Guest Researcher Anna Clot-Garrell holds a PhD in Sociology and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for the Study of Culture, Politics & Society (CECUPS), Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona. Her current research focuses on socio-ecological transformations, integrating social theory with grounded qualitative methodologies. Over the past five years, Anna has led…
Research Affiliate Dr. Tatiana González Grandon is the Associate Academic Officer of Energy at the United Nations University in Bonn. Additionally, she holds the position of Senior Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Dr. González Grandon earned her PhD in applied mathematics from Humboldt University Berlin, supported by a DFG excellence…
Guest Researcher Samir Harb’s project focuses on the political ecology of cement production and its socio-ecological networks. By studying the multi-scalar relationships associated with cement production, he attempts to investigate How cement becomes a key agent in constituting new poltical and geographic imaginaries. His research project explores the environmental impact of cement production, with a…
Guest Researcher Tomás Usón joined IRI THESys in October 2018 as a PhD researcher to work on practices of memory and anticipation amid climatic and seismic disasters. With his research he aims to understand how different actors remember and anticipate extreme events and the consequences that those diverse practices have in the creation of past…
Guest Researcher Krystin Unverzagt is a guest researcher at IRI THESys. She concluded her PhD at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2024. After obtaining a B.A. in “Politics and Society” from the University of Bonn, Germany, she graduated in “Science, Technology and Society” (M.Sc.) from University College London (UCL). Before joining IRI THESys, Krystin worked in…
Guest Researcher Beril Ocaklı is a research associate at the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS). As a critical geographer and institutional economist, she follows discourses and practices of modernity, governance and development through extractive infrastructure projects, above and below ground, along corridors and roads, in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. She…