Helene Langlamet

A PhD Candidate Communications, Helene Langlamet has always had a focus on democratic norms in her research. Previously, she has looked at how the emergence of new online participatory norms has the potential to influence democratic participation. After the 2016 election, she developed an interest in the way the fossil fuel lobby affects electoral outcomes. Her dissertation studies how pro-capitalist norms structure local attitudes toward and resistance efforts against the fossil fuel industry in southwestern Pennsylvania through in-depth interviews and participant observation. After her defense, she hopes to pivot toward studying how the siting of energy projects can be made more democratic.