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Team Leader Research Group Leader at the European Centre of Just Transition Research and Impact Driven Transfer (JTC) at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg<\/p>\n Research associate at the Institute of Geography at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Working Group “Cultural, Political and Digital Geograpies”<\/p>\n Promotion\/funding by the \u201cEmerging Talents\u201d (ETI) program of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg\u201d<\/p>\n Scientific consulting in the context of municipal sustainability policies and digital education: developing digital app-based city tours on the \u201cSustainable Development Goals\u201d (cooperation with the City of Erlangen)<\/p>\n PhD in Geography (University of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg)<\/p>\n Involvement in the DFG-project “Configurations of Islam and Muslims at the local level in Germany”<\/p>\n Involvement in the DFG-funded scientific network \u201cHuman geography research perspectives after the \u2018practice turn\u2019 in the social sciences\u201d<\/p>\n Master of Science in Cultural Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<\/p>\n Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Geography, Sociology and Anglistics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Further information” open_toggle_text_color=”#2e2e2e” open_toggle_background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” closed_toggle_background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” icon_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” open_icon_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” admin_label=”More Info” module_class=”weiterlesen” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#2e2e2e” custom_padding=”|0px||0px|false|false” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Dr. Jan Winkler is a human geographer currently leading a research group at the “European Centre of Just Transition Research and Impact Driven Transfer” (and at the Departement of Geography) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. In his research, Jan Winkler deals with questions of diversity and difference, with the emotional-affective dimensions of climate political conflicts, and with broader qurestions of social transformation.<\/p>\n Moreover, he is currently (co-)leading a funded research project on “Urban Geographies of Loss in the Context of Socio-Ecological Transformation”. an Winkler conducted interdisciplinary seminars and excursions in cooperation with the Center for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE) in Erlangen, and was part of teaching cooperations with the Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) in Osnabr\u00fcck.<\/p>\n Between 2016 and 2020 he worked in a DFG funded project on local negotiations of Muslim identities, and between 2016 and 2019 he was an official member of the DFG-funded scientific network \u201cHuman Geographical Research Perspectives after the \u2018practice turn\u2019 in the social sciences\u201d.<\/p>\n Jan Winkler was selected for the “Emerging Talents” research support initiative of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2024 and was selected for the 2023 “UK-German Frontiers of Humanities Symposium” organized by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation and the British Academy.<\/p>\n He published in international geographical journals, is first editor of the anthology “Interreligious Encounters in Europe: Sites, Materialities and Practices” (published with Routledge in 2023), wrote reviews for “Geographische Zeitschrift”, “Berichte – Geographie und Landeskunde”, “Geographica Helvetica” and “sub\/urban”, and he was managing director of the “Fr\u00e4nkische Geographische Gesellschaft e.V.” for several years until 2025.<\/p>\n Co-PI of a research project funded by the \u201cBundesverband Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung – vhw\u201d on experiences and emotions of loss in the context of socio-ecological transformations in cities (one year, 1 scientific position included). A collaboration with Prof. Simon Runkel, Social Geography, Jena.<\/p>\n Research project “Migration Society and the Climate Crisis” on the role of (post-)migrant actors within the fields of climate policy and climate protection; funded and supported by the Emerging Talents Program of the University of Erlangen<\/p>\n Funding from the Dr. Hertha and Helmut Schmauser Foundation for empirical research on the emotionality of climate activism (together with Prof. Boris Michel).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”projekte-teaser” admin_label=”Spalte Projekte” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”on|tablet”][et_pb_text admin_label=”H2″ _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]
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