Laura Schimmöller
Cohort 2022
Topic of PhD Thesis: Mobilizing Social Transformation: How Social Movements Re-Imagine Human and More-Than-Human Rights in Times of Ecological Crises
Freie Universität Berlin, WZB Social Science Center
Doctoral Researcher, RU Orders
Address
Boltzmannstraße 20
14195 Berlin
14195 Berlin
Education and Work Experience
- Since 09/2022: Freie Universität Berlin, Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script", Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies, Doctoral Researcher
- 04/2021 - 03/2022: Hitotsubashi University, M.A. International Relations and Law
- 09/2019 - 09/2020: KU Leuven, M.A. European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives
- 10/2014 - 10/2018: Universität Bremen, LL.B. Comparative and European Law
Academic Appointments, Scientific Activities & Outreach
- Since 09/2022: Global Sociology research program at WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Visiting Researcher
- 06/2022 - 08/2022: Global Sociology research program at WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Student Assistant
- 05/2020 - 06/2022: Centre for Sociological Research at KU Leuven. ResPecTMe Project, Student Assistant
Research Interests
- Human Rights
- Global Sociology
- Social Movements
- Environmental Sociology
- Climate Litigation
- Rights of Nature
- Law and Society
- Schimmöller, L. 2020, 'Paving the Way for Rights of Nature in Germany: Lessons Learnt from Legal Reform in New Zealand and Ecuador', Transnational Environmental Law, 9(3), pp. 569-592. doi: 10.1017/S2047102520000126.