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  7. Maximilian Pieper, M.Sc.

Maximilian Pieper, M.Sc.

Research Assistant, Chair of Environmental Sociology with a Focus on Socio-Ecological Transformation, Resilience Design and Climate
Centre for Climate Resilience
Phone: +49 (0) 821 598 4827
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Room: 1210 (I)
Open hours: upon request via mail
Address: Universitätsstraße 12, 86159 Augsburg

Curriculum vitae

  • Since 04/2024         Lecturer at the Chair of Environmental Sociology at the University of Augsburg
  • Since 10/2021         Affiliated doctoral student at the International Doctoral College "Rethinking Environment - The Environmental Humanities and the Ecological Transformation of Society"
  • 10/2021-10/2022     Research assistant at the Chair of Innovation and Sustainable Management at the University of Augsburg
  • 10/2018-04/2021     Study of 'Politics & Technology' (M.Sc.) at the Munich School of Public Policy (TUM)
  • 04/2018-04/2021     Research assistant at the Institute for Materials Resource Management, research group 'Markets for Mankind'
  • 10/2014 -02/2018    Study of Industrial Engineering and Management (B.Sc.) at the University of Augsburg
 
 

Main Research Interests

  • Sociology of technology
  • Philosophy of technology
  • Political Economy
  • Ecological Economics
  • Global socio-ecological inequalities
  • Systems Theory
 
 

Teaching

Summer Term 2025

 

S: Soziologie des Konsums und Verzichts in Zeiten der Klimakrise

GK: Gegenwartsdiagnosen B: Einführung in die Techniksoziologie

 

Summer Term 2024

S: Die Debatte zum Anthropozän: Ursachen und Schuldzuschreibungen für die Umweltkrisen des 21. Jahrhunderts

 

Summer Term 2022

S: The Future of Work: Innovation and Sustainability

 

Winter Term 2021/22

S: Aspects of Entrepreneurship in International Business

S: Systems in Transition: The Role of Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Pieper, M. (2024). When is a Technology Productive? When does it Function?–A Response to Hornborg’s Commentary. Philosophy & Technology, 37(1), 24.

 

Pieper, M. (2024). Technology as a strategy of the human? A comparison between the extension concept and the fetish concept of technology. Philosophy & Technology, 37(1), 6.

 

Hentschl, M., Michalke, A., Pieper, M., Gaugler, T., & Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2023). Dietary change and land use change: Assessing preventable climate and biodiversity damage due to meat consumption in Germany. Sustainability Science, 1-17.

 

Pieper, M., Michalke, A., & Gaugler, T. (2020). Calculation of external climate costs for food highlights inadequate pricing of animal products. Nature communications, 11(1), 6117.

 

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