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10.11.2026
Institutskolloquium IfP (02.12.2026) - Still believe the hype? Hydrogen justice, energy colonialism and Germany's green hydrogen dreams
Prof. Dr. Franziska Müller, University of Vienna
Wednesday, 2 December 2026 · 16:00 (c.t.)
Room 124, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, or online via Zoom
About the lecture:
Have hydrogen hype and hydrogen hopes aged well? Franziska Müller's lecture presents current research on socio-ecological repercussions of the global hydrogen expansion, including notions of energy colonialism and prospects for greater hydrogen justice. A focus on Germany's hydrogen politics, namely the import strategy and its twisted realities adds a local perspective.
Franziska Müller is Professor for International Development at the University of Vienna and a political scientist/cultural anthropologist by trainining. Her research engages with international relations in the Anthropocene, namely with energy justice, energy colonialism, the hydrogen expansion and socio-ecological transformation.
The lecture will be held in Englishhydrogen expansion and socio-ecological transformation.