Alumna (Doctoral Researcher) “Be part of a larger structure to support the effective impact and progress of projects that meet the challenges of a changing world.” Suhana Reddy Suhana Reddy is currently working as doctoral researcher at IRI THESys to manage and scienfically guide the EC-funded project EdiCitNet. Since 2016 Suhana has worked in the preparation…
Doctoral Researcher “Ecological and multi-cultural networks are the heart to face the challenges of global change. Therefore, the inter- and trans-disciplinary interaction that Iri Thesys offers could result in something interesting.” Leonardo R. Ramírez Leonardo R. Ramírez is a Doctoral Researcher at IRI THESys. He is an Agricultural Engineer (Chile) postgraduated in Agroecology (Costa Rica) and…
Alumna (Project Staff RuralFutures) Vera Krause is working as project staff at the RuralFutures project in the research group “Multifunctional Landscapes” at IRI THESys led by Dr. Ina Säumel. In October 2022, she finished her Master’s degree in Global Change Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She has previously finished her degree in Environmental Sciences in 2018…
Alumna (Student Assistant) Palak Gupta is currently working as a student assistant at the IRI THESys project EdiCitNet. She is pursuing her masters in Integrated Natural Resource Management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Prior to the masters, she has worked as a consultant with private sector and international foundations such as GIZ to design and implement…
Project Staff EdiCitNet In 2019, Edi Emilov started his M.Sc. in Global Change Geography at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Previously he obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Geography at the University of Barcelona. At IRI THESys, Edi is part of the research group “Multifunctional Landscapes” as project staff for EdiCitNet. “I have always been intrigued by…
Alumnus (Guest Researcher) Dan Durrant is a Lecturer in Infrastructure Planning at University College London’s (UCL) Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at IRI THEsys. Having completed doctoral research on a large controversial megaproject in the UK (HS2, a high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham), he is studying another controversial megaproject,…
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…
Alumna (Doctoral Researcher) Anaïs Dresse, after graduating from Marburg University in 2010 with a Master Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, specialized in Human Rights Law, obtaining a LL.M. in International Public Law from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. After her studies, she gained practical experience in the field, working as a Junior Technical Assistant in…
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…
Alumnus (Student Assistant) Nicolás Rojas studied Geography (Bachelor of Science) at the Humboldt University of Berlin (HU). During this period, he worked as a student assistant in the climatology department at the geography department of HU. Afterwards he made an internship in the field of public transport at the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg VBB. Currently he is…