Strategies for a democratic economy.
Andrea Dieck
(she) | Project collaboration
is a designer and futurologist with a focus on the critical-emancipatory design of futures. She studied in Bolzano and Berlin and is active with Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen. She works on the topics of democracy, transformation and socialization and has many years of experience in political work with children and young people.
Friederike Karla Hildebrandt
(she) | Project collaboration
studied economics and international development in Berlin and Marburg and works on digital policy at the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz.
Together with communia, she is organizing the conference “Let’s Socialize – Socialization as a Strategy for Climate Justice”. 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. He is active in Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen, co-organized the 2022 Socialization Conference and works at communia on the socialization of the energy transition. He also conducts research into democratic, economic planning and has helped to establish a political network for the further development of planning models.
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.
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).
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Open Society Foundations
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation