Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

Teresa Erbach

Teresa Erbach

Research Associate

E-Mail

teresa [dot] erbach [at] rifs-potsdam [dot] de

Teresa Erbach studied psychology, philosophy, and literature in Munich, Toulouse, and Berlin, and worked freelance in artistic and scientific contexts for three years after graduation. From 2020 to 2021, she worked for the social research institute Mauss Research before joining the IASS/ RIFS in June 2021 as a research associate in the project Narratives and Images of Sustainability.

At the RIFS she accompanies actions, communication projects and artistic research on sustainability issues. She is particularly interested in the emergence and change of value orientations and patterns of perception.

  • Since June 2021: Research Associate at the IASS/ RIFS
  • 2020 - 2021: Mauss Research (Research in Social Science)
  • 2017 - 2020: Freelance in artistic and scientific projects.
  • 2018: M.A. in European Literatures (HU Berlin).
  • 2015: B. Sc. in Psychology (LMU Munich and Université de Toulouse)

  • Perceptual patterns and values
  • Social and environmental psychology
  • Artistic research
  • New alliances between art and science