Undergoing Structural Change<\/a><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ admin_label=”Spalte Inhalt” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/jtc.uni-halle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/b8573.webp” alt=”Portrait Dr. Jan Winkler, Forschungsgruppenleiter Team A1″ title_text=”Gregory Gan, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Team A3, Foto: JTC | Markus Scholz” disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”Portraitfoto” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii=”on|18px|18px|18px|18px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Vita & Projects section” module_class=”relaunch” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” transform_scale_tablet=”” transform_scale_phone=”” transform_scale_last_edited=”on|tablet” transform_translate_tablet=”” transform_translate_phone=”” transform_translate_last_edited=”on|tablet” transform_translate_linked_tablet=”off” transform_rotate_tablet=”” transform_rotate_phone=”” transform_rotate_last_edited=”on|tablet” transform_skew_tablet=”” transform_skew_phone=”” transform_skew_last_edited=”on|tablet” transform_origin_tablet=”” transform_origin_phone=”” transform_origin_last_edited=”on|tablet” transform_styles_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_margin=”4rem||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”3rem||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”||2rem||false|false” transform_styles_tablet=”” transform_styles_phone=”” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”96%” width_tablet=”90%” width_phone=”90%” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”1440px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ module_class=”vita” admin_label=”Spalte Vita” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”|3rem||3rem|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”3rem|2rem|2rem|2rem|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”3rem|2rem||2rem|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” border_radii=”on|18px|18px|18px|18px” border_color_all=”#2e2e2e” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”on|tablet”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Vita” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Vita<\/h2>\n07\/2025<\/h3>\n
Launch of JTC_Oak: Open Academic Network<\/p>\n
Just Transition Network<\/a>
This map displays researchers and their work on structural change all over Europe and in part worldwide. The map is constantly updated.<\/p>\nSince 2025<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate with JTC<\/p>\n
2023-2024<\/h3>\n
Fellow at Leibniz ScienceCampus \u00abEastern Europe – Global Area\u00bb (EEGA)<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate at SFB 1171: \u201cAffective Societies,\u201d Freie Universit\u00e4t<\/p>\n
2021-2023<\/h3>\n
Linking Art Worlds. Junior fellow in traveling research seminars<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral fellow with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada<\/p>\n
2020<\/h3>\n
Artist Residency Kunstnarhuset Messen. \u00c5lvik, Norway<\/p>\n
2019<\/h3>\n
Doctorate, Anthroplogy. 19.05.2019, Supervised by Prof. Alexia Bloch, The University of British Columbia, Canada. Public Scholar; Liu Scholar.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Gregory Gan conducts visual anthropology research on postsocialist urban environments<\/strong>, especially in the context of art, architecture, and the production of affect amongst Germany’s postmigrant society. Gregory is also a visual anthropologist and watercolour artist<\/strong>, teaching and practicing all aspects of visual anthropological film production. Currently, Gregory is a postdoctoral researcher with the European Center of Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer (JTC) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, working to foster an academic exchange amongst scholars examining Just Transition themes. He is also carrying out visual anthropology research in Halle-Neustadt<\/strong>, a socialist-planned city of “chemical workers” in former East Germany.<\/p>\n2021-2024<\/h3>\n
Russia\u2019s full-scale war in Ukraine prompted scholars working in Eastern Europe and former CIS countries to re-evaluate the links between Soviet authoritarian ideology and the present day political and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine. Gregory approached this challenge by investigating the affective afterlives of socialism<\/strong>, considering how socialist ideology persists through aesthetic and social attachments. He developed this research as a guest Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong> with \u201cLeibniz ScienceCampus EEGA: Eastern Europe \u2013 Global Area,\u201d and as a Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong> at SFB1171: \u201cAffective Societies,\u201d Freie Universit\u00e4t (2023-2024). Gregory has been awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship as the highest-scoring candidate of his cohort, which he also held at SFB1171 (2021-2023) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Birgitt R\u00f6ttger-R\u00f6ssler. In addition to academic publications, Gregory\u2019s postdoctoral research resulted in the production of a feature-length, animated ethnographic film<\/strong>, \u201cEmpathy for Concrete Things\u201d (2023), which has screened at international film festivals.<\/p>\nDissertation<\/h3>\n
In his doctoral research, Gregory has contributed to the wider understanding of Russian-speaking transnational migrants in Berlin, Paris, New York by investigating how symbolic meanings migrants attach to material culture shift<\/strong> with new transcultural experiences and understandings. As part of his PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Alexia Bloch, Gregory created a multimodal installation<\/strong> titled \u201cStill Life with a Suitcase,\u201d which was recognized by the Public Scholar Award at the University of British Columbia, and received an Outstanding Graduating Student Award by the Canadian Anthropology Society. The artwork developed as part of this research received First Prize in the Mobility Category from the Centre of Migration Studies at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\nEducation<\/h3>\n
In his MA research at Memorial University of Newfoundland under supervision of Prof. Sharon Roseman, Gregory investigated how women of the Russian intelligentsia navigate the transition to postsocialism<\/strong>. This work resulted in the production of a feature ethnographic film<\/strong> \u201cTurning Back the Waves\u201d (2010, 96 minutes). Gregory received training in ethnographic film at Toronto Metropolitan University (2007), the Digital Research Centre for Qualitative Fieldwork (2008-2010), and SoundImageCulture (2010) a nine-month master class in ethnographic filmmaking, which resulted in the production of \u201cThe Theory of Happiness\u201d (2014, 82 minutes), nominated for Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs International Film Festival.<\/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
Projects<\/h2>\n
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JTC_Oak: Open academic network<\/a><\/h3>We are building an international research network of scholars working on Just Transition themes. We hope to connect research communities to promote academic exchange and cooperation.<\/div>![\"Screenshot](\"https:\/\/jtc.uni-halle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jtc-team-a3-project-map-just-transition-network.webp\")
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07\/2025<\/h3>\n
This map displays researchers and their work on structural change all over Europe and in part worldwide. The map is constantly updated.<\/p>\n
Since 2025<\/h3>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate with JTC<\/p>\n
2023-2024<\/h3>\n
Fellow at Leibniz ScienceCampus \u00abEastern Europe – Global Area\u00bb (EEGA)<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate at SFB 1171: \u201cAffective Societies,\u201d Freie Universit\u00e4t<\/p>\n
2021-2023<\/h3>\n
Linking Art Worlds. Junior fellow in traveling research seminars<\/p>\n
Postdoctoral fellow with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada<\/p>\n
2020<\/h3>\n
Artist Residency Kunstnarhuset Messen. \u00c5lvik, Norway<\/p>\n
2019<\/h3>\n
Doctorate, Anthroplogy. 19.05.2019, Supervised by Prof. Alexia Bloch, The University of British Columbia, Canada. Public Scholar; Liu Scholar.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Gregory Gan conducts visual anthropology research on postsocialist urban environments<\/strong>, especially in the context of art, architecture, and the production of affect amongst Germany’s postmigrant society. Gregory is also a visual anthropologist and watercolour artist<\/strong>, teaching and practicing all aspects of visual anthropological film production. Currently, Gregory is a postdoctoral researcher with the European Center of Just Transition Research and Impact-Driven Transfer (JTC) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, working to foster an academic exchange amongst scholars examining Just Transition themes. He is also carrying out visual anthropology research in Halle-Neustadt<\/strong>, a socialist-planned city of “chemical workers” in former East Germany.<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s full-scale war in Ukraine prompted scholars working in Eastern Europe and former CIS countries to re-evaluate the links between Soviet authoritarian ideology and the present day political and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine. Gregory approached this challenge by investigating the affective afterlives of socialism<\/strong>, considering how socialist ideology persists through aesthetic and social attachments. He developed this research as a guest Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong> with \u201cLeibniz ScienceCampus EEGA: Eastern Europe \u2013 Global Area,\u201d and as a Postdoctoral Researcher<\/strong> at SFB1171: \u201cAffective Societies,\u201d Freie Universit\u00e4t (2023-2024). Gregory has been awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship as the highest-scoring candidate of his cohort, which he also held at SFB1171 (2021-2023) under supervision of Prof. Dr. Birgitt R\u00f6ttger-R\u00f6ssler. In addition to academic publications, Gregory\u2019s postdoctoral research resulted in the production of a feature-length, animated ethnographic film<\/strong>, \u201cEmpathy for Concrete Things\u201d (2023), which has screened at international film festivals.<\/p>\n In his doctoral research, Gregory has contributed to the wider understanding of Russian-speaking transnational migrants in Berlin, Paris, New York by investigating how symbolic meanings migrants attach to material culture shift<\/strong> with new transcultural experiences and understandings. As part of his PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Alexia Bloch, Gregory created a multimodal installation<\/strong> titled \u201cStill Life with a Suitcase,\u201d which was recognized by the Public Scholar Award at the University of British Columbia, and received an Outstanding Graduating Student Award by the Canadian Anthropology Society. The artwork developed as part of this research received First Prize in the Mobility Category from the Centre of Migration Studies at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n In his MA research at Memorial University of Newfoundland under supervision of Prof. Sharon Roseman, Gregory investigated how women of the Russian intelligentsia navigate the transition to postsocialism<\/strong>. This work resulted in the production of a feature ethnographic film<\/strong> \u201cTurning Back the Waves\u201d (2010, 96 minutes). Gregory received training in ethnographic film at Toronto Metropolitan University (2007), the Digital Research Centre for Qualitative Fieldwork (2008-2010), and SoundImageCulture (2010) a nine-month master class in ethnographic filmmaking, which resulted in the production of \u201cThe Theory of Happiness\u201d (2014, 82 minutes), nominated for Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs International Film Festival.<\/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=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]2021-2024<\/h3>\n
Dissertation<\/h3>\n
Education<\/h3>\n
Projects<\/h2>\n
JTC_Oak: Open academic network<\/a><\/h3>
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