Maren Stöber
PhD fellow
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Departments
Department of Organization
Leadership
Climate
Crises
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.