Helena Römmelmann

About Helena Römmelmann

Helena is a PhD candidate in Sociology and a member of the WATCH Research School. She is also an affiliated doctoral researcher at the Future Water Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. During the 2026/27 academic year, she is participating in the doctoral programme at the Forum for African Studies at Uppsala University.

Her research interests centre on environmental justice, with a particular focus on water-related issues. In her dissertation, she examines how social processes, governance, and power relations shape people's access to and relationship with freshwater resources.

With a professional background in social work, Helena later returned to academia to pursue studies in societal risk management at Karlstad University. Her previous research explored the societal implications of climate-related challenges in a South African context. In her current doctoral research, she continues to investigate questions of environmental justice, sustainability, and resource distribution from critical social science perspectives.

In addition to her doctoral studies, Helena has worked as a research assistant in several national and international projects. These have included research on disaster risk management in the Balkans, flood and cloudburst risks in Denmark and Sweden, and issues related to (un)sustainable consumption in Sweden.

Helena is also a member of the teaching faculty and teaches sociology.