Hannah Wagner, M.A.

Thematic Area Environment and Society 
Department of Environmental Politics

Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

Tel.: +49 0341 -  6025 3744
hannah.wagner@ufz.de

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
  • Discourse and Narrative Analysis
  • Governance
  • Temporality
  • Uncertainty
  • Environmental Justice
  • Circular Economy

Professional Experience 

since 06/2026

Doctoral Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig (UFZ), Department for Environmental Politics

09/2024 − 02/2026 

Student Assistant in the Research Project "Protest Movements during Transitions from Insurgency to Consolidated Rebel Rule: The AFPRO-Dataset", Centre for Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg

06/2023 − 03/2025

Conflict Researcher, Heidelberg Institut for International Conflict Research

Education

09/2023 − 11/2025

Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies (International Joint Award), Philipps-Universität Marburg & University of Kent

09/2019 − 06/2022

Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, Maastricht University

09/2021 − 01/2022

Erasmus Exchange Semester, Sabanci University, Istanbul

Current Projects

PhD College PSOL project "Solutions for exceeded planetary boundaries: Novel technologies to remove PFAS from the environment"