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.
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.
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.
