Tessa Schick
Research Profile
Environmental Inequality and Health | Subjective and Objective Environmental Measurements | Climate Change Skepticism and Perceptions of the Environment | Preventive Health Care and Perceptions of the Environment
Tessa Schick is a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology at Heidelberg University. In her research, she combines her studies in health sciences and sociology and focuses broadly on issues in environmental sociology and health, with a methodological emphasis on quantitative analysis. Her dissertation examines how subjectively perceived and objectively measured environmental conditions affect health factors, as well as the influence of climate change skepticism on environmental perception and its potential consequences for health and preventive behavior. She also serves as a research assistant on the GLEN research project.
Current Research Projects
Curriculum Vitae
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| Zeitraum | Position/Abschluss |
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| Zeitraum | Position/Abschluss |
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Since 03/2026 | Research Associate at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology (MWI) at Heidelberg University and in the “German Longitudinal Environmental Study” (GLEN) research project |
04/2024-02/2026 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Quantitative Social Research at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and in the GLEN research project |
10/2023-03/2024 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Social Determinants of Health at the Technical University of Munich |
10/2021-02/2024 | M.A. in Sociology, LMU Munich |
08/2022-12/2022 | Erasmus, M.Res., Social Science Research, Queen’s University Belfast |
10/2018-04/2021 | M.Sc. Health Science – Prevention and Health Promotion, Technical University of Munich |
Presentations
09/2025: Schick, Tessa. (Perceived) air quality and life satisfaction. Presentation at the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association, Duisburg, September 24, 2025.
07/2025: Schick, Tessa. (Perceived) air quality and life satisfaction: Accounting for noise. Presentation at the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) Conference, Luxembourg, July 23, 2025.