Alumna (Student Assistant) Hannah Prawitz is working as a student assistant at IRI THESys. Since September 2020, she supports the student-driven Sustainability Office (Nachhaltigkeitsbüro) by organising the Lecture Series on Sustainability of the Studium Oecologicum. The Studium Oecologicum is a new concept for sustainable teaching and learning addressing all students at Humboldt-University. The project a…
Alumnus (Doctoral Researcher) Hoseung Jung (hosŋ ʒəŋ, 정호승) was a doctoral researcher at IRI THESys from 2017 to 2023. He studied environmental engineering and management in an Erasmus Mundus master’s program at Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany and Aalborg University, Denmark. He wrote his master’s thesis at Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB),…
Alumna (Doctoral Researcher) Ingrid Schulte was a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography and Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sabine Fuss and Prof. Dr. Jonas Ø. Nielsen until 2023. Previously, she spent two years as a health educator…
Alumna (Administrative Management) Jeannette Latino takes care of the administrative management at IRI THESys together with Olof Krüger. Jeannette earned an MA from the Universität Greifswald where she majored in Slavic Studies, with minors in American Studies, Business Administration and German as a Foreign Language. During her studies, Jeannette worked for one year in St.…
Alumna (Doctoral Researcher) Karen Lebek is a doctoral researcher at IRI THESys. In 2013, she graduated in geo-ecology at the University of Potsdam. The focus of her studies was on modelling in hydrology. She worked as a student collaborator at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. In November 2013, Karen joined IRI THESys. She…
Alumna (Research Assistant) Karla Pintado is a research assistant for the Multifunctional Landscapes Research Group within the RuralFutures project at IRI THESys. She holds a Bachelor degree in Biology with a major in Ecology (Ecuador) and Master’s degree in Sustainable Resource Management (Germany). Her research focuses on the restoration of structural and functional components of…
Alumna (Coordination Graduate Program) Kathrin Klementz was coordinator for the THESys Graduate Program from 2013-2023. She studied Geography, Business Administration and Political Science at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specializing in the field of Economic Geography. She started her career as an academic researcher in a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Humboldt-Universität.…
Alumna (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…
Alumnus (former Member) Ludger Gailing is a professor for regional planning at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg. From 2003 to 2020 he worked at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) in Erkner, in the last years as acting head of the department „Institutional Change and Regional Public Goods“…
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…