Häßler, Pauline - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Pauline Häßler

Contact

M.A. Pauline Häßler

Research Associate

Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Helmholtz Center
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig

Phone: 0341 - 6025 3067
Mail: pauline.haessler@ufz.de

Current projects

ESD Competence Centre for Process Support and Process Evaluation (BiNaKom)

Qualitative social science analyses with a focus on the field of visibility & communication

A more detailed description of the project and current information can be found on the website of the ESD Competence Center.

CV

Professional experience

since December 2023

Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ
Research Associate

April 2021 - December 2023

Harz University of Applied Sciences
Research assistant in the REMINTA project (REcycling MINeral fractions from TAilings using the example of the tailings pond at Bollrich in Goslar)

June 2021 - November 2021

Harz University of Applied Sciences
Research associate in the PaGeR project (Participatory design of the digital revolution in the skilled crafts sector in the Altmark region)

November 2017 - March 2021

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
January 2021 - March 2021 - Research assistant in the development of a sustainability office
November 2017 - February 2018 - Research assistant to support the methodology department

May 2018 -
December 2020

Education

Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ
Scientific assistant in the projects TEACHENER, GORmin and rECOmine

October 2017 -
March 2021

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Degree in Sociology, specializing in sustainability and social transformation, Master of Arts (Master's thesis topic: "(Climate) justice - but for whom? Milieu and ideas of justice of Fridays for Future participants")

October 2014 - September 2017

University of Leipzig
Degree in Sociology, Bachelor of Arts

Erasmus semester August 2016 - December 2016 - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Key research areas

Socio-ecological transformation processes
Exchange between science, civil society, business and politics
Resource-efficient circular economy

Publications

“It shouldn’t look aggressive”: How conceptions about publics shape the development of mining exploration technologies.
Bleicher, Alena; Häßler, Pauline; David, Martin. 2022. Public Understanding of Science.
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09636625221100681

Responsible tailing management: making the social license to operate tangible.
Häßler, Pauline; Bleicher, Alena. 2022. In: Lieven Machiels und Perumal Priyadharshini (Hg.): (Re)mining Extractive Waste: a new business? Book of Abstracts. Leuven: Alpha Copy, S. 28–29.

Ressourcen in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Umweltforschung. Diskussionspapier zur 16. Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie, 30.09. - 01.10.2019. UFZ-Discussion Papers 10/2020.
Häßler, Pauline; Kurth, Markus; Rutjes, Henriette; Wittstock, Felix.
Leipzig: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Dezember 2020.
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71172-3

Technologieentwicklung in der Rohstofferkundung - Soziologische Perspektiven. UFZ-Discussion Papers 3/2019.
Gerhold, Mona; Glum, Annabel Sophie; Häßler, Pauline; Hemmerling, Maximilian; Kinner, Anja; Kühl, Lukas.
Leipzig: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, April 2019.
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-62239-0

Teaching activity

WS 2022/23 - Bachelor seminar "Scientific methodology", Harz University of Applied Sciences

WS 2021/22 - Bachelor seminar "Scientific Methodology", Harz University of Applied Sciences (online)

Integration plattform

Societal Transformations
towards Sustainability

News

New project on transdisciplinary raw materials research

Since January 2024 Henriette Rutjes and Dr Diana Ayeh are responsible for the research project "GeRohTrans – Public Engagement in Raw Materials Research in the Ore Mountains: Transdisciplinary Cooperation and Global Responsibility". As part of the WIR! initiative “recomine”, the research project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a period of two years. It focuses on the temporality of public engagement in transdisciplinary raw materials research projects.

New project on CO2 capture and storage (CCS)

Dr Danny Otto has been awarded a new research project on the capture and storage of CO2 as part of the EU "CETP - Clean Energy Technology Partnership" call for proposals. The project entitled "RamonCO - Risk-based framework for assessing CO2 storage monitoring" started on 1 December 2023 and will run for 3 years.

IALE 2023, 10.-14.07.2023, Nairobi, Kenia

Julius Knopp will give two presentations on "Spatial allocation of Ecosystem Services under contrasting scenarios of urban development across Chinese and European cities" and "High-resolution urban mapping for enhanced urban planning and management - A case study for Aarhus, Denmark".

New perspectives in earth observation (26.7.- bis 28.7., Bonn)

The 4th Symposium takes a look at exciting future fields of satellite-based Earth observation (EO). The event aims to provide a platform for dialogue among researchers, application and service developers, as well as data users in satellite Earth observation. This will effectively strengthen the exchange and networking among the participants. Ellen Banzhaf and Julius Knopp will also be participating in the symposium.

IALE

At the 11th World Congress of Landscape Ecology (IALE), studies by Julius Knopp, Ellen Banzhaf and Sebastian Elze will show the multi-faceted research field of urban remote sensing at the UFZ between 11 and 15 July 2023. Two presentations will give insight into the research on nature-based solutions in cities (REGREEN; regreen-project.eu/); The SUSOZ team will deal with Big Data of freely available earth observation data in the network project DREAMS to better record and evaluate rapid urban processes in sub-Saharan Africa.

GI-Salzburg23

As a contribution to the further development of geoinformatics in the social sciences, Sebastian Elze and Ellen Banzhaf are participating in the international Forum GI-Salzburg23. Together with governance and pedagogy colleagues, they will discuss the approach of walkable floor maps as an interactive tool.

Urban-Rural-Partnerships - Sustainable and Resilient

Stephan Bartke and Sigrun Kabisch, Eds.,

2023, printed edition of the Special Issue published in Land

The volume consists of 16 papers by speakers attending the international conference „Sustainable & Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships - URP 2020“. The papers represent novel urban-rural imaginaries, integrated strategies and projects which explore current and future potential in terms of sustainability and resilience. They include conceptual and methodological considerations, as well as case studies dedicated to striking examples and providing transferable knowledge and solutions.

Link to the paper

JURSE 2023 - Heraklion Crete

16 May - 19 May 2023
As a member of the JURSE Scientific Committee, Ellen Banzhaf is participating in the Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event in Greece. There she will present central work of the platform project 6.4, Resilient Cities.
For further details see here.

Risk Communication to support property level adaptation

In January 2023, the final report of the project "PIVO - Private Eigenvorsorge" was published. The project was funded by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke, PIVO investigated how different communication formats (a serious game on flood protection, a simulation and a precautionary information campaign) affect the motivation of citizens to take precautions against the consequences of climate change. This report provides a detailed and illustrative overview of the developed communication formats and the results of an extensive evaluation. A longitudinal survey was conducted in 11 municipalities, with six cities serving as control municipalities in order to draw controlled conclusions on the effectiveness of the communication formats. You can find the report under the following link (it’s in German and includes a English summary).

New project on resilience planning in German municipalities

In December, the one-year project “Resilience in municipal practice – How about resilience?” started with the collaboration of Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke, Prof. Dr. Dieter Rink, Janine Pößneck und Anika Schmidt. Financed by and in close exchange with the German federal association on housing and urban development, called vhw, the team will elaborate a survey of debate, knowledge and planning related to urban resilience in German municipalities. Based on literature analysis and interviews a synthesis report will be published at the end of the project. The overall goal is to further refine the concept of urban resilience and elaborate suggestions for municipal planning. The project is part of the platform project „Transformations towards resilient cities".

more News & Highlights

Publications

URBIO 2022 Book of Abstracts

The 7^th Conference of the International Network Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO) with the theme “Integrating Biodiversity in Urban Planning and Design Processes” took place on 28-30 Nov. 2022 at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig. The book of abstracts has now been published.

Information and download

Fully revised new edition:

Groß, M.; McGoey, L.: Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. 2nd edition 2022.

New article online:

J. M. Knopp, G. Levin and E. Banzhaf, "Aerial Data Analysis for Integration Into a Green Cadastre—An Example From Aarhus, Denmark," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 16, pp. 6545-6555, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2023.3289218

Current publications