Vosse, Corinna | Germany

Vosse, Corinna | Germany

Corinna Vosse works as a freelance lecturer, researcher, policy adviser and cultural manager. Since 1994 she has co-initiated various cultural centers in the United States and in Germany, most recently the first used material supply center in Germany (www.kunst-stoffe-berlin.de ). In 2008 she earned her PhD at the Institute of Social science at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis on the governance of setting up cultural infrastructure, drawing on empirical studies undertaken in Berlin. Since then, she has worked for various cultural administrations, conducting research, making policy recommendations and designing programs. Her thematic focus currently lies on exploring patterns of cooperation and competition, on explaining sustainable consumption patterns and on contemporary practices of subsistence. She has been awarded grants and fellowships by the following institutions: IAS - STS, Graz (2011); Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore (2007); Central European University, Hungary (2007); Department for Cultural Affairs, Berlin (2003); European Cultural Foundation (2002).

 

Project at IAS-STS: New approaches towards strengthening sustainable consumption

The research aims to explore dependencies between consumption patterns oriented around sustainable values and the degree of involvement with subsistence. It builds on the observation that people practicing subsistence, DIY and home production often pursue a live style that is oriented around sustainable principles. This observation could already be verified in a pilot study. It allowed to devise the thesis that subsistence brings out and advances patterns of sustainable consumption.

Building on this, the research focuses on analysing and systematically mapping motivational structures and institutional settings strengthening sustainable consumption patterns. The level of involvement with subsistence is considered an important explaining factor for why people actually practice sustainable consumption. On the basis of the findings generated in the research, strategies will be suggested to promote sustainable patterns of individual consumption more widely throughout society.


 

Selected publications

Vosse, Corinna, 2009: Social Entrepreneurship und politische Koordinierung. In: Henkel, Marianne et al (Hg.): Social Entrepreneurship – Status Quo 2009 (Selbst)Bild, Wirkung und Zukunftsverantwortung: Tagungsband. Berlin HUB, 16. und 17. Juni 2009. S. 35 - 42.

Vosse, Corinna, 2009: Gutachtens zur kulturellen Situation in Marzahn-Hellersdorf. Ist-Analyse und Handlungsempfehlungen. Hg.: Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf zu Berlin. Berlin.

Vosse, Corinna, 2008: Neue Steuerungsformen kultureller Infrastrukturentwicklung. Zustandekommen und Verlauf kulturpolitischer Prozesse am Beispiel ausgewählter Projektentwicklungen in Berlin. Saarbrücken: VDM.

Vosse, Corinna, 2008: Kulturelle Infrastrukturentwicklung im urbanen Raum. Voraussetzungen und Strategien am Beispiel Berlins. in: Institut für Kulturpolitik (Hg.), 2008: Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik 2008. Band 5. Thema: Kulturpolitik und Kulturwirtschaft. Essen: Klartext-Verlag.

Vosse, Corinna, 2006: Bezirkliche Kulturpolitik und städtische Entwicklung. Beispiele aus Berlin-Neukölln und Lichtenberg. In: L. Deben / M. Bontje: Creativity and Diversity. Key Challenges to the 21st Century City. Erschienen im Rahmen der 11. Konferenz Berlin-Amsterdam der Universiteit van Amsterdam.