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Lisa Deutsch

Lisa Deutsch is a PhD candidate and research associate at the Technical University (TU) Darmstadt. Born in Vienna, she obtained two Bachelor degrees (Sociology and Political Science) from the University of Vienna. During her Bachelor’s she spent two semesters at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, where she focused on (neo-)extractivism and natural resource use in Latin America. Subsequently, she studied Socio-Ecological Economics and Policy (MSc) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), completing the programme with a thesis on the gender-environment interface from a critical realist perspective by conducting a case study in Austria. Her current research at TU Darmstadt focuses upon the interaction of technical infrastructure systems, urban ecosystems and the urban environment in developing countries. Lisa Deutsch is part of the interdisciplinary junior research group SEE-URBAN-WATER, conducting a case study in León, the second largest city of Nicaragua. Her research interest is directed towards social-ecological transformation, political ecology, the gender-environment interface, as well as philosophy of science and Latin America.  

Master 2017; Supervisor: Prof. Clive L. Spash