Lisa Leßner
Research Profile
Environmental Sociology | Data Management | Quantitative Methods
Lisa Leßner is a Research Associate on the German Longitudinal Environmental Study (GLEN). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as a long-term project, GLEN is a nationwide panel study examining attitudes and behaviors related to environmental and climate issues. Her core responsibility within the project is survey data management.
Her research focuses on attitudes and behaviors in the field of sustainable mobility, as well as their individual, social and spatial determinants. Methodologically, she is particularly interested in linking survey data with geographic and regional data.
Current Research Projects
Curriculum Vitae
Since 04/2024 Research Associate on the German Longitudinal Environmental Study (GLEN). University of Heidelberg and LMU Munich.
10/2022-03/2024 Research Associate on the monitoring of structural quality in the German early childhood education and care system (ERiK). German Youth Institute (DJI), Munich.
12/2019-02/2022 Research Assistant, among other positions, at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nürnberg, and the Chair of Economics and Social Policy, FAU Nürnberg.
10/2019-04/2022 Master’s degree in Socioeconomics (M.Sc.), FAU Nürnberg.
09/2018-12/2018 Research Intern on a randomized controlled trial (RCT) about domestic violence against women. Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Lima, Peru.
10/2014-09//2018 Bachelor’s degree in Socioeconomics (B.A.), FAU Nürnberg. Semester abroad at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.
Presentations
09/2025: Leßner, Lisa; Schmiedeberg, Claudia; Bozoyan, Christiane. The role of environmental concerns and costs in mobility decisions. Presentation at the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association, Duisburg.