Martin Gubsch

Associate Fellow

Martin Gubsch is an Associate Fellow in PRIF’s Research Depart­ment Glocal Junctions. His research focuses on climate change, environ­mental move­ments and trans­formations of rural space in Colombia.

Martin Gubsch
gubsch(at)prif.org
 Press photo

CV

| since 2025
Associate Fellow at PRIF

| 2021–2025
Doctoral Researcher at PRIF

| 2018
Internship, German-Colombian Peace Institute (CAPAZ)

| 2016–2020
Master of Arts – Latin American Studies, University of Hamburg

| 2012–2015
Bachelor of Arts – Social and Cultural Anthropo­logy, University of Vienna

Highlights

Resisting Energy Transition?

[Translate to Englisch:] New PRIF Spotlight sheds light on the protests in La Guajira, Colombia.

Making Projects Work

A wind turbine stands in a barren landscape, in front of it is a sign that reads “Parque eólico Jepírachi”. New PRIF Report on conflicts and participation processes in the construction of wind parks in La Guajira, Colombia

Publications

  • Making Projects Work
    | 2025
    Gubsch, Martin (2025): Making Projects Work. Conflict and Participatory Processes in Wind Park Construction in La Guajira, Colombia, PRIF Report, 1, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2501
    ISBN: 978-3-946459-99-6
  • Resisting Energy Transition? Understanding Roadblocks in Northern Colombia
    | 2024
    Gubsch, Martin; García Conejero, Elena (2024): Resisting Energy Transition? Understanding Roadblocks in Northern Colombia, PRIF Spotlight, 4, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2404
  • Protests Against New Fracking Projects in Colombia
    | 2021
    Gubsch, Martin (2021): Protests Against New Fracking Projects in Colombia, PRIF Blog.
    Publication

Further Activities

| 2021–2023
Co-Speaker of PRIF's Postgraduate Colloquium