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Andreas Folkers is a Distinguished Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (University of Erfurt) and a member of the research council at the Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt. His work bridges Science and Technology Studies (STS) with critical theory, focusing on fossil modernity, climate capitalism, biopolitics, and infrastructural resilience. Folkers holds a PhD from Goethe University Frankfurt (2017) and previously served as a visiting scholar at the New School (2013) and London School of Economics (2022). His current research includes a book project on 'Fossil Modernity,' examining the entanglement of fossil fuels with socio-political systems, and a new project on Negative Emission Technologies at Columbia University (2025).
Education:
- PhD in Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt (2017)
- M.A. in Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
- M.A. in Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York
Research Themes:
- Fossil Capitalism and Climate Justice
- Crisis Governance and Resilience Politics
- Biopolitical Systems and Vital Security
- Microbial Symbiosis and Technoscience
Grants and Funding:
- European Research Council
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research networks including the Max-Weber-Kolleg Doctoral Programme and the Institute for Social Research's Climate Policy Group.
