Dr. Elisabeth Heyne

Scientist / (Senior) Scientist

Elisabeth.Heyne@mfn.berlin+49 0 30 889 140 - 8448
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Public Science

I develop and lead participatory research projects on the Anthropocene in the context of natural history collections. The aim is to bring together different voices from society, science and politics on man-made environmental changes and to make them heard in public debates about current and local ecological issues - for example the water situation in Berlin and Brandenburg. I am also particularly interested in the cultural, media and political dimensions of collecting in the past, present and future.

I am part of the research areas and working groups:
Human-nature relationships in the Anthropocene

Project(s)

  • Third-Party Funded Project

    Mind the Water: Voices from Berlin and Brandenburg

    Views and perspectives from the public on water-related change are being gathered in Berlin and Brandenburg to raise awareness among people about the future of one of their most important resources.

  • Third-Party Funded Project

    Changing Perspectives

    Understanding Our Relationship with Nature, Acting Together

Further information

Networks - Member of the DFG research network “Energy and Literature” - Member of the “Natural Knowledge Network” Knowledge transfer in radio and podcasts Chickens, coal, nuclear power plants. Is there an East German Anthropocene? Deutschlandfunk “Essay and Discourse”, together with Alexander Wagner, June 16, 2024. Anthropocene: The responsibility is ours. “Beats & Bones” podcast from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, together with Mira Witte, July 3rd, 2022. Entering the Anthropocene #1: Man and Nature. Live podcast with Kira Vinke, Elisabeth Heyne, moderation: Fritz Habekuß, Urania Berlin, October 14, 2022. Science and activism, podcast with Patrick Eiden-Offe (ZfL) and Judith Nora Hardt (Centre Marc Bloch) in the BR50 Podcast: Berlin Research – Research in Berlin. Episode #08. Chambers of Wonders of the Anthropocene, podcast of the cultural studies journal, with Prof. Marina Münkler and Prof. Lars Koch, September 2021.

Publications

Heyne, E., Kaiser, K., Kilbourne, B., von Oheimb, P.V., von Oheimb, K.C.M., von Rintelen, T., Lentge-Maaß, N., Heumann, I., Schwarz, D., Berger, F., Quaisser, C., Ohl, M., Hoffmann, A., Bilder von: Wolff, E. (2025). 1.2 Sammlung, Forschung und die Zukunft des Sammelns. In Kaiser, K., Heumann, I. (Hrsg.), Umgang mit kolonialen Objekten der Naturkunde: Empfehlungen, Objekte, Reflexionen (1. Auflage, 46-63). Dresden: Sandstein Kultur. URL: https://www.sandstein-kultur.de/shop/umgang-mit-kolonialen-objekten-der-naturkunde

Tovote, J., Heyne, E., Sevcik, J., Eichenauer, E. (2023). [Lehrmaterial:] Wie hat sich deine Umwelt verändert? Interaktive Lehr- und Lernmaterialien zu menschengemachten Umweltveränderungen und persönlicher Wahrnehmung für die 9. –13. Klasse. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15806989Open Access

Gess, N., Heyne, E. (2024). Exotismus/Primitivismus. In Lickhardt, M., Krause, R. (Hrsg.), Handbuch Weimarer Republik (283-288). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05951-2_32

Heyne, E., Wagner, A. (2024). Der Kletterpilz am Ende der Welt. Kindheiten in der Folgelandschaft. In Baumgarten, P., Kohout, A. (Hrsg.), Ostflimmern. Wir Wende-Millennials (152-171). Halle (Saale): Mitteldeutscher Verlag.

Heyne, E., Weißpflug, M., Sturm, U. (2024). Participatory practices and transforming environmental research in the Anthropocene. Environmental Science & Policy, 153, 103655. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103655Open Access

Heyne, E., Tovote, J. (2025). Zur Politik naturkundlichen Sammelns im Anthropozän: Eine partizipative Sammlung in Deutschland und Frankreich. In Blanco Mayor, J.M., Dettke, J., Lehnert, J. (Hrsg.), Lettre (1, 241-264). Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839471821-015Open Access

Heyne, E., Desplain, A. (2025). Histoires de nature, une collection participative sur les changements environnementaux: Vers un patrimoine citoyen ?. In Situ - Revue des patrimoines, 56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/14rrfOpen Access

Heyne, E., Desplain, A. (2025). Histoires de nature : un partenariat franco-allemand des museums de Paris et Berlin pour une collection participative expérimentale. In Turcati, L., Villarroel Parada, A. (Hrsg.), Faire Science Ensemble: retours d’expériences de sciences & recherches participatives (155 - 164). Sorbonne Université Presses. URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/documents/en/tdm_hc52.pdf

Heyne, E. (2025). Überlegungen zu einem „Ostdeutschen Anthropozän“: Braunkohle, Literatur, Lausitz. In Villinger, A. (Hrsg.), Fossile Fiktionen (235-252). Brill. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846768495_014

Heyne, E., mediarep.org (2025). Fog in the cabinet of curiosities. Exhibiting the AnthropoceneDer Nebel in der Wunderkammer. Zur Natur der Dinge im Anthropozän. Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 17(1), 141-154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25969/MEDIAREP/23736Open Access