About

I am currently completing the M.Sc. Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security at the University of Galway, Ireland. I hold a B.A. in Political Sciences and English & American Studies from the University of Freiburg, Germany. My B.A. thesis discussed the impacts of food insecurity on political stability in states of the so-called Global South, a topic which I inevitably found to be linked to processes set in motion by climate change. From there on, I wanted to systematically deepen my knowledge on climate change and its socioeconomic as well as political consequences. I am passionate about topics such as climate change adaptation, particularly in the context of smallholder farming, climate change policy-making and climate justice. More recently, I handed in my M.Sc. thesis on climate-related migration and the climate-security-migration nexus in the Central American Dry Corridor. The thesis is intended to be published in conjuncture with the FOCUS Climate Security division of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

Adding to that, I work as a researcher for the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK), contributing to the annually published Conflict Barometer, which contains quantitative and qualitative information on violent and non-violent conflicts worldwide. The linkages between climate change and violent conflict, though often indirect, are increasingly observable. I have been directly responsible for various conflicts in Honduras, El Salvador, and Bolivia, and have published brief conflict reports and collected relevant data.

Having completed various internships in the media sector, I have my strengths in text and media production, both scientific as well as journalistic. Visualisation of data and complicated interrelationships is among my skills I enjoy most. Most preferably, I am working on topics concerned with climate change, food security, and its numerous implications for politics, society, and economy. After all, current global developments make all this a depressing challenge – but a nonetheless crucially important one. Getting the information to everyone, regardless of their viewpoint on climate change, is and will remain to be the groundwork for action.