About
This is a blog, crossposting all input to the Fediverse (Mastodon and Pixelfed), Bluesky, and LinkedIn. And it is my archive plus portfolio website. I embrace the POSSE mode of blogging. Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere.
Jump directly to my CV for more information. Or explore my work experience through the portfolio.
I’m an academic with a PhD in Sociology, so here is an argument.
In interdisciplinary research, we have merely begun penetrating the materiality of the social, the flows, attachments, addictions, discards. My research focus lies on the material politics of socio-ecological transitions, and I have experience in studying global recycling networks, energy transitions and sustainability measures. I want to put a focus on all things planetary.
My background is in sociology, and I published widely on relational approaches in Science and Technology Studies, on economic sociology, digital methods, and interdisciplinary discussions in waste, energy and valuation studies as well as consumer issues, for example through the lens of human-animal relations.
Planetary Lens
This website is an example of a (minimal) intervention into planetary politics: plugging into the low-carbon setup of Hugo and deploying my contributions across social media with a careful selection. Here, I try to push Hugo to be as efficient and leight-weight as possible while owning my archive.
In general, my goal is to conduct sustainable and careful research and to cultivate a different kind of science. This includes both reflecting on the planetary impact of one’s research and valuing open and free methods and forms of publication. My work appears primarily, though not exclusively, in open publications, such as Science & Technology Studies, Valuation Studies, the Austrian Journal of Development Policy, ephemera, and Cultural Studies Review.