MMag. Dr. Melanie Pichler
- Political ecology
- Critical state, hegemony and democracy theories
- Socio-ecological conflicts
- Socio-ecological transformation
- Regional focus on Southeast Asia
Education
PhD in Political Science, University of Vienna, 2013
MA in Political Science, University of Vienna, 2009
MA in International Development Studies, University of Vienna, 2009
Pichler, M., Schaffartzik, A., Haberl, H., & Görg, C. (2017). Drivers of society-nature relations in the Anthropocene and their implications for sustainability transformations. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26, 32-36.
Brad, A., Schaffarzik, A., Pichler, M., Plank, C. (2015): Contested territorialization and biophysical expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Geoforum, 64, 100-111.
Pichler, M. (2015): Legal Dispossession: State Strategies and Selectivities in the Expansion of Indonesian Palm Oil and Agrofuel Production. Development and Change, 46(3), 508–533.
Pichler, M. (2014): Umkämpfte Natur. Politische Ökologie der Palmöl- und Agrartreibstoffproduktion in Südostasien. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot.
Pichler, M. (2014): Einmal Industrialisierung und zurück: Die Palmölproduktion in Indonesien als Teil eines extraktivistischen Entwicklungsmodells? Journal für Entwicklungspolitik, 30(3), 27-47.
Pichler, M. (2013): “People, Planet & Profit”: Consumer-Oriented Hegemony and Power Relations in Palm Oil and Agrofuel Certification. Journal of Environment and Development, 22(4), 370-390.
Pichler, M., Pye, O. (2012): Wenn die Lösung zum Problem wird. Agrotreibstoffe und der Palmölboom in Indonesien. In: Schneider, Helmut/Jordan, Ralf/Waibel, Michael (Eds.): Umweltkonflikte in Südostasien. Berlin: Horlemann, 139-164.
Pichler, M. (2011): Agrocarburants en Indonésie. Logiques, Structures, Conflits et Conséquences. Alternatives Sud, 18(1), 57-75.
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