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Emma Gothár

 

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Institut of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography
Tennenbacherstr. 4
D-79106 Freiburg

Room: 04053

Telephone: +49 761 203 8497


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In short

 

Emma holds a M.A. degree in International Relations from the Andrássy University Budapest and a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy of the Central European University in Budapest. During her studies, she earned inter alia scholarships of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, the Free State of Bavaria and the Central European University Foundation, her promotion is supported by the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Scholarship Fund. Since April 2018, Emma works as a research associate at the University of Freiburg, Chair of Environmental Governance.

In her Ph.D. research she is particularly interested in the evolution of markets for recycled plastics with a specific focus on plastic litter recovered from the environment. Thereby she investigates the dynamics of the circular plastics economy transition, and specifically the development of utilization pathways of plastic litter from a market-actor-network perspective.

 

Research Interests  |  Professional Experience  |  Education  |  Publications  |  Awards

 

Research Interests

 

  • Governance of sustainability transitions, sustainability management
  • Market networks in circular plastics economy
  • Emergent markets and value chains
  • Plastic recycling and plastic litter recovery from the environment

 

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Professional Experience

 

Since 04/2018
  • Research associate at the Chair of Environmental Governance

Current project: „Fishing for Litter – A Market-Actor-Network Perspective on Marine Plastic Waste Management”

 

Since 05/2012
  • Member and employee of the Hungarian Europe Society

 

07/2014 – 08 2014
  • Internship at the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg, Department of European and International Cooperation

 

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Education

 

09/2016 – 07/2017
  • Master of Science in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University (Budapest)

 

09/2015 – 03/2016
  • Research stay at the University of Freiburg, Chair of Environmental Governance

 

09/2013 – 07/2016
  • Master of Arts in International Relations, Andrássy University Budapest

 

09/2012 – 03/2013
  • Semester abroad at the University of Passau, Department of European Studies

 

09/2009 – 06/2013
  • Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest)

 

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Publications

 

  • Gothár, E., & Schanz, H. (2022). Bringing a governance perspective to plastic litter: A structural analysis of the German PET industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption 31, 630-641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.03.019

 

  • Bársony, F., Gothár, E., Hegedűs, I., Kocsis, Gy., Nagy, K., Pál, M., Schweitzer, A., Tófalvi, Zs., Uszkiewicz, E., and Végh, Zs. (2018). Where Does the PERC-index Stand? Or from EU Destructivists to Federalists: The Relationship of Hungarian Parliamentary Parties towards the European Union. Budapest: Hungarian Europe Society. URL: http://europatarsasag.hu/sites/default/files/csatolmanyok/perc_3_netre_1.pdf

 

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Awards

 

  • 2019: Winner of the People's Choice Award of the Three Minute Thesis competition
    Graduate School Environment, Society and Global Change, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg

 

  • 2013: Award of the National Scientific Students’ Association Conference, Hungary

 

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