Alumna (Project Staff EdiCitNet) Klara Muranyi has recently joined the EdiCitNet project for the final project phase and will mainly support the project coordinating the MOOC Deliverable. Klara has a BA in Business Communication from the Metropolitan University and an MA in Art and Design Management from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, both…
Alumnus (Project Staff EdiCitNet & RuralFutures) Scientific Consultant / Data Scientist José Donoso joined the IRI THESys in May 2023 to provide IT support during the final phase of the EdiCitNet project, and to develop machine learning methods for the analysis and modelling of land use change within the Rural Futures project. After graduating as an Electrical…
Alumna (Guest Researcher) Roberta is a doctoral researcher at São Paulo University in Brazil and currently is a visiting researcher at the Department of Agriculture and Food Policy in the Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and IRI Thesys. Her research focuses on social participation and urban food policies in São Paulo municipality. During…
Alumna (Guest Researcher) Monika Mondal is an award winning independent environmental journalist from India. Her work focuses on people, progress and the planet. As a German Chancellor Fellow 2022-2023, she will work with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin — navigating river issues during changing climate. Research Interests Climate Change Environmental Degradation Ecosystem Management Impact of Science…
Alumni (Student Assistant) Pascal Kraft studies Geography at the Humboldt-Universität, has been active in the Sustainability Office HU since the winter semester 2018, is a co-founder of Students For Future HU and has been co-deputy for Ecology and Environmental Protection at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since June 2022. In addition to his studies, Pascal Kraft has…
Alumna (Student Assistant) Xiaoji Song 宋晓霁 is currently working as a student assistant for EdiCitNet Team at IRI THESys. Xiaoji started the M.A. in Global Communication: Politics and Society at University of Erfurt in 2020. Previously, Xiaoji obtained B.A. in Gender and Diversity Studies with a bachelor thesis topic connecting urban sociology and migration studies. …
Alumni (Guest Researcher) Caroline Salomão is a doctoral researcher working on Water Resources at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. From May to October 2022, she is undertaking a research stay at IRI THESys. At IRI THESys, she is involved in the “Water Security for Whom” project, which investigates in/equalities in water security across the water-energy-food…
Alumnus (Guest Researcher) Guillermo Germán Joosten is a PhD student at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). From April to June 2022, he is visiting the IRI THESys as one of the recipients of the 2021 Green Talents Award, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The overarching theme of his doctoral research…
Alumna (Guest Researcher) Olivia Adamson is visiting the IRI THESys as one of the recipients of the 2021 Green Talents Award, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. During her stay, she will be inquiring into food systems from two different angles: the first one being the global context, exploring human-nature relationships,…
Alumnus (Research Assistant) Diego De Panis studied Biology at the University of Buenos Aires, defending a Licentiate thesis about coagulation physiology in pathological situations associated with particular mutations; and a PhD thesis in evolution about environmental adaptation in a model of speciation by ecological specialization. After a postdoc in conservation genomics of Andean Condors, he…