Fabienne Hansen

Fabienne Hansen studied Ethnology and Political Science (BA) at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and Ethnology (MA) at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. She has been a PhD student in Ethnology at FRIBIS since July 2021. Her research interests are climate mitigation, poverty reduction and food sovereignty in relation to basic income in the Global South, with a regional focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. She is particularly interested in the impact of cash transfer programs on everyday interactions and lifeworlds.

Curriculum

Since October 2021: Organizer of the public FRIBIS lecture series on basic income.
Since July 2021: PhD student, research assistant and event management at the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Research (FRIBIS)
2021: Master's degree with a thesis on ""We are in the middle of the ocean": Negotiating livelihoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas"
2019: two-month field research stay in the Bahamas
2015-2021: MA studies in Ethnology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany
2012-2015: BA studies in Ethnology and Political Science at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Germany

Regional Research Focus

English-speaking caribbean
Brasil

Thematic Research Focus

Climate Change
Environmental Ethnology
Basic Income/Cash Transfers
(Post)development
Food Sovereignty

Lectures

Summer Term 2022: “Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Realities”