Dr. des. Lena Schlegel
Qualifications
Doctoral Degree in Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 2025 (Summa cum Laude)
M.A. Peace Studies and International Politics, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, 2019 (1,0)
B.A. Political Science and Sociology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, 2016 (1,6)
Professional Experience
08/2026 - today: Postdoctoral Researcher, Cluster of Excellence 'Future Forests', University of Freiburg
06/2025 - 05/2026: Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Society-Environment Research Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
02/2021 - 04/2025: Doctoral Researcher, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
03/2024 - 12/2024: Research Assistant, Center for International Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
08/2023 - 02/2024: Research Assistant, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, Tübingen
04/2022 - 04/2023: Visiting Researcher, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne
11/2019 - 01/2021: Research Associate, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, Tübingen
11/2016 - 10/2019: Research Assistant, various projects, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen
Awards and Grants
Incubator Grant, DFG Research Cluster of Excellence 'Future Forests' (2026)
Munich Sustainability Award, Selbach-Umweltstiftung, for the Doctoral Dissertation (2026)
Doctoral Scholarship, Heinrich Böll Foundation (2021-2024)
Conference Travel Grants, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (2022, 2024)
Sustainability Award, University of Tübingen for the MA Thesis (2019)
Certificates
Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education, ProfiLehre Bavaria, 2022
Conservation Ranger Training, Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management (ANL), 2025
Wildlife Rescue Training, Wildlife Rescuers Inc. and Wildlife Victoria, 2023
Wildlife Care and Rehabilitation Qualification, Eichhörnchen Schutz e.V., Munich, 2021
Certificate Studium Oecologicum, University of Tübingen, 2016