Projects
Analytical traceability of lithium raw materials
Evaluation of the analytical possibilities to ensure the traceability of mineral lithium raw materials and thereby secure a sustainable supply of raw materials
Educational work in rural areas as enabler of participation in structural change
Educational work in rural areas as enabler of participation in structural changeJust Transitions, Educational and Participation Opportunities for Children, Youth, and Adults How can community-based educational work contribute to shaping structural change? The...
More-than-human geographies of transformation: Hydropolitical spaces of contamination in and around Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Eastern Germany)
How are water, pollutants, and industrial legacies in the Bitterfeld-Wolfen region politically, ecologically, and socially negotiated, and how do these negotiations shape the transformation of hydropolitical spaces?
Between Marginalization and Emancipation: Negotiations of Belonging and “Being Eastern German” in the Transformations of Southern Saxony-Anhalt
How are “being Eastern German” and belonging locally interpreted, experienced, and renegotiated in southern Saxony-Anhalt under conditions of structural change?
Animals, Power, and Space: More-than-Human Political Geographies of Animal Health
How are borders produced, legitimized, shifted, or contested in the context of the management of animal health? This research project examines more-than-human governance practices as they emerge through the management of infectious animal diseases, such as African swine fever and avian influenza.
Postmigrant Perspectives on Just Transition: Transforming Care and Health in Eastern Germany
How are care and health negotiated in peripheral regions of southern Saxony-Anhalt in the course of a just transition, and what role do migration, as well as migration-related expectations and narratives, play in this process?
Energy transition below ground? Subterranean Geographies of Transformation and the Geothermal Use of Mine Water in Mansfeld-Südharz
How is subterranean mine water negotiated, regulated, and valorized for geothermal use within contemporary debates on energy transitions in eastern Germany? This project investigates how energy transitions unfold “below ground,” while simultaneously illuminating the contested political negotiations and more-than-human relations that take shape “above ground.”
Legal research on open-source hardware and standardization
Close gaps between Open-Source technologies and legal questions
Pilot Lab Educational Innovation in Rural Areas
How can lifelong learning succeed in rural areas? The pilot lab develops solutions to make better use of existing educational infrastructures in Mansfeld-Südharz through local networks and innovative formats.
Lab-Launch-Space – Innovation Hub for Digital Legal and Administrative Expertise in the Region
In our 200 m² lab launch space in Halle, we offer four flexible workspaces that can be individually adapted to different needs.