On 3 February 2023, THESys researcher Anna Frohn Pedersen has successfully defended her doctoral thesis “In the Search for Gold: Hope, Power and Precarity in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining”. Congratulations! Anna’s doctoral project explored the global-local entanglements within the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Tanzania, and how these connections enable, disturb and disrupt flows…
Together with colleagues, THESys doctoral researcher Marie Pratzer has published a paper on agricultural intensification, Indigenous stewardship and land sparing in tropical dry forests in Nature Sustainability. “Higher yields are often assumed to lead to less deforestation, because more can be produced on less land. We find that this assumption is wrong, especially where market-oriented…
Mario A. Heredia S., THESys guest scientist, and Ina Säumel, THESys Member, have together published a paper that involves indigenous communities of the Andes Highlands, a science-based start-up in Ecuador and the European Committee for Training and Agriculture CEFA. Mario A. Heredia S., THESys guest scientist, and Ina Säumel, THESys Member, have together published a paper that involves indigenous…
The winners of the THESys Award 2022 have been chosen. Congratulations to Colin Lehmann, Sophie Vermeulen, Sarah Felix, Eva-Maria Kachold and Alexander Meinert for their outstanding Bachelor and Master theses! With this prize, the IRI THESys annually honours talented students of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin who have written a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis in the field…
THESys Postdoc Santos Chicas recently authored a paper in Scientific Reports on spatiotemporal distribution, trend, forecast, and influencing factors of transboundary and local air pollutants in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan . Helping to implement more effective pollution management strategies The study used a multi-method approach to provide a holistic understanding of PM2.5 and NO2 pollution in…
The IRI THESys Postdoc Network has published a joint paper on “Enabling spaces for bridging scales: scanning solutions in interdisciplinary human–environment research” in Sustainability Science. For this collaborative paper, Cecilie Friis, Mónica Hernández-Morcillo, Matthias Baumann, Claudia Coral, Theresa Frommen, Arash Ghoddousi, David Loibl, and Philippe Rufin have joined forces to untangle the issue of scales. Scales:…
On 16 February 2023, glacier expert Michael Zemp will give a KOSMOS-Lesung on worldwide glacier observation. In his lecture, he asks what we have learned since the days of Alexander von Humboldt. Worldwide glacier observations – what have we learned since the days of Alexander von Humboldt? 16.02.2023, 19.00-20.30 Uhr HU Berlin, Unter den Linden…
IRI THESys’ EdiCitNet project invites to its conference “Advancing the Edible City: Ideas, Practices and Systems” which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 15–17 March 2023. Registration is open now! Advancing the Edible City: Ideas, Practices and Systems This conference brings together leading researchers, policymakers and city administrators, civil society actors, green city activists…
THESys researchers Theresa Frommen and Krystin Unverzagt collaborated to create an exhibition that documents the science communication project “Geosciences Go Rural” through graphical recordings. Making discussions visible Krystin Unverzagt, a doctoral researcher at IRI THESys and also an artist, accompanied two geoscientists as they toured the countryside to talk with citizens about sustainable and climate-friendly…
With sparkling 70’s suits, giant alien masks and creepy face paint, the ensemble of the RambaZamba Theatre brought the world flames like a disco kugel to stage from December 16th-21st. While the original songs and choreographed dance made for a highly entertaining show, it wasn’t only fun and games. Inspired by the current era of…
