Simone Rödder

Simone Rödder is Assistant Professor in Sociology of Science at the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg. Her research focuses on the sociology of science, governance of science and technology, science and climate communication, and the theory and practice of science journalism. She leads the research project 'Understanding Science in Interaction' within the Excellence Cluster CliSAP and supervises numerous students in interdisciplinary climate and social science research.

• Dr. phil. nat. (summa cum laude), Universität Bielefeld, 2008
• Diplom-Biologin (mit Auszeichnung), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2003
• Journalistenausbildung, ifp München, 1999–2001

Her research interests span the sociology of science, science governance, climate communication, and the role of scientific knowledge in public discourse and social movements. She investigates how scientific evidence is framed, used, and challenged in climate activism, media, and policy, with a strong emphasis on narrative analysis and ethnographic methods. Her work critically examines the interplay between science, politics, and publics in shaping climate futures.

Recent publications reveal a strong focus on visible scientists, academic air travel, dramaturgical aspects of climate protests, collaborative ethnography, and the framing of climate futures across media and movements. Her work consistently explores the legitimacy of science in public discourse, the depoliticization of climate narratives, and the co-production of knowledge across social worlds.

• Dr. phil. nat. summa cum laude, Universität Bielefeld (2008)
• Diplom-Biologin mit Auszeichnung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (2003)

She has supervised multiple students and leads major research initiatives. Her team includes Youssef Ibrahim, Max Braun, Christopher Pavenstädt, and others. She has received external funding for projects on science under mediatization and climate futures. She co-edited the influential volume Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung and contributes to transdisciplinary frameworks like the CLICCS Plausibility Assessment.

She is actively engaged in collaborative ethnographic research on global environmental governance and contributes methodological and theoretical innovations to the field of science and technology studies.