With their digital tour of Berlin’s infrastructure history, science communications expert Pauline Münch and historian Timothy Moss have won this year’s Conrad-Matschoß Prize in the category “popular science”. The prize was awarded on 28 September 2023 by the VDI (German Association of Engineers). The Conrad-Matschoß-Prize is given every other year for outstanding contributions to the…
On 09 November 2023, the philosopher Prof. Kirsten Meyer will give a KOSMOS-Lesung on the topic of intergenerational justice. She will explore the question of what responsibility we have towards future generations when it comes to climate change. Responsibility towards future generations in the context of climate change 09.11.2023, 19.00-20.30 Uhr HU Berlin, Unter den…
Since 2015, the IRI THESys has been awarding prizes for excellent Bachelor and Master theses in the field of human-environmental research. Now, all bachelor and master graduates of HU Berlin are again invited to apply for our THESys Award! Applications can be submitted during the application period from 15 September to 15 November 2023. Who…
In a new publication, THESys researchers Cristián Flores Fernández and Rossella Alba analyze how different legal interpretations and definitions of water shape the regulation, governance and assessment of the socioecological impacts of lithium mining in Chilean salt flats. Not easy to say: water or mineral resources? Chile is the second biggest producers and exporters of…
On 20 September 2023, Margreet Zwarteveen (IHE Delft & University of Amsterdam) and Tobias Krüger (HU Berlin) will talk about hydrological modelling, critical water research and interdisciplinary collaborations in a public evening conversation at the Grimm-Zentrum of HU Berlin. Is hydrological modelling political? 20 September 2023, 19.00-20.30 HU Berlin, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 3, 10117 Berlin, Auditorium…
In the summer semester, no less than 4 members of the THESys Graduate Program successfully completed their doctorates! Congratulations to Sascha Miguel Cornejo Puschner, Hoseung Jung, Ingrid Schulte, and Emily Theokritoff! Completed PhD projects Sascha Miguel Cornejo Puschner: Nature/culture relations in environmental conflicts in regard to mining extractivism in the north of Chile (region of…
IRI THESys offers completion scholarships and pre-doc scholarships! Application deadline is 24th July 2023. 1. THESys Completion Scholarships THESys completion scholarships are intended to enable doctoral students of the THESys Graduate Program to complete their doctorate. The guidelines for applications for completion scholarships can be found PDF. 2. THESys Pre-doc Scholarships THESys pre-doc scholarships are…
THESys doctoral researcher Marvin Heine has published his master’s thesis under the title “Resonant Fabrics: Listening to Urban Worlds”. “Resonant Fabric”, published by ‘transcript’ and with a foreword by THESys member Prof. Ignacio Farías, is an exploration and celebration of urban sense- and soundscapes as they shape and are shaped by urban cultures and particular…
From June 15-16, 2023, the IRI THESys celebrated its 10th anniversary at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. A good occasion for big questions: How did we actually become who we are? Where do we stand today? And what should be the future of transformative and of transformation research at HU Berlin? The results of these reflections were…
In her inaugural lecture, the cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke gives an overview about the history of the fossil fueled electricity system and highlights its relationship to the refrigerator. Refrigerator as Linchpin: A Brief History of the Fossil Fueled Electricity System 30 June 2023, 13.15-14.45 Hybrid: IRI THESys, Rudower Chaussee 12B, 12489 Berlin, room 3.25 or…
