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.