Projects

Since its independence, Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in the middle of Central Asia, continues to experience diverse social, economic, en…

‘Invasive species’ convenes conceptual nuances of ideas like nativeness, invasion and naturalness that can be understood variably in different political-cultural-socio contexts and academic disciplines. My project discusses the intellectual baggage of invasive species and explores the futurity of these organisms that are considered out of place and out of time.

A 17th-century astronomer, an 18th-century doctor, a 19th-century whaler, and a 20th-century farmer discover an exquisite work of art… it turned out to be a flake.

If we want to succeed in building a good sustainable future for all, we need visions and stories about how this future looks. And we need ethical skills and moral values to carry them.

Climate is always a protagonist in war.

Is there an insurmountable conflict between environmental protection and the liberal state philosophy? Do we have to choose between a sustainable future and our (personal and social) freedom?

Barbed wire created spaces of lethal and non-lethal violence. Where was it present, and how did it affect ecosystems and societies? Which life forms profited and which suffered under its intended and unintended effects?

How can we contribute to the further development of mobility education towards a more comprehensive and transformative approach?

Chemicals have a negative reputation in the environmental discourse, sometimes they are even considered unnatural. But what does that mean, and how does it influence the way we perceive chemicals in our everyday lives?

Textual Framing and Research Bias in Current Economic Research” is a social sciences research project working under the interdisciplinary umbrella of the environmental humanities that seeks to scrutinise how frames influence and possibly distort the outcome of economic research on the environment. It works with economic research published between 2016 and today in top-ranked academic journals, such as Ecological Economics and Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Technological progress promised to free us from daily work and ecological unpredictability. Exactly the opposite seems to have happened. What went wrong? And: can we regain control?

In the novels of Richard Powers there is no culture without nature, the choir of voices within creates a mosaic as complex as life.

Planting native species has the potential to transform forest practices. But how can alliances be built between science, governments, and communities to establish sustainable reforestation sites?

Transformation movements risk not adequately addressing the pressing social problems of our time. How can we make sure that those who have only been talked about are being heard?

My project aims to understand the aesthetics of contemporary landscapes by bringing together both theoretical and descriptive aesthetics and environmental artistic practises.

Political and Social Ecologies of Cooperative Housing Practices in Munich and Vienna

How do we tell the stories of the land through the struggle and resistance of its inhabitants? How should one belong to and empathize with an environment that is not pristine and green? How should we reimagine our intimacy with violated environments?

An ethnographic inquiry into how two historical collections of drill core samples are written into contemporary climate discourses related to the underground.

Subsidies are assumed to be good for farmers and agriculture but is this issue that straightforward? What is the cost of cheap food, and how is it paid for by the whole society and the environment? This research investigates the untold story of subsidies and their impact on human and environmental relations.

My project aims to yoke together ecocritical thinking, new materialism, and animist philosophy as critical approaches to reading contemporary Anthropocene poetries with an emphasis on text-world relations.