Carolin Brodtmann, B.Sc. MSc (WU)

Contact

Neues Institutsgebäude
Universitätsstr. 7/2. Stock
1010 Vienna
T: +43-1-4277-494 66
E-Mail: carolin.brodtmann@univie.ac.at
Homepage: https://intpol.univie.ac.at/team/mitarbeiterinnen/carolin-brodtmann/

Office hour

After agreement

Short biography

Carolin Brodtmann researches far-right ideologies in nature conservation and environmental protection, as well as gender-nature relations in the socio-ecological transformation. In her doctoral thesis, she examines democratic-emancipatory responses and counter-movements to far-right ecologisms. She previously studied politics, sociology and socio-ecological economics at Humboldt University Berlin and at Vienna University of Economics and Business. She also worked for the CoalExit research group at the Technical University of Berlin, where her research was focused on gender justice in transformation processes, specifically coal phase-outs.

Research interests

Political ecology, (far-)right ecologisms, feminist theory, critical agrarian studies, gender studies, right-wing extremism

Selective bibliography

• Brodtmann, Carolin. 2026. Exclusionary Environmentalism: Exploring Gender and Antifeminism in Far-Right Ecologisms. Environmental Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2025.2596614.
• Brodtmann, Carolin and Ines Omann. 2024. ‘KNOCA Briefing: Lessons learned from new developments in subnational climate assemblies’. Knowledge Network on Climate Assemblies.
• Walk, Paula, Isabell Braunger, Josephine Semb, Carolin Brodtmann, Pao-Yu Oei, and Claudia Kemfert. 2021. ‘Strengthening Gender Justice in a Just Transition: A Research Agenda Based on a Systematic Map of Gender in Coal Transitions’. Energies 14 (18): 5985. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185985.

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