Maud Hetzel

Maud Hetzel is an active Researcher at the Georg Simmel Center, affiliated with the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). She holds a doctorate in sociology from EHESS, where her thesis on ecological entrepreneurship in the composting sector was published in journals like Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales and Sociétés contemporaines. In 2025, she co-authored the textbook Introduction à la sociologie de l’environnement with Fanny Hugues.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Environmental sociology
  • Composting and urban waste management
  • Ecological entrepreneurship
  • Environmental policy analysis
  • Social inequalities in ecological impacts
  • Historical transformations of environmental practices

Her recent articles in The Conversation explore environmental sociology's role in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, institutionalization of environmental governance, and socio-political tensions around composting practices. These works emphasize themes like urban metabolism, green capitalism, and contested ecological policies. She does not hold formal teaching or supervisory roles, and no scientific awards are documented in the provided texts.