Project Staff EdiCitNet Sophia Kipp is supporting the Edible Cities Network at IRI THESys as an associate researcher, focusing on dissemination, education and knowledge transfer within the project. Before that, she worked as a student assistant for the IRI THESys administration and obtained the master’s degree in Global Change Geography at the HU’s Geography Department.…
Graduate Program Board Stefan Schäfer is a scientific project leader at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam (IASS Potsdam), where he leads the research group on Climate Engineering in Science, Society and Politics. He is also a Visiting Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard University and an Associate…
IT Technician “Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it’s not fine it’s not the end.” Oscar Wilde Since July 2017, Stephan Schulz is responsible for the IT at IRI THESys and supports the administration. Email: stephan.schulz.1 (at) hu-berlin.de Phone: +49 30 2093-66346
Project Staff EdiCitNet Stephanie Ligan started working for IRI THESys in December 2020. She studied French and German Philology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and East European History at State University Saint Petersburg and Freie Universität Berlin. Originally trained as a commercial assistant, she has been working in administration and customer relations for retailing companies for several…
Research Affiliate Dr. Tatiana González Grandon is the Associate Academic Officer of Energy at the United Nations University in Bonn. Additionally, she holds the position of Senior Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Dr. González Grandon earned her PhD in applied mathematics from Humboldt University Berlin, supported by a DFG excellence…
Postdoctoral Researcher Thomas Vogelpohl is a postdoctoral researcher at the Agricultural and Food Policy Group at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He works in the “Climate and Water under Change” project (CliWaC) with Prof. Dr. Peter Feindt on the reflexivity and resilience of the water-climate governance nexus in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. Before joining CliWaC, Thomas earned his…
Member Tilman Brück is Professor for Economic Development and Food Security at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Team Leader – Development Economics and Food Security at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) near Berlin, and Founder and Director of ISDC – International Security and Development Center in Berlin. Tilman is also the Head of…
Member Timothy Moss was initially a Guest Professor at IRI THESys in April 2016 and became a Senior Researcher in April 2017, having been an affiliated member since June 2014. Prior to this appointment he headed a research department at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), where he was also deputy…
Member Tobia Lakes is Professor for Applied Geoinformation Science at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Tobia obtained her doctoral degree at the Technische Universität zu Berlin and her diploma degree in Geography from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In her research Tobia focuses on spatial analyses and modeling techniques for studying human-environmental systems. The methods…
Director Tobias Krüger is Director of IRI THESys and Professor of Hydrology and Society at Humboldt-Universität´s Geography Department. He studied Geoecology at the Technical University of Braunschweig and obtained his doctorate in Environmental Science from Lancaster University in 2009. From 2008 to 2013, he worked as Senior Research Associate, Associate Tutor and Knowledge Exchange Fellow…