Judith Müller

Dr. Judith Müller is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University, affiliated with the Heidelberg Center for the Environment and the Department of Geography. She leads the BMBF-funded project 'Food for Justice: Power, Politics and Food Inequalities in a Bioeconomy' (2019-2025). Her work bridges agri-food systems, environmental justice, and postcolonial studies with a focus on Germany and South Asia. She holds a PhD from Heidelberg University (2022) and degrees from the University of Mainz and Umeå University.

Research interests include:

• Intersectional power dynamics in Alternative Food Networks
• Climate adaptation in mountain urban contexts
• Gendered resource governance
• Participatory methodological frameworks
• Environmental citizenship theories

Teaching focuses on urban-rural dichotomies and emancipatory ruralities. Office hours are Thursdays 1:30-2:30pm at HCIAS (Room 105). Active in interdisciplinary research collaborations across Europe and South Asia.