Dr. Valerie Lenikus, BA BA MA

Senior Scientist

Contact

Neues Institutsgebäude
Universitätsstr. 7/2. Stock
Zi.-Nr.: D 216
1010 Wien
T: +43-1-4277-49491
E-Mail: valerie.lenikus@univie.ac.at
Homepage: https://intpol.univie.ac.at/en/team/

Office hour

After agreement

Teaching

Courses: u:find

Research interests

political ecology, (neo-)extractivism, agrarian extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts with a regional focus on Latin America

Short biography

• Since May 2024: Senior Scientist at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna (substitute)
• April 2024: PhD, dissertation on agricultural extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts using the example of Ecuador
• October 2020 until December 2023: DOC-team scholarship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
• 2021, 2022 and 2023: Visiting doctoral student and research stays at the Universidad Simón Bolívar (UASB), Quito, Ecuador
•2022: Visiting doctoral candidate and research stay at the Universidad Nur and Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel René Moreno”, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Publications

• Lenikus, V., Torres Heredia, M. (2024): Defending Livelihoods: Reflections on Environmental and Social Movements and Examples of Social-Ecological Conflicts in Colombia and Ecuador from a Materialist Perspective. Journal für Entwicklungspolitik 40(1), 107-128.
• Schneider, E., Alina, B., Brand, U., Krams, M., Lenikus, V., 2023: Historical material policy analysis and climate change policies. In: Garcia, A., Scherrer, C., Wullweber, J. (Hg.). Handbook on Critical Political Economy and Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 110-126. ISBN: 978 1 80037 377 8
• Brand, U., Krams, M., Lenikus, V., Schneider, E. (2022): Contours of historical-materialist policy analysis. Critical Policy Studies 16(3), 279-296. DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2021.1947864
• Lenikus, V., Brand, U., Krams, M., Schneider, E. (2022): Historisch-materialistische Policy-Analyse. In: Gottschlich, D. et al. (Hg.): Handbuch Politische Ökologie. Theorien, Konflikte, Begriffe, Methoden. Bielefeld: transcript. 533-539.
• Lenikus, V., Artacker, T. (2023): „Wir weigern uns, in Angst zu leben“. Ecuador zwischen Gewaltwellen, Präsidentschaftswahlen und dem Schutz des Amazonas-Regenwaldes. Mosaik-Blog, https://mosaik-blog.at/ecuador-praesidentschaftswahl-volksabstimmung/
• Lenikus, V., Preiser, A., Torres Heredia, M. (2021): Extraktivismus, linke Regierungspolitiken und ökoterritoriale Bewegungen in Lateinamerika. Rezensionsaufsatz. In: Das Argument 337, 200-209.
• Brad, A., Lenikus, V. et al. (2018): The false promise of certification. How certification is hindering sustainability in the textile, palm oil and fisheries industries. Changing Markets Report.

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