Short Profile
My research concerns our ability to imagine social change and how envisioning an alternative to the status quo relates to collective action. More specifically, what enables us to imagine a more sustainable, just, democratic and solidaric society? Under which conditions do societal visions, like utopias, motivate us to act upon socio-ecological change, and what role do social identity processes play in this? Further, I'm interested in the social psychological effects of social movements, and I evaluate projects dealing with political participation, transformative education, as well as climate communications.
Work Experience
- since 03/2023
Research associate (PhD student) at the department of social psychology, University of Leipzig - since 03/2023
PhD scholarship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) - since 01/2016
Applied researcher, facilitator and project evaluator, e-fect eG - 11/2015 – 04/2016
Research assistent International Centre for Sustainable Development (Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences) - 09/2012 – 10/2015
Freelance writer and translator
Education
- 09/2014 – 09/2015
M.Sc. Psychology (Behaviour Change) at the Radboud University Nijmegen - 09/2010 – 09/2014
B.Sc. Psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen
- Bleh, J. (2023). What do we want!? Identität, Moral und Wirksamkeit – Eine sozialpsychologische Perspektive auf die Erfolgsfaktoren der jungen Klimabewegung. In: Dohm, L.; Peter, F.; Van Bronswijk, K. (Hrsg.) Climate Action – Psychologie der Klimakrise. Psychosozial-Verlag. 2021. S. 251-282
- Bleh, J. (2023). Im Fokus: Die Klimabewegung (B. von Brackel, Interviewer) [Psychologie Heute]. www.psychologie-heute.de/gesellschaft/artikel-detailansicht/42443-im-fokus-die-klimabewegung.html