Benjamin Hennchen
Chair of Sustainability Governance
Former PhD student and researcher in the project KERNiG (2016-2020)
Research Interests | Professional Experience | Education | Publications
Research Interests
Environmental sociology with the focus on theories of social practices
Transdisciplinary research with the focus on knowledge integration and social learning
Qualitative social research
Food Waste in the Food Service Sector
Professional Experience
Currently:
2016 - 2012
- Doctoral researcher at the chair of Sustainability Governance
- PhD project: „Kommunale Ernährungssysteme als Schlüssel zu einer umfassend-integrativen Nachhaltigkeits-Governance (KERNiG)“ im Teilprojekt „Ernährungssysteme als Wissens-und Praxisfelder“
10/2015 - 12/2015
- Research assistant at the Institute for Age, Society, Participation (AGP) Freiburg
06/2014 - 02/2015
- Student assistant at the Institute for Ethnology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Research Project: „socialSIM14“
04/2014 - 09/2014
- Student assistant at the department for Teaching Development, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
04/2013 - 09/2013
- Student teaching assistant (Prof. Dr. Nina Degele) at the Institute of Sociology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
09/2008 - 02/2009
- Intern and project assistant at the Market Research Institute Marplan Field Facilities Offenbach
Education
08/2012 - 09/2015
M.A. Sociology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and Uniwersytet Warszawski Warschau
04/2009 - 06/2012
B.A. Sociology and Political Sciences, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Publications
- Hennchen, Benjamin (2021): What is enough on a plate? Professionals’ practices of providing an 'adequate portion' in the food service sector. Food and Foodways, online first. DOI: 10.1080/07409710.2021.1984610
- Hennchen, Benjamin & Pregernig, Michael (2020): Organizing Joint Practices in Urban Food Initiatives: A Comparative Analysis of Gardening, Cooking and Eating Together. Sustainability, 12, 4457. DOI: 10.3390/su12114457
- Hennchen, B. (2019): Knowing the kitchen: Applying practice theory to issues of food waste in the food service sector. In: Journal of Cleaner Production 225 (10), 675-683.