I am Somaieh Samimi, a PhD student in environmental science from Iran. The field I am interested in is political ecology. The role of power at any scale in access and environmental justice fascinates me. Injustice in the distribution of natural resources, as well as recently, injustice in the distribution of the consequences of excessive consumption of resources such as fossil fuels, is an issue that must be addressed on a global scale. Countries – and within countries, peripheral regions – are being depleted and are often exposed to natural disasters of human origin. This injustice becomes a gap that widens the distance between people in every field. Here and throughout my research, I am looking for a mechanism to bridge this gap and turn injustice into justice.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Iran and East Asia

Colin von Negenborn ist Postdoktorand an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, wo er am Philosophischen Seminar und am Walther-Schücking Institut für Internationales Recht forscht. Nach einem Studium der Physik (ETH Zürich) promovierte er in Volkswirtschaftslehre (HU Berlin). In seiner Dissertation befasste er sich mit der Methodik des Mechanismusdesigns, einem Teilgebiet der Spieltheorie. Die Sprache der Spieltheorie verwendet er nun in der Philosophie, wo er sich mit Fragen prozeduraler Gerechtigkeit beschäftigt: Wie können Abstimmungsverfahren und Entscheidungsprozesse „fair“ gestaltet werden?

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Researcher in the Department of Media Technology at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg and is a PhD candidate at Leuphana University, Lüneburg. She is currently working on the North Sea Region Interreg research project DARKER SKY. The project’s overall aim is to reduce light pollution, thereby increasing biodiversity and ecological connectivity in the North Sea Region. Within the project, Anna’s research focuses on the integration of more-than-human participatory design approaches into planning processes. In her dissertation she applies enactive cognitive science, ecological psychology and posthumanist theories to explore a more environmentally-just approach to lighting in public space.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Hamburg/Flensburg