Andy Lautrup

Andy Lautrup is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. His research examines the social and cultural consequences of the climate crisis within Scandinavian welfare states, with expertise in youth climate activism and protest forms.

Education:

• PhD from IT University of Copenhagen (2022)

His work integrates environmental humanities, anthropology, and science and technology studies (STS) with queer theory and intersectional feminism to analyze how climate crisis reshapes conceptions of the good life and society. He prioritizes bridging academic research and activist practice through collaborative ethnographic fieldwork, focusing on care as both an activist principle and response to ecological emergencies.

Analysis of his publications reveals sustained investigation into youth climate movements in oil-dependent regions like Stavanger, Norway, emphasizing cultural dimensions of decarbonization efforts and welfare state exceptionalism. His interdisciplinary approach consistently links petro-cultures, reproductive justice, and collaborative methodologies.

Scientific Awards:

• No awards listed in available information

Lautrup co-teaches courses including 'Climate Crisis and Care Crisis in Modern Literature' and 'Society and Technology' across Copenhagen institutions. His current research is funded through the OIKOS project investigating climate crisis as a care crisis, complemented by PhD course coordination on feminist/postcolonial STS via ETHOSlab.

He maintains active affiliations with the OIKOS project and ETHOSlab research environments, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration on climate-society intersections through collective writing and activist-academic knowledge exchange.