Marius Hübler is a PhD student within the working group of Silja Klepp at the Geography Department of Kiel University. With an interdisciplinary background in sustainability sciences and international economics, his main research interests are socio-ecological transformation processes, (economic) growth independent development models and structural possibilities to foster pathways towards climate justice and a ‘good life for all’. His PhD project investigates the current and potential role of sufficiency and degrowth approaches in municipal climate protection and regional development within rural regions in Schleswig-Holstein. With long-year experiences in hands-on sustainability education, he is keen in experimenting with transformative, participatory research methods.

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A transdisciplinary artist, educator, and consultant working in video, installation, performance, and collaboration, Curry centers environmental, economic, political and gender structures. Curry’s research-based practice frames her projects with the diverse location-specific narratives that link non-conventional methods of research and activism. Extending into the areas of urban planning and design, developing projects in collaboration with the communities her work resides, the engagements and interactions generated form deeply personal, dynamic, thought-provoking experiences and concepts.

Laura has conducted projects in North and South America, Europe and the Caribbean, and has been exhibited internationally.

Human geographer and Senior Scientist at the Institute of Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU University Vienna, Austria. His current research examines energy transitions through the lenses of energy geographies, political ecology, multidimensional justice, and multi-level governance, with a focus on contested land–energy relations across rural and urban contexts. He combines qualitative and mixed-methods approaches with knowledge co-creation and participatory research, working at the interface of academia, policy, and civil society.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Europe, Latin America

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{:en}Judith Bopp is a human geographer with a particular interest in organic farming practices and the interrelations among food, health, and ecology. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC). In her research project, “Fostering the Health–Nutrition–Ecology Nexus: Organic Farming Practices and Household Resilience in Rural Thailand,” she investigates how rural smallholder households strengthen their resilience to overlapping socioecological crises through the adoption of organic farming practices.

With a background in linguistics, she also has a strong interest in the field of ecolinguistics. Ecolinguistic analysis is used to identify ecologically destructive discourses and to help shape “eco-positive” narratives for more sustainable ways of living (see Ecolinguistics course).

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Thailand, Myanmar, Southern India

Latest publication: Local Notions of Alternative Practices: Organic Food Movements in Bangkok, Thailand and Chennai, India

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Konrad Ott endeavours in research and teaching to impart the competence of philosophical reflection, the achievements of ethical justification and orientation, such as empirical facts in the environmental field. His philosophical focus is on discourse ethics, environmental ethics, theories of justice, sustainability, ethical aspects of climate change, nature conservation reasons and the normative foundations of environmental policy. During his academic career, Ott worked mainly in a transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary manner. Between 2012 and 2018 he was involved in a number of research networks at the University of Kiel, for example in the excellence initiatives «Future Ocean Sustainability» and «Roots«. Konrad Ott’s current research interests concern a socio-theoretical foundation of environmental ethics and sustainability.

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Country/Region of interest/research focus: OECD, global North

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