Felix Schulz

I am an interdisciplinary researcher, drawing on labour economics, sociology of work and social psychology to understand individuals’ and labour institutions’ perceptions of climate change and just transition policies, and the drivers thereof. 

At Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) I will lead a four-year project “Lost in transition? Unravelling worker identities in the transformation towards a decarbonised future” funded by a Formas Early Career Researcher Grant. The research project investigates the role and interaction of multiple worker identities – organizational, occupational, local, environmental etc. – in support for the transformation towards a decarbonised future in Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom. Administrating large-scale, representative survey data in each country, the research aims to identify how these different identities affect support in two ways: i) the workers’ support for and willingness to engage in (re-)training and (re-) qualification initiatives, and ii) worker support for policy measures aimed at transforming organizations and sectors. A specific focus will be placed on answering the following questions:  

1. How do different identities influence support for and resistance against transformation measures?
2. How do individual values interact with identities to influence support for and resistance?
3. How do sectors, occupations and/or regions influence in the relationship between identities and transition support?
4. What role do employment relations systems play for the relationship between identities and transition support?

Prior to joining LUCSUS, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC), the Digital Futures at Work (digit) Research Centre and the Hans-Böckler-Foundation funded Competence Centre on social-ecological transformations at the University of Leeds, where I remain as Visiting Research Fellow.