Faces of FRIAS

At FRIAS, you always encounter fresh new faces who introduce their projects and ideas from all parts of the world to Freiburg. In this lively community, these are then being discussed and developed further. The series “Faces of FRIAS” regularly showcases our Fellows.


Learning from Freiburg's Nutrition Initiatives Economic geographer Prof. Dr. Marit Rosol analyses why the existing structures of the agricultural and food industry remain gridlocked and explores promising alternatives.	An Advocate for Workers' Voices Energy historian Petra Dolata talks about her journey from the Ruhr region to Canada and her research project "Women in Energy Transitions: Agency, Resilience and Complicity."

Forest Ecology: A longstanding area of research answers questions of the future Rita Sousa-Silva (Young Academy for Sustainability Studies) and FRESCO Fellow Klaus Puettmann talk about current challenges in forest science.	"Fines are the most curious penalties" Criminal lawyer Patricia Faraldo Cabana introduces herself and her area of research and reveals her favorite places in Freiburg.

A different look at the history of climate science How a student of English Literature became a researcher of the history of climate change: a Portrait of FRIAS Fellow Debjani Bhattacharyya.