Vanessa Weihgold

Press and public relations, Nature and Sustainable Development

Vanessa's PhD-project at the universities Aix-Marseille and Tübingen addresses the question whether ecological emotions show a cultural conflict. Vanessa studied Philosophy in her Master and Philosophy, Romance Studies and Economic Psychology in her Bachelor. Since July 2019 she is employed at the IZEW and since December 2022 she works in the Department of Nature and Sustainable Development.

Areas of Expertise

Ecological emotions
Critical Theory
(Eco-)Feminism

Career

since 12/2022	Research Associate IZEW, Tübingen University
since 2020	PhD-Student in the Doctorates-College “Kulturkonflikte/Konfliktkulturen” Aix-Marseille Université & Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Subject: Do ecological emotions show a cultural conflict? Supervisors: Prof. Sebastian Hüsch & Prof. Thomas Potthast
2019 - 2022	Research Assistent IZEW, Tübingen University
2015 – 2019	Typesetter Narr Francke Attempto Verlag Tübingen
2013 – 2017	Master in Philosophy Participation in the Class for Advanced Studies at the Forum Scientiarum “Human – the social animal?” Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2010 – 2014	Bachelor Psychology of Economy (Psychology of Market and Advertisement) Fernhochschule Riedlingen
2007 – 2015	Training as a wholesale and forein trade clerk, Exportmanager & Assistence of the CEO Reinhardt GmbH Tübingen
2006/2007	Licence de Philosophie Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg
2002 – 2006	Bachelor Philosophy and Romance Studies Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2004/2005	DEUG de Philosophie Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg

Teaching

winter 2022/23	Seminar: Eco-Anxiety und Klimaschmerz - Wie gehen wir um mit emotionalen Reaktionen auf die Klimadebatte? Studium Oecologicum, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
	Seminar: Vivir Bien - Buen Vivir und das Gute Leben. Studium Oecologicum, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen co-teaching with Saron Cabero (Epiz)
summer 2022	Service Learning Seminar: Small Business management and Emotional implications of the pandemic. Transdisciplinary Course Programm, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen & CIVIS Universities co-teaching with Dr. Leticia Hoppe
	Service Learning-Seminar: How to feed cities more sustainably? Co-teaching with Birgit Hoinle (Uni Hohenheim), Studium Oecologicum, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
winter term 2021/22	Service Learning Seminar: Small Business management and Emotional implications of the pandemic. Transdisciplinary Course Programm, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen & CIVIS Universities co-teaching with Dr. Leticia Hoppe
winter term 2021/22	Seminar: Vivir Bien - Buen Vivir und das Gute Leben. Studium Oecologicum, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen co-teaching with Saron Cabero (Epiz)
summer term 2021	Seminar: Eco-Anxiety und Klimaschmerz - Wie gehen wir um mit emotionalen Reaktionen auf die Klimadebatte? Studium Oecologicum, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen co-teaching with Lena Schlegel

Publications

Articles and book contributions (*peer-reviewed)

Weihgold, V. (2024). Moral submissiveness: Social origin as a vulnerability for well-being on a warming planet. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1355736. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1355736
Weihgold, V. (2023). La socialité de la volonté de puissance. Considérations nietzschéennes sur la crise écologique. In S. Hüsch & O. Victor (Eds.), Das Konzept ‚Leben‘ in der Geschichte der Philosophie | Le concept de ,vie‘ dans l’histoire de la philosophie (Vol. 3, pp. 309–324). Ergon-Verlag. doi.org/10.5771/9783987400292
*Kałwak, W., & Weihgold, V. (2022). The Relationality of Ecological Emotions: An Interdisciplinary Critique of Individual Resilience as Psychology’s Response to the Climate Crisis. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.823620
Weihgold, Vanessa (2021). Gesellschaftliches Empowerment statt Resilienz. Kritische Betrachtungen zum Umgang mit Eco-Anxiety. In B. Rieken, R. Popp, & P. Raile (Eds.), Eco-Anxiety—Zukunftsangst und Klimawandel Interdisziplinäre Zugänge. (pp. 145–160). Waxmann.

Blogarticles

Weihgold, Vanessa: Small Businesses in the Pandemic Lockdowns. In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik-Blog. 24.06.2022. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/233858
Weihgold, Vanessa: Bilder der Medien und Bilder der Menschen. In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik Blog. 16.08.2021. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/216085
Weihgold, Vanessa: Können Emotionen ökologisch sein?. In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik Blog. 22.02.2021. URL:https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/204888
Wezel, Katharina / Gabel, Friedrich / Bieß, Cora / Vondermaßen, Marcel / Weihgold, Vanessa: „Wir retten möglicherweise Menschen, die sowieso bald sterben“. Eine Antwort an Boris Palmer. In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik-Blog in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. 29.04.2020. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/177051 (letzter Zugriff: 02.07.2020).
Weihgold, Vanessa: Was bedeutet allein leben in Zeiten von Corona? In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik-Blog in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. 28.04.2020. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/176865 (letzter Zugriff: 02.07.2020).
Weihgold, Vanessa: Trauer in Zeiten von Corona. In: Blog BedenkZeiten. Ein Ethik-Blog in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. 10.04.2020. URL: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/175566 (letzter Zugriff: 02.07.2020).

Talks and Presentations

04/2023: The political and psychological implications of using the concept of “eco-anxiety”. Environment, Justice, and the Politics of Emotion: A Virtual and In-Person Symposium. University of California, Riverside, April 28, 2023.

12/2022: Eco-Anxiety: A narrative interaction with individualism. Encountering Eco-Anxiety. Uppsala University.

04/2022: Climate emotions, cognitive and emotional dissonance, and call for sustainablility in the time of climate change. Work-in-progress seminar: “Climate emotions in psychology and philosophy” Department of Psychological Prevention and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University

04/2022: 'Buen Vivir' à l'ère du réchauffement climatique. Atelier de recherche: Le concept de "vie" dans l'histoire de la philosophie, Aix-Marseille Université

09/2021: The Fear of Justice in realizing Climate Privilege. Panel "Privilege and Denial" with Ewoud Vandepitte. Privilege on a Warming Planet, Antwerp University

09/2021: The Role Social Factors and Ethical Reflections play in Climate Change's Impact on Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Study of Ecological Emotions (with Weronika Kałwak). ESPP 2021 Leipzig Online

08/2021: Relationality as a Framework for Emotional Well-being in the Face of Climate Change. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) Conference 2021, Online London Hub

06/2021: Progress as toxic temporality: reframing sustainable lifestyles. Toxic Temporalities in the Global South Digital Conference, Tübingen University