Lea Melissa Becker
Research Associate
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Since October 2024, Lea Becker has been working as a researcher at RIFS as part of the EU project "1.5° Lifestyles." The project seeks to drive profound social change toward sustainable lifestyles aligned with the 1.5° climate target.
Prior to this, she contributed to the project as a student assistant. Lea pursued her studies in the Franco-German partner programme "International and European Governance," alternating annually between the University of Münster and Sciences Po Lille for her Bachelor's and Master's semesters. During her studies, she developed a growing interest in political theory, focusing particularly on sustainability, justice, and deliberation. Her Master's thesis explored the role of democracy in enabling a good life for all.
Groups
- since 2024: Research Associate, RIFS
- 2023: Summer School "PPE: Climate Change, Politics, and Environmental Justice", University of Oxford
- 2023-24: Lecturer for a student-led seminar on the good life for all, University of Münster
- 2022-23: Student Research Assistant, University of Münster/RIFS
- 2022: Internship, Laboratoire de changement social et politique Paris
- 2019-24: B.A. & M.A. International and European Governance, University of Münster & Sciences Po Lille
- Deliberative democracy in the context of socio-ecological transformation
- Environmental justice
- The good life for all
- Legal mobilisation and climate lawsuits
- Sustainable consumption
- Reflexivity
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
Becker, Lea; Fuchs, Doris (2023): Freiheit, ja - aber welche? Zum Verhältnis zwischen Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und einem guten Leben. Amosinternational 17/3. S. 14-20.