Franziska Stölzel
Research Associate
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Since July 2025, Franziska Stölzel has been working at RIFS in Potsdam, focusing on citizen participation-especially that of children and young people-in Germany's lignite mining regions undergoing structural transformation. Previously, she worked at UNU-FLORES (United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources) in Weißwasser, where she linked international and regional needs in the context of structural change. As part of the REBOOST project, Franziska worked as a researcher at the University of Graz, collaborating with colleagues from various European lignite regions to explore what a just transition for the involved stakeholders could look like.
Groups
- 07/2025 - present: Research Associate for Transformation and Participation, RIFS Potsdam
- 11/2021 - 07/2024: Research Associate in Structural Change, UNU-FLORES
- 09/2020 - 10/2021: Research Associate in Structural Change, University of Graz
*Social change and transformation *Sustainability *Gender justice *Participation
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
- 10/2023 The unjust just transition? Exploring different dimensions of justice in the lignite regions of Lusatia, Eastern Greater Poland, and Gorj in Energy Research & Social Science https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629623002876#:~:text=We%20applied %20a%20qualitative%20research%20design%20conducting%2091,most%20interviewees %20perceive%20the%20ongoing%20transition%20as%20unfair.
- 01/2025 With coal forever? Conflicted attitudes of residents in coal mining areas in the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland to coal phase-out in Resources Policy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420725000182