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Dr. Franziska Gaupp
School of Business Administration and Economics
Environmental Economics
Barbarastr. 12
49076 Osnabrück
Room: 66/E30
franziska.gaupp@uni-osnabrueck.de
In my work at the University of Osnabrück, I am interested in the role of inner perception (e.g. values, mindset) in the sustainability transformation. After more than 10 years of research in climate risks and food system transformation, I am convinced that societal transformation can only be achieved with a simultaneous change in mindsets and values.
I use transdisciplinary, participatory methods to explore inner perception and inner skills (e.g. empathy, sense of agency) in group processes.
Before joining the University of Osnabrück, I was a senior guest scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Director of the “Food System Economics Commission” (FSEC), where we conducted research on the global food system transformation. Before that, I worked as a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, where I worked on systemic risks using quantitative and qualitative methods. That's where I also first learnt about transdisciplinary methods like the Warm Data Lab, which continue to shape my work to this day.
In my DPhil (PhD) at the University of Oxford I worked on the topic of climate and water risks in the global breadbaskets. I hold an M.Sc. in Ecological Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a B.Sc. in Economics from the Free University of Berlin.
Memberships
- GTPF – Society for transdisciplinary and participatory research
Research Interests
- Sense-making methodst
- Food system transformation
Methods
- Transdisciplinary and participatory methods such as Theory U, Warm Data Labs or Art of Hosting
- Quantitative and qualitative modeling
Current research projects
Inner Growth for Sustainability Transformation
A major reason for missing most of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is that we have not developed the inner capacity to deal with our increasingly complex environment, societal challenges and stressors. “Inner Growth for Sustainability Transformation” addresses factors that create the cognitive plasticity in human actors that is required for (societal) sustainability transformation.
Specifically, we investigate the role of methods of visioning and future thinking for environmentally friendly behavior, develop quantifiable, measurable indicators of cognitive plasticity and test practicable interventions that promote environmentally friendly thinking and decision-making as well as the resulting behavior.
