PhD Workshop of the Leibniz Research Network CrisEn

Deadline for submissions on November 17, 2024

The Leibniz Research Network “Environ­mental Crises – Crisis Environments” (CrisEn) is dedicated to the re­search of the percep­tion and governance of environ­mental changes as crisis. A key to detect a crisis and to initiate political crisis manage­ment is the percep­tion of a threat as urgent, existential, and uncertain in its conse­quences. Taking this as a vantage point, the Leibniz Research Network examines under which condi­tions environ­mental change is perceived and contested as crisis, and which governance arrange­ments foster effective and sustain­able crisis manage­ment.

The partici­pants of the PhD Workshop will be doctoral students from various disci­plinary back­grounds, possibly addressing the issue of attri­buting environ­mental changes as crises or of dealing with acute and latent challenges during polycrisis in their own doctoral project. The work­shop provides an opportunity for the partici­pants to present their research, formu­late questions and develop ideas in a work­shop format. Guided by high level academic tutors, they share research ideas, findings and concerns in an informal atmos­phere. Submis­sions by doctoral students from within and outside the Leibniz Associ­ation are equally welcome. The main con­ference language will be English.

When: Thursday, 12 December 2024, 1 pm – Friday, 13 December 2024, 1 pm

Where: PRIF Berlin Office, Leibniz-Gemein­schaft, Chaus­see­straße 111, 10115 Berlin

Please send your sub­mission (at least an extended abstract, ideally a full draft paper, in German or English) and a short CV (maxi­mum two pages) in PDF format by email to bannan-fischer(at)prif.org by Novem­ber 17, 2024. Decisions will be communi­cated by end of November 2024. If eligible, participants will be awarded an allowance for travel and accom­modation expenses by the Leibniz Research Network CrisEn.

Senior Discussants

  • Tilman Brück, Work­shop Chair, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Orna­mental Crops (IGZ)
  • Patrick Flamm, PRIF
  • Kathleen Hermans, Leibniz Institute of Agri­cultural Develop­ment in Transition Economies (IAMO)
  • Stefan Kroll, PRIF
  • Katha­rina Löhr, Leibniz Centre for Agri­cultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

Further information on the tentative program and submission form can be seen on the CrisEn website.