The Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (“Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien” (ZIRS)) is a research institution of the Martin Luther University for the promotion and networking of regional scientific competences and for the management of interdisciplinary research projects.
News
The keynote on the 19th Halle Day of Sociology (Tag der Halleschen Soziologie) delivered by Ilkhom Soliev
ZIRS Member and Member of the ZIRS Board of Directors Ilkhom Soliev delivered the keynote entitled “Response-Able Social-Environmental Transformations: Why and How?”. He introduced examples from Horizon Europe Projects PLANET4B and DAISY as well as iDiv Flexpool Project PrioDiv arguing for 1) the need to take the term “transformations” seriously; 2) being concsious about what kind of transformations we want as a society; and 3) the importance of seeing intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional change as integral parts of response-able transformations.
European Research Executive Agency showcases PLANET4B and sister projects
Discover 16 projects making an impact in the conservation, restoration, and wise use of biodiversity, while considering broader social and economic sustainable goals. Read the full article here.
New publication: kritisk etnografi – Swedish Journal of Anthropology, 2024, Vol. 7, Issue 1 “Infrastructures and Environments in Late Industrialism”
The issue includes contributions from ZIRS director Asta Vonderau and ZIRS member Mareike Pampus, available here.
The travel diaries of the botanist Carl Hausknecht
We are pleased to present this recently released publication. The ZIRS is a cooperation partner of the project The Botanist Karl Haussknecht. As part of the project, Christine Kämpfer, Stefan Knost, Kristin Victor, Frank H. Hellwig, Hanne Schönig and Christoph U. Werner have published an abridged “reading version” of the diary texts of Carl Hausknecht. Further information and websites for downloading the two volumes can be found here.
Podcast "Nach der Kohle": Interview mit Felix Schiedlowski
ZIRS-Mitarbeiter Felix Schiedlowski war zu Gast im Podcast “Nach der Kohle”, eine zwölfteilige Reportage-Serie von detektor.fm über den Strukturwandel im Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlerevier. In Folge sieben, “Let’s Talk About Strukturwandel” , berichtet Schiedlowski aus seiner ethnologischen Forschung im Mitteldeutschen Revier. Er äußert sich zu den Hintergründen von Bürgerbeteiligung im Strukturwandel und adressiert Chancen und Fallstricke von Zukunftswerkstätten und einem Bürgerrat zum Kohleausstieg.
Events
New publications
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© Ilkhom Soliev Ilkhom SolievSocial-technological dimensions of land use in agriculture: Applying and advancing the IPBES Framework for Transformative Change Assessment in the examples of land sharing and land sparing
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Sven Grüner, Oliver MußhoffBehavioral climate change: does thinking about future consequences of climate change affect risk preferences and cooperation?
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© IOP Publishing Ilkhom Soliev, Frauke Pirscher, Marie SchreiberThe making of rights of nature: nine patterns in a decade of empirical research on social-ecological drivers and actors
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© Ilkhom Soliev Ilkhom Soliev, Agnes Zolyomi, Alex FranklinReflexivity-Situatedness Matrix: A new analytical framework for understanding and enabling transformations
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Sten Hagberg and Jörgen Hellmankritisk etnografi – Swedish Journal of Anthropology, 2024, Vol. 7, Issue 1
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Christine Kämpfer, Stefan Knost, Kristin Victor, Frank H. Hellwig, Hanne Schönig, Christoph U. Werner (Hg.)Die Reisetagebücher des Botanikers Carl Haussknecht
