THESys Member Heike Weber is a Professor of the History of Technology at the Technische Universität Berlin and a Teaching Faculty Member at the International Max Planck Research School in ‘Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities’. Research Interests Waste and recycling Maintenance and Repair History of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) e.V., 1970s-2020s
THESys Member Marcel Robischon is a Professor of Agricultural Ecology and the Head of the Division of Agricultural Ecology at Humboldt-Universität. He is also the Academic Director of the Circle U Knowledge Hub on Climate and Director of the Berlin Institute of Cooperative Studies (BICS). His current teaching modules are ‘Agricultural Ecology’ (Bachelor), ‘Biodiversity: Assessment,…
Member Anne Enderwitz is Professor of English Literature at the Department of English and American Studies of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and she serves as Academic Chair at the Climate Hub of Circle U. Research Interests Early modern literature and culture Climate fiction and future Economics and literature Love and literature Modernism Gender studies Email:
THESys Member Heidi Kreibich is the head of Working group “Flood risk and climate adaptation“ at Section Hydrology, GFZ Potsdam. She is also private lecturer at the Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Research Interests Flood risk assessment Vulnerability analysis and loss modelling Risk management and climate adaptation Human-Water Feedbacks Network Projects AVOSS “Impact-based forecasting of…
Member Tobias Sauter is a Guest Professor at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Research Interests Climate dynamics – physical processes governing climate and climate change Atmospheric water pathways, freshwater recycling, and Land-atmosphere interaction Regions: South America, Arctic, Tibet, European Alps, High Mountain Asia Numerical modelling and deep learning approaches Project Research Group: Climate…
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 Prof. Dr. Sabine Fuss is currently Co-Chair of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC Berlin) and also heads of the research group at MCC. She holds a professorship on Sustainable Resource Management and Global Change at the Geography Department at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Previously, Prof. Fuss worked at the…
Board Member Dagmar Mithöfer is Professor for Agrifood Chain Management at the Thaer Institute at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research interests include topics in agrifood chain development and management; sustainability standards; sustainability and business management; impact assessments; rural development. She is interested in the organisation of supply chains and linkages between actors in local, regional…
Member Harald Grethe studied medicine at the University of Witten-Herdecke and agricultural sciences at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, where he graduated in 1996. He did his doctoral studies also at Göttingen and wrote his doctoral thesis on Effects of Including Agricultural Products in the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU (2004). After his habililation at…
Member Henning Nuissl is a professor for applied geography and town planning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Before he joined HU in 2009, he worked with several other universities and research organisations, including the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, Technische Universität Berlin, Potsdam University, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), and the Leibniz Institute…