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Mar­en Stöber

Ph.d. Fellow

Subjects
Leadership Climate Crisis Democracy Society Ethics Sociology Human rights

Primary research areas

So­cial Move­ments & Lead­er­ship
Grand Chal­lenges & In­equal­it­ies
Polit­ic­al So­ci­ology & So­ci­ology of Emo­tions
Policy change, (polit­ic­al) val­ues, eth­ics, af­fect / emo­tion, fem­in­ist the­ory
Or­gan­iz­ing for so­cial change, col­lect­ive lead­er­ship, cli­mate ac­tion
In­ter­sec­tion­al per­spect­ives on mat­ters of so­cial and en­vir­on­ment­al justice

I look at so­cial change aim­ing to cre­ate just and car­bon-neut­ral so­ci­et­ies.

My research examines how collective commitment is generated and sustained in fluid, non-hierarchical forms of organizing, such as social movements and grassroots initiatives addressing grand societal challenges. I am particularly interested in the emotional and symbolic dimensions of collective action that binds people to a shared cause and motivates continued involvement. I mainly work with qualitative methods.