Doris Fuchs (born 1966) is a German Political Scientist and Professor of International Relations and Sustainable Development at the University of Münster.She currently serves as Co-Director of the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam, previoulsly known as the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies.
Fuchs received her Ph.D. in Political Science & Economics at Claremont Graduate University in California and completed her Habilitation at the University of Munich. She was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, the University of Munich, the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management as well as the University of Stuttgart. Since October 2023, Fuchs has held the position of Co-Director at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam, which is affiliated with the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences.
Fuchsâ main research interests lie in the areas of sustainable development and international political economy. She specializes in conceptual topics such as power (especially structural and discursive power), sustainable consumption and financialization. Empirically, she focuses on environmental, energy, and agrifood policy, in particular. One of her central research interests is the political influence of non-state, especially economic, actors on ecological and social sustainability, in multi-level governance.