Strategies for a democratic economy.
Friederike Karla Hildebrandt
(she) | Project collaboration
studied economics and international development in Berlin and Marburg. With communia, she organized the conference “Let’s Socialize – Socialization as a Strategy for Climate Justice” and works on the democratization of the energy sector. She is active in Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and a member and author of the ILA collective.
Justus Henze
(he) | team member
studied social economics and urban studies in Hamburg and Berlin. Er ist bei Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen aktiv und bei communia als Projektkoordinator im Bereich Vergesellschaftungsperspektiven im Energiesektor tätig. Justus hat das Netzwerk demokratische Wirtschaftsplanung mitbegründet und ist Lehrbeauftragter an der Uni Hamburg
Lemon Banhierl
(nin) | team member
studied philosophy and political economy in Berlin and Koblenz. Lemon is a founding member of communia, is active in Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen and helped organize the 2022 Socialization Conference. Lemon researches the relationship between the state and social movements and works on socialization perspectives for the areas of energy transition and housing.
Lukas Warning
(he) | team member
is a political economist and co-founder of communia. He studied in Maastricht, Toulouse and Koblenz. He worked as a trainer for climate justice, founded and coordinated the civil society action alliance Wachstumswende Bremen and worked as a campaigner and policy advisor for socio-ecological transformation at Oxfam Germany.
Luise Butzer
(sie) | Teammitglied
is not only interested in the ownership structure of basic service infrastructures, but also in how decisions are made about them and who must be taken into account in each case. She studied social sciences and sociology with a focus on sustainability and social transformation in Cologne and Jena and is active in climate policy, anti-fascist and feminist contexts.
Max Wilken
(he) | team member
studied political economy in Maastricht, Freiburg and at the Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung in Koblenz. He is currently working on his doctorate on the potential of democratization for a socio-ecological transformation of the automotive industry. He is a co-founder of communia and co-organized the 2022 Socialization Conference.
Vincent Janz
(he) | team member
is a co-founder of communia, where he is working for a democratic economy and public luxury. He was project coordinator for the Socialization Conference, which took place in Berlin in 2022, and studied social and political sciences and political economy in Maastricht, Vienna and at the Hochschule für Gesellschaftsgestaltung (Koblenz).
Our funders
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
Open Society Foundations