Ulrike Ehgartner

Ulrike Ehgartner is a Researcher at the University of York, affiliated with the School for Business and Society. She holds a PhD in Sociology and joined the university in 2021 as part of the FixOurFood programme, researching regenerative local food economies. Her work emphasizes sustainability, environmental policy, social inequality, and transformative change through critical discourse analysis and transdisciplinary methods.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology (specific institution not stated)

Research Interests: Ulrike explores the interplay between discourses, societal imaginaries, and practices related to sustainability. She investigates how environmental and social challenges are framed in policy, individual behavior, and physical environments. Her focus spans food systems, consumer behavior, and institutional strategies for sustainable development.

Publications Trends: Her work analyzes policy frameworks (e.g., UK food sustainability), pandemic impacts on daily practices, and theoretical critiques of human agency in sustainability. Recent studies address food retail industry discourses and long-term societal expectations of consumption.

Grants & Advising: No formal advisees listed, but her research is supported through programmes like FixOurFood. Grants or specific funding details are not mentioned.

Labs/Teams: Active in the FixOurFood initiative, collaborating across disciplines to advance regenerative local food systems.