E-Mail: anne.mueller@geo.uni-halle.de
Interests
Practice theories, stability and change, nutrition, packaging, waste, plastic
Current research:
PhD project on the production and prevention of packaging waste in everyday production and consumption practices
Biography
Since 07/2017: Researcher, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Research Division Circular Economy
02/2020-01/2023: PhD Student, Human Geography, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
10/2014-07/2017: M.Sc. Integrated Natural Resource Management, Humboldt University Berlin
04/2022-09/2014: B.A Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Publications
Müller, A. (2025). Tracing food packaging waste: The emergence of a configuration. Nature and Culture. 20(1), 9-33.
Müller, A. (2023). Connection points: The dynamics of recruitment to packaging-free shopping. Sociological Research Online, 29(3). 596-611.
Müller, A., & Süßbauer, E. (2022). Disposable but indispensable: The role of packaging in everyday food consumption. European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 9(3), 299-325.
Süßbauer, E., Wenzel, K. & Müller, A. (2020). Die Beziehung zum Behälter: Soziale Aspekte der Mehrwegnutzung. In M. Kröger, J. Pape & A. Wittwer (Hrsg.), Einfach weglassen? Ein wissenschaftliches Lesebuch zur Reduktion von Plastikverpackungen im Lebensmittelhandel (S. 157–176). oekom.