Felix Fastenrath, M. A.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Doctoral project
„Socio-ecological Design. Designing a more socially just transition to ecological sustainability“, since October 2022
Supervision: Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW) and Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke (BUW and Wuppertal Institute)

2023
“transform.NRW – Creating Sustainability Through Art, Culture, and Design”. A platform project within the ‘Kooperationsplattformen 2022’ funding line of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW). May 2023 – April 2027.
Participation in the project and in the grant application process (w/ Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW), Prof. Erica von Moeller (BUW), Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke (BUW and Wuppertal Institute) and Dr Carolin Baedeker (Wuppertal Institute))
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“BIKEhub – Bergisches Interventionslabor zur Klärung gesundheitlicher, sozialer und ökologischer Wirkungsfaktoren von individueller E-Mobilität”. Funding for the conceptual phase of a joint research project within the BMBF funding line ‘Interventionsstudien für gesunde und nachhaltige Lebensbedingungen und Lebensweisen’. June – November 2023.
Participation in the project and in the grant application process (w/ Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW), Prof. Dr Heather Kaths (BUW), Prof. Dr Fabian Hemmert (BUW), Prof. Dr Theda Radtke (BUW), Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke (BUW and Wuppertal Institute) and Dr Carolin Baedeker (Wuppertal Institute))

PUBLICATIONS

2025
Liedtke, C., Welfens, J., Büttgen, A., Fineder, M., Fastenrath, F., & Baedeker, C. (2025). Übergangszeiten. In C. Liedtke & J. Welfens, Wohlstand in Zeiten des Übergangs: Eine Neuvermessung für eine nachhaltige Zukunft (1st ed, pp. 512–541). Oekom - Gesellschaft für Ökologische Kommunikation mbH.

2024
Fastenrath, F., Fineder, M., Liedtke, C., & Maderthaner, K. (2024). Von Pilzen lernen – das Urban Production Lab Barmen als Innovations- und Gestaltungsort für vernetzte urbane Produktion. RaumPlanung, 2024(6), 70–72.

Fineder, M., Baedeker, C., Fastenrath, F., Kremser, K., & Liedtke, C. (2024). Design in öko-sozialen Transformationsprozessen: Eine explorative Betrachtung seiner Wirkung und Wirkungsmacht. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Impact and Consequences in Design DGTF ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024 IN LUCERNE, 108–119. doi.org/10.25368/2024.DGTF.009

CONFERENCES, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

2025
Symposium “transform.NRW – Creating Sustainability Through Art, Culture, and Design”, 13—14 November 2025, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Co-organization and co-conceptualization (w/ Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW), Prof. Erica von Moeller (BUW), Prof. Dr Christa Liedtke (BUW and Wuppertal Institute) and Dr Carolin Baedeker (Wuppertal Institute))
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Panel “Labore und Werkstätten der Transformation” at the transform.NRW symposium, 13—14 November 2025, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Co-chair (w/ Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW))
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Presentation “Welche Transitionen werden als (un)gerecht diskutiert? Ein Text-Mining-Literaturreview zum Begriff Just Transitions” at “Transformation Talks 3.0 – Wie gestalten wir den grünen Wandel des Ruhrgebiets gemeinsam und gerecht?”, 5. September 2025, Makroscope, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Presentation “Doing Sustainability. A practice theory perspective on the social construction of sustainability” in the session Practice Theory & Sociology at SCORAI Europe Conference. Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption , 8—10 April 2025, Lund University, Sweden
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2024
Participation at NORDES Summer School 2024 “Socio-ecologically Just Design after Progress”, 26—29 August 2024, Norrköping, Sweden

Presentation “New Urban Production Lab Barmen” at “Transformation Talks 2.0 – Urbanen Wandel gestalten – Wo hakt es eigentlich?”, 21 June 2024, Stapeltor, Duisburg

Poster presentation “Design für sozialökologische Transformation” at 29. Kolloquium Design Promoviert, 20 January 2024, HfG Offenbach

2023
Workshop participation “Verbrauchen im Anthropozän” as part of the project “Agenda zukunftsorientierte Verbraucherforschung” (BMUV) of the University of Kassel, 7—8 December 2023, Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2025
Exhibition “Fruitful Structures – Lab Exhibition for Networked Thinking and Action”, 24 January—23 February 2025, Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal
Curatorial assistance for the exhibition and the accompanying program (w/ Prof. Dr Martina Fineder (BUW) and Prof. Katharina Maderthaner (BUW))
kunsthallebarmen.de/fruchtbare-strukturen