Team
Mag. Dr. Isabella Uhl-Hädicke, BA
Isabella Uhl-Hädicke conducts research and teaches in the areas of promoting environmentally and climate-friendly behavior and climate change communication. She coordinates the Climate-Energy Partnership SALZBURG 2050 in cooperation with the regional government of Salzburg and is responsible for “Teaching and Third Mission” within PLUS Green Campus, the University of Salzburg’s sustainability initiative. In addition, she supports companies, NGOs, policymakers, and the broader public in applying scientific insights to envirotal and climate protection. Her work aims to bridge science and practice to contribute to a sustainable future. In February 2022, her popular-scientific book “Warum machen wir es nicht einfach? Die Psychologie der Klimakrise” was published by Molden Verlag.
Martina Lang, BA MA
Doctoral Researcher University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Martina Lang conducts research at the intersection of the climate crisis and the arts, with a focus on environmental psychology and participatory artistic practice. In her dissertation, she investigates how multisensory installations can foster collective climate adaptation, emotional resilience, and social transformation.
Her approach combines data collection and qualitative research within designed aesthetic environments, emphasizing climate justice and embodied climate awareness. She draws on an interdisciplinary background in Art & Science (MA). Her current PhD project (The Dual Table) explores how participatory, aesthetic formats can support climate adaptation and social transformation following extreme events.
Julia Prohaska, BSSc BSc
Julia Prohaska is a Master’s student in Psychology at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg. Within the Environmental Psychology Group, she is interested in social psychological processes that shape sustainable behavior and societal transformation. Throughout her studies, she has worked on topics such as public perceptions of climate activism, intercultural emotions, and group processes. She is currently deepening these perspectives in her Master’s thesis, which examines how highly engaged environmental activists respond to criticism from different social groups.
