Dr. Livia Fritz awarded by the Austrian State of Vorarlberg

In her research and teaching, Livia is interested in participation processes and the interlinkages between knowledge, policy-making and societal change in the field of sustainability. As a social scientist in an interdisciplinary environment, she enjoys exploring how social theories and concepts can support us in making sense of what happens within science-policy systems and identify levers for improving these complex interfaces for sustainability governance.

In her PhD thesis, she developed theoretically and empirically-grounded tools for unravelling the deep-rooted challenges of participation in transdisciplinary sustainability research and for supporting researchers and policy-makers in making their assumptions about pathways to societal change visible and negotiable. To find out more, take a look at her PhD thesis “The politics of participation in transdisciplinary sustainability research: an analysis of knowledge, values and power at the science-society interface”