Dr Alix Dietzel
BA, MA, PhD
Expertise
I am a climate justice and climate policy expert. Focusing both on the global and local scale, I am interested in how just the response to climate change is and how we can ensure a just transition.
Current positions
Associate Director - Impact and Innovation
Cabot InstituteSenior Lecturer in Politics
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Biography
Originally from Vienna, Austria, I moved to the UK to study Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield in 2006. After a short time out to work for an NGO, I completed my PhD at the University in Sheffield in 2015 and started working at SPAIS the same year.
My research focuses on climate justice and climate policy. I have written about the global scale, comparing the UNFCCC to non-state actors such as C40 cities. I'm currently working on understanding just transition at the city scale.
My teaching focuses on applied political theory. I teach Global Justice and Philosopher Queens and take pride in making my classroom engaging and inclusive. I have won three University teaching awards since 2019.
Outside of teaching and research, I try to use my knowledge to make an impact on society. I sit on the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change and am the Associate Director for Impact and Innovation at the Cabot Institute for the Environment.
My research focuses on climate justice and climate policy. I have written about the global scale, comparing the UNFCCC to non-state actors such as C40 cities. I'm currently working on understanding just transition at the city scale.
My teaching focuses on applied political theory. I teach Global Justice and Philosopher Queens and take pride in making my classroom engaging and inclusive. I have won three University teaching awards since 2019.
Outside of teaching and research, I try to use my knowledge to make an impact on society. I sit on the Bristol Advisory Committee on Climate Change and am the Associate Director for Impact and Innovation at the Cabot Institute for the Environment.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Does Motherhood Need Mitigating? A Collective Examination of Parenting and Academic Practice
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Managing organisational unit
Department of History (Historical Studies)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/07/2023
Publications
Recent publications
15/12/2023Climate summits are too big and key voices are being crowded out – here’s a better solution
Politics, Voice, and Just Transition: Who has a Say in Climate Change Decision Making, and Who Does Not
Global Social Challenges Journal
Three reasons a weak pound is bad news for the environment
Just Transition: A Whole-Systems Approach to Decarbonisation
Climate Policy
Non-state Climate Change Action
Environmental Science and Policy
Teaching
My teaching focuses on creating an inclusive and engaging learning environment for my students At Bristol University, my practices are being shaped in part by being at a school with an excellent teaching reputation and being surrounded by talented teachers, but also by having my teaching talents fostered and celebrated by the University. For example, in 2019 I was selected to give a Best of Bristol lecture and was awarded the 'Student's Award for Outstanding Educator' in the FSSL at the teaching awards. In 2022 I won the award for 'Inspiring and Innovative Teaching' in the FSSL. I have been shortlisted for a teaching award in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 (I was on maternity leave in 2020). Due to the teaching award rules, I'll be prevented from being shortlisted until 2025, though I still receive nominations and very much enjoy reading them.
Current Teaching:
Global Justice (2nd year UG)
Philosopher Queens (3d year UG)
Current Teaching:
Global Justice (2nd year UG)
Philosopher Queens (3d year UG)
