Humans and environment: How serious is their domestic crisis?
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| Admission: 5 EUR / 2,5 EUR reduced |
| Info: Following the event, there will be the opportunity for an exclusive visit to the exhibition "After Nature" in the Humboldt Laboratory |
| Suitable for: 16 years and older |
| Which languages: German |
| Accessibility: Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Venue: Hall 1, Ground Floor |
What does Berlin’s groundwater level reveal about city life over the past 150 years? How do people in Peru remember disasters they have experienced, and how do they prepare for future flash floods? Why are rainforests being cleared, and what are the consequences for the environment and climate? And: Why are all these questions best answered by an interdisciplinary approach?
Researchers at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) look at the complicated relationship between humans and the environment from different disciplines. For example, remote sensing specialists analyse satellite data from space, while hydrogeologists find their research data primarily underground, and field researchers of many disciplines travel to places that are particularly affected by environmental and climate change. Research at an inter- and transdisciplinary institute allows for a holistic perspective.
This evening, a geographer, a hydrogeologist and an anthropologist will give an insight into their work.
Following the event, there will be the opportunity for an exclusive visit to the exhibition “After Nature” in the Humboldt Laboratory.
Contributors
is deputy director and co-founder of the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) and head of the Earth Observation Lab at the Institute of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. As a remote sensing scientist, he researches change in global land use by analysing satellite data.
is a postdoctoral researcher at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) at HU Berlin. She is a hydrogeologist and researches the relationship between groundwater and society. Together with historian Timothy Moss, she has studied the last 150 years of groundwater fluctuations in Berlin.
is a sociologist, geographer, and anthropologist who obtains his research data from interviews, participant observation, and historical documents. As a PhD student at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) at HU Berlin, he studies practices of remembering and anticipation in the midst of climate and earthquake disasters in Peru.
is full of questions and will be the moderator of the series. Along with Robert Skuppin, Wieprecht moderated Die schöne Sendung and Der schöne Morgen, among others, on Radio 1 from 1997 to 2011 and since 2019, he can be seen on the RBB Abendschau.