Franka Schäfer (PhD, Münster University) holds a venia legendi in sociology and is currently an interim professor at FernUniversität Hagen. Her research focuses on sociological theory, performative sociology of practice, social inequalities, and sustainable transformation of societies in the context of climate change. Schäfer has led projects addressing demographic changes and poverty, pop music culture, and a citizen science project about postnormal science in postnormal times.