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Renata Motta is a Professor of “Society, Culture, and Communication in Ibero-America” and Fiebiger Professor at the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS), affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Heidelberg University. She leads the BMBF-funded research group 'Food for Justice: Power, Politics and Food Inequalities in a Bioeconomy' (2019–2025), exploring social mobilization and inequalities in food systems. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on political sociology of Latin America, social movements, gender studies, and global entangled inequalities.
Previously, she held positions at Freie Universität Berlin and Aarhus University. She is a member of several academic associations, editorial boards, and a Research Fellow at the University of Hamburg's Humanities Center for Advanced Studies 'Futures of Sustainability'.
Her teaching includes courses on gender, food systems, migration, and Brazilian cinema. She actively participates in international conferences, media contributions, and policy discussions addressing food security, climate justice, and feminist movements.
