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AAU / Institute of Social Ecology / Team / MMag. Dr. Melanie Pichler

MMag. Dr. Melanie Pichler

Postdoc-Ass. MMag.Dr. Melanie Pichler
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Research areas
  • Political ecology
  • Critical state, hegemony and democracy theories
  • Socio-ecological conflicts
  • Socio-ecological transformation
  • Regional focus on Southeast Asia
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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

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Selected Publications

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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