collaboration). Research project by Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter, director of the WZB research programme "Cultural sources of Newness".
- "Showcases of the new": Exploratory research on light-technological innovation in trade fairs and festivals.
Publications 2019-2018
Schulte-Römer, N. and Söding, M. (2019). Routine Reporting of Environmental Risk: The First Traces of Micropollutants in the German Press. Environmental Communication, 13(9), 1108-1127. doi:10.1080/17524032.2019.1592004.
Schulte-Römer, N., Meier, J., Söding, M., and Dannemann, E. (2019). The LED Paradox: How Light Pollution Challenges Experts to Reconsider Sustainable Lighting. In: Georg Zissis (Ed.), Special Issue on Sustainable Lighting and Light Pollution. Sustainability, 11(21), 6160. doi:10.3390/su11216160.
Schulte-Römer, N., Meier, J., Dannemann, E., and Söding, M. (2019). Lighting Professionals versus Light Pollution Experts? Investigating Views on an Emerging Environmental Concern. Sustainability, 11(6), 1696. doi:10.3390/su11061696.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2019). What is French about the “French fear of darkness”? The co-production of imagined communities of light and energy. In: Pritchard, S.B. and Le Gallic S. (Eds.), Special Issue on Light(s) and Darkness(es), Journal of Energy History/Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie, 2., energyhistory.eu/en/node/134.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2019). Research in the Dark: Explorations into the Societal Effects of Light and Darkness. Nature and Culture, 14(2), 215-227. doi:10.3167/nc.2019.140206.
Groß, M., and Schulte-Römer, N. (2018). Remaking Participatory Democracy through Experimental Design. Science, Technology & Human Values, 44(4), 707-718. doi:10.1177/0162243918799172.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2018). Extraordinary LED installations: events for user-innovation interaction. In: Industry and innovation. Published online 11 July 2017, 1-29.
Schulte-Römer, N., Dannemann, E. and J. Meier (2018). Light Pollution - A Global Discussion (e-book). UFZ: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=21131.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2015). Innovating in public. The introduction of LED lighting in Berlin and Lyon. Dissertation. Technical University Berlin, digital repository DepositOnce.
Schulte-Römer, N. and A. Hänel (2015). Dimming it down. Urban lighting, light pollution and society. In: Josiane Meier; Ute Hasenöhrl; Katharina Krause; Merle Pottharst (Eds.). New York, NY; London: Routledge, 101-104.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2014). The Case of Berlin Gas Street Lighting. Translating Engagement into Innovation. In: Hubert Knoblauch; Mark Jacobs; René Tuma (Eds.): Culture, Communication, and Creativity. Reframing the Relations of Media, Knowledge, and Innovation in Society. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 303-324.
Schulte-Römer (2013). How Lighting Designers See. Creating and Crossing Professional Boundaries". In: Joachim Ritter (Ed.). Convention Proceedings. PLDC 4th Global Lighting Design Convention. Gütersloh: VIA-Verlag, 44-47.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2013). Fair Framings. Arts and Culture Festivals as Sites for Technical Innovation. In: Mind & Society - Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 1, Special Issue on "Cultural and Cognitive Dimensions of Innovation". Petra Ahrweiler; Riccardo Viale (Eds.), 151-165.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2013-04-22). Public controversy over public lighting - a unique opportunity to study light in space. In: T. Edensor and S. Millington (Eds.): Blog MMU Light Research.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2013). Digitalizing urban lighting. Technological Change Raises Political Issues by Transforming City Spaces. In: People, Patterns, Power. WZB Report, No. 1, 28-30.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2011). Enlightened cities. Illuminations for urban regeneration. In: Understanding the Post-Industrial City. F. Eckardt and S. Morgado (Eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 128-165.
Schulte-Römer, N. (2011). Light for remaking cities. Trends and reflections on urban design. In: Joachim Ritter (Ed.). Proceedings PLDC 3rd Global Lighting Design Convention, Madrid: VIA-Verlag, 60-63.