Guest Researcher Laura Kemmer holds the Martius Chair Germany-Brazil for Sustainability and Humanities of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of São Paulo. She is an urban researcher working at the intersection of anthropology, geography, and feminist theory. Her research focuses on ecologies of healing and reparation in São Paulo’s center, especially…
Doctoral Researcher Friedrich Busch is a doctoral researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research applies Bayesian methods to crop phenology modelling, with a focus on the major crops grown in Germany. Central to his work are questions of uncertainty propagation and climate change…
Doctoral Researcher Hanna Pohlmann is a doctoral researcher at the faculty for organic agriculture at the University of Kassel. She is working in a third-party project “Bio-Klima-Gemüse” (organic climate vegetables) which is analysing the interdependencies of climate change, and vegetable production and consumption. Hanna holds a Master of Arts in Global Political Economy and Development…
Guest PhD Researcher Lea Marie Sasse is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger and a guest researcher at IRI THESys, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Lea’s PhD project studies social and environmental justice implications of the transition to electric vehicles, considering the supply chains and multi-scalar connections of the electrification of automobility.…
Doctoral Researcher Alex Häuser is a doctoral student at the Thaer Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, working in collaboration with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). His research is supervised by Prof. Hermann Lotze-Campen and Dr. Prajal Pradhan. With a strong interest in food systems, Alex is committed…
Doctoral Researcher Setenay Kizilkaya joined the IRI THESys in April 2025. She is currently working as a doctoral researcher at Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO). She aims at exploring how climate risks are perceived by rural communities and how these perceptions affect (im)mobility intentions from an intersectional perspective, focusing on the…
Doctoral Researcher Hadjer Smati is a doctoral researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB). Her research integrates human dimensions, environmental psychology and fisheries management with social-ecological system dynamics, specifically examining how recreational anglers and local fishing communities contribute to environmental stewardship, with a particular focus on…
Scientific Coordinator PROVIDE Inga Menke is the Scientific Coordinator of PROVIDE and leads the HU work on the SPARCCLE project. Additionally, she is a Senior Research Scholar in the Integrated Climate Impacts Research Group, part of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. Inga holds a Master’s degree in Disaster Management and Risk Governance from…
Doctoral Researcher Sylvia Schmidt joined IRI THESys under PROVIDE and SPARCCLE projects, working in stakeholder engagement to support interdisciplinary exchange between researchers and external, relevant groups (i.e. policymakers, subject matter experts, practitioners) for relevant project results. Sylvia performs policy analysis of trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation within SPARCCLE, while also supporting SPARCCLE’s co-development of EU…
Guest Researcher Nida Rehman is a Pakistani-born urban geographer and architect, and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where she serves as Track Chair for the PhD in Architecture program. As an interdisciplinary scholar and educator, Nida works at the intersection of urban political ecology, environmental humanities, and post/de-colonial studies, her work explores how discourses,…