Experience
Since 2020 CEO, Climate Media Factory UG
2022 – 2023 Visiting Professor of Climate Communication in Audiovisual Media, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Since 2013 Creative scientist, partner, Climate Media Factory UG
° Visualizing and narrating complexity;
° Reconciling scientific accuracy and dramaturgic necessities when designing media formats
2013 – 2021 Senior scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, since 2020 as guest
° Integrated assessment modeling of decarbonization scenarios;
° Visual/exploratory knowledge presentation, science communication
2014 – 2015 Climate change public speaker, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
° Theatre performance by Rimini Protokoll, Prix Ars Electronica
2013 – 2014 Advisor to the World Bank
° Script and direction to support the development of the MOOC Turn Down the Heat
2011 – 2012 Scientist at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
° Experimental creation of media formats suitable for climate change communication
Education
2010 Dr. rer. nat. for work in quantum theory from Heidelberg University, magna cum laude
2002 – 2003 Studies in political science and physics, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2000 – 2006 Studies in physics, Heidelberg University, diploma grade: very good
2000 International Summer University (three months), inaugural philosophy/literature class of the European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, graduation with distinction
Co-principal investigator in the LOCALISED project (Horizon Europe, 2021-2025) that aims at catapulting municipalities/regions and their citizens into mitigation and adaptation planning by suggesting comprehensive measure sets to cut emissions and to address their climate vulnerabilities
Web applications: http://my2050.eu/, https://climatevulnerabilitymonitor.org/biophysical/, http://tool.european-calculator.eu/, https://my2050.energysecurity.gov.uk/, https://www.on-urban-resilience.eu/
Films: https://www.climatemediafactory.de/cases/video-explaining-confusing-climate-jargon, https://youtu.be/eQBPYKNO-Jg
Climate Change as a social phenomenon and psychological barriers on the path to Climate Action, 13. June 2024, guest lecture at the Chair of Decarbonisation and Transformation of Industry at the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg.
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Doyle, J., Chiari, S, Pearl, P., Ellis, K., Völler, S., Shaw, C., Hezel, B. (2024): Transforming young adults’ climate learning and climate actions through a co-created climate communications retreat, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2348693
Costa, L. et al. (2021), The decarbonisation of Europe powered by lifestyle changes, Environ. Res. Lett. 16 044057, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe890
Chiari, S., Shaw, S., Doyle, J., Völler, S., Hezel, B. (2019): Exploring the role of social norms, self- and group-efficacy for mainstreaming climate action among young adults, final report to the Austrian Climate Research Programme, https://www.klimafonds.gv.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/B670280-ACRP9-cli-MATES-KR16AC0K13133-EB.pdf
Shaw, C., Chiari, S., Doyle, J. Völler, S., Hezel, B., Pearl, P. (2019): Recommendations for engaging young people with climate change campaigns, guide, https://climateoutreach.org/reports/engaging-young-people-with-climate-change-campaigns/