Managing Director Axel Klie is Managing Director of IRI THESys. He studied philosophy, sociology and sports sciences at the University Bielefeld, the Eberhardt-Karls-University Tübingen and the Free University Berlin. For his doctoral studies in philosophy he joined the interdisciplinary Research Training Group „Genesis, Structures and Impacts of Science and Technology“ at the University Bielefeld and…
Coordinator THESys Graduate Program and Climate Protection Manager Wiebke Hampel has been the coordinator of the THESys Graduate Program since August 2023. Previously, she coordinated the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership for 4 years. Since May 2021 she also works in climate protection management at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where she and colleagues created a…
Doctoral Researcher, Coordination Postdoc Academy E. Grace Leonnig is a recent graduate from University College London (UCL) with a Master of Science in Anthropology, Environment, and Development. Prior, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Fairfield University, USA. Currently, Grace is in pursuit of her PhD from the Department of Geography…
Doctoral Researcher, Coordination Postdoc Academy Krystin Unverzagt is a doctoral researcher at IRI THESys. After obtaining a B.A. in “Politics and Society” from the University of Bonn, Germany, she graduated in “Science, Technology and Society” (M.Sc.) from University College London (UCL). Before joining IRI THESys, Krystin worked in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin as…
Science Communication Anne Dombrowski is Science Communicator at IRI THESys. She studied European Ethnology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Museum & Exhibition at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany. Afterwards, she worked in a maritime museum and wrote as free journalist. Since September 2013, Anne is responsible for science communication at IRI THESys,…
Student Assistant Fernanda de Castro Franca works as a student assistant for the IRI THESys administration and is currently pursuing a Master of Sciences degree in Global Change Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her first contact with IRI THESys occurred while writing her bachelor’s thesis in Brazil when she quantified soil loss and erosion around…
Science Communication Pauline Münch is part of the project AnthropoScenes which works at the intersection of science and theatre to connect different audiences to the future of water in Berlin-Brandenburg. With innovative and collaborative formats, AnthropoScenes aims to make sustainable water futures public. Pauline holds a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia…
Project Manager Kathrin Trommler studied Cultural Studies and Social Studies at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and Charles University Prague. She started her career in the field of research management at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, for BMBF funded projects and other interdisciplinary research groups. Since 2013, Kathrin works at Humboldt-Universität zu…
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…
Project Staff EdiCitNet Marisa Pettit joined IRI THESys in 2021 as a project coordination assistant for the EdiCitNet. She has a BA in Modern Languages and Cultures from the University of Manchester and an MA in Latin American Studies, with a focus on Social Anthropology and Political Ecology, from Freie Universität Berlin. She has previously…