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…

Student Assistant Since 2019, Elena Heim is supporting the Coordination and Communication Team of the EdiCitNet Project in the research group “Multifunctional Landscapes” led by Dr. Ina Säumel. She is a trained office manager and is studying European Ethnology and Gender Studies at Humboldt-University of Berlin. Research Interests Socio-ecological transformation Influence of colonial heritage on…

Student Assistant Franziska Knierim obtained her bachelor’s degree in social- and cultural Anthropology and Political Science at FU Berlin and is currently doing her Masters in Ethnography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 2018, she is part of the multilingual, multimedia Network Encounter, which focuses on the facilitation of transcultural learning through personal connections. Franziska now…

Student Assistant Rhea Rennert started her M.Sc. in Urban Ecosystem Sciences at the Technical University of Berlin in 2019. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Geography at Humboldt University of Berlin. Rhea is part of the Rural Futures and EdiCitNet team at IRI THESys. “I am excited to work at IRI-THESys and deepen my…

Student Assistant Lisa Rihm is part of the Einstein Research Unit “Climate and Water under Change” (CliWaC). She has been enrolled in the Master Programme “Integrated Natural Resource Management” (INRM) at Humboldt University of Berlin since 2021. Previously, Lisa obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Geoecology from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. She is excited to work…

Student Assistant Patricia Usée is part of the Einstein Research Unit “Climate and Water under Change” (CliWaC). She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in European Ethnology and Linguistics and is currently studying Ethnography at Humboldt University. She is keen on inter- and transdisciplinary research. During her BA, Patricia gained valuable insights into human-environment research through the…

Student Assistant Anna Hinderer is a student assistant at the “Studium Oecologicum”, a project led by Professor Sandra Jasper, and a member of the student initiative “Sustainability Office” at Humboldt University. She is currently enrolled as a student at Humboldt University, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences. Her studies primarily focus on the relationship…