Silke Oldenburg is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She is the PI of the research project “Space, Agency and Climate Change in a Contested Urban Landscape: Exploring Urban Environmental Futures in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia”, funded by the Leading House of the Latin American Region, Switzerland. She integrates critical urban theory approaches with political ecology and is passionate about the untold stories within environmental politics. Her recent ethnographic focus is on wetlands and the entanglements of race, ecology and socio-spatial inequalities in mangrove restoration in Cartagena de Indias, a city on the Colombian Caribbean coast.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Cartagena de Indias, Colombian Caribbean and Goma, Eastern DR Congo

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Experienced professional with a strong background in geophysics and geological sciences, demonstrating analytical skills and technical expertise in geospatial analysis, advanced GIS methodologies, 3-component seismic data processing, and borehole microresistivity image interpretation for improved reservoir evaluation and well positioning.

Currently studying remote sensing at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), focusing on utilizing satellite data to assess environmental challenges, such as air quality after wildfires and dust events. This path reflects a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability, combining self-directed learning with formal training to apply remote sensing technologies for enhanced environmental monitoring and support informed decision-making for sustainable practices.

Parallel to a career in geophysics, she is also an accomplished artist. Her work spans abstract and figurative expressionism in painting, with participation in 57 art exhibitions, both domestically and internationally, drawing inspiration from German and Mexican cultures to inform her artistic creations.

Country/Region of interest/research focus: Mexico and Germany.

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