Guest Researcher Zeynep Özçam has recently joined the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), as a postdoctoral researcher supported by the TUBITAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme. The research project, “Connecting Agroecological Production to Urban Consumption through Alternative Food Networks: A Comparative Study from İzmir to Europe,” will benefit from the…
Postdoctoral researcher Dr Claudia Coral is a postdoctoral researcher at the Agrifood Chain Management Group in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. She holds a doctorate in agricultural sciences and a master’s degree in the management of natural resources. She previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Centre…
Guest Researcher Nandita Badami is an anthropologist interested in how dominant concepts of rationality and human agency are being reworked as a new generation turns to practices of divination—astrology, the Tarot, the I Ching—in a world marked by economic, environmental and political instability. At IRI THESys she will be working on a project titled “The…
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Doctoral Researcher Leo Töpperwein holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and Economics and Master’s degree in Integrated Natural Resource Management. His PhD research focus on the transformative potential of socio-technical systems through participatory co-design processes involving divers stakeholder groups, drawing on transition theory, co-design and policy learning, applied in the field of precision grassland farming.…
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Doctoral Researcher Christiane Hamann is a doctoral researcher at the Geography Department at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Her academic background in Human Geography, completed with an MA in Urban Geography from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, shaped her interest in human-environment interactions and social science perspectives on climate change.…
Guest Researcher Muhammad Imran is a geospatial scientist visiting IRI THESys for a year. His research interests center on understanding how climate extremes propagate through agro-ecosystems – from hazard drivers (precipitation deficits, heat stress, flood inundation) to vegetation responses (phenological shifts, biomass loss), and ultimately to impacts on production and livelihoods. His PhD research at…
Student assistant Ramsin Lindner was working as the student coordinator for the Humboldt-Scholarships’ Themenklasse “Sustainability and Global Justice” at IRI THESys. Ramsin has a background in sustainability science, having completed a bachelor´s degree in Sustainable Management at TU Berlin. He is currently studying Geography and English at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of his second…
Student Assistant Josephine Lang is a student assistant at the “Studium Oecologicum”, a project led by Professor Dagmar Haase, and a member of the student initiative “Sustainability Office” at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU). She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in English and Culture Studies at HU. She is particularly interested in literary and…