Environment and Space
The most recent domain in our portfolio is environment and space, in their broadest senses. On the one hand we examine the environmental life sciences, studying climate, crop and soil sciences, and important issues such as (micro)plastic pollution. Environment also means engaging with disasters, such as the post-Fukushima period. On the other hand, space is an emerging topic. Space and the making of space are here understood in at least two ways. Concretely we are currently focusing on specific aspects of smart cities as a space of sociotechnical reconfiguration, on the making of space through digital bordering as well as on outer space and the institutions researching it (e.g. European Space Agency).
People
Esther Dessewffy | Ruth Falkenberg | Ulrike Felt | Max Fochler |
Nina Klimburg-Witjes | Robin Rae | Andrea Schikowitz | Pouya Sepehr |
Lisa Sigl | Virginia Vargolskaia |
Projects
- FutureArctic: A glimpse into the Arctic future: equipping a unique natural experiment for next-generation ecosystem research;
- Making Europe through and for its research infrastructures (METAFORIS);
- Platform PLENTY;
- Valuing, Being, Knowing. Understanding the entanglements of valuation practices and subjectification processes in life science research.