Leonie Büttner
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: +49 - 341 - 235 1640
leonie.buettner@ufz.de

Areas of Expertise and Research
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Politics of indicators
- Urban development and local climate protection strategies
- Urban transformation and sustainability research
Curriculum Vitae
since 06/2019
Research scientist at the UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics
10/2018 – 05/2019
Research Assistant at the UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics, in the project "PEER-TRISD Tackling and Managing Risks with SDGs", Department of Environmental Politics
03/2018 − 07/2018
Research Assistant at the UFZ, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, in the project "GORmin" and "Teachner"
10/2015 – 12/2018
M. Sc. International Area Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
01/2018 – 02/2018
Internship at the UFZ, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
02/2017 – 06/2017
DAAD Scholar at the EWHA Womans University, Seoul (South Korea)
11/2016 – 12/2016
Internship at the Office for Housing and Urban Renewal, City of Leipzig
09/2016 – 10/2016
Internship at the Centre for Transformation Research and Sustainability (TransZent) in the project "Well-Being Transformation Wuppertal" (WTW)
10/2011 − 04/2015
B. Sc. Biochemistry, University of Leipzig
Current Projects
⇒ PEER-TRISD Tackling and Managing Risks with SDGs