Interests
Human-Nature Relationships, Evolutionary Economic Geography, Praxis Theory
Current research:
Arowana Geographies: Between commodification and conservation
Previous positions and research
Environmental volunteerism in the management of invasive plants and its implications for the human-nature relationship in the Anthropocene
Publications
Everts, Jonathan; Wollrath, Michael (2022): Invasive Arten aus humangeographischer Perspektive. In: Steiner, Christian; Rainer, Gerhard; Schröder, Verena; Zirkl, Frank (Eds.): Mehr-als-menschliche Geographien. Steiner Verlag, pp. 223-242
Wollrath, Michael (2022): Neophyten im Wald – Das Fallbeispiel der Gewöhnlichen
Douglasie. In: Berr, Karsten; Jenal, Corinna (Eds.): Wald in der Vielfalt möglicher
Perspektiven – Von der Pluralität lebensweltlicher Bezüge und wissenschaftlicher
Thematisierungen. Springer VS, pp. 159-179
Wollrath, Michael (2021): Invasive Pflanzenarten zwischen kontrastierenden
Landschaftsverständnissen. In: Duttmann, Rainer; Kühne, Olaf; Weber, Florian (Eds.): Landscape as process. Springer VS, pp. 537-555
Talks & Presentations
2022: Key speaker at the 1st Conference on Geosciences, Environment and
Education in Makassar – Indonesia. Topic: ‘The Commodification of Nature in
Indonesia: Turning Fish into Luxury Commodities’
2022: EEGA Workshop – More-than-human borderlands and mobilities in Central and Eastern Europe, Leipzig – Germany. Title: From invasive species to economic resources. Evidence from Germany and
Indonesia
2022: InternationalConference of Science and Applied Geography (ICOSAG),
Jakarta – Indonesia. Title: Between Conservation and Commercialization. How the Luxury Ornamental Fish Trade is Transforming Regions
2022: Structural Change and the Anthropocene, Halle – Germany / Seoul – Korea
In Collaboration with the Center for Anthropocene Studies (CAS) at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST). Title: Biodiversity Conservation in the Anthropocene: The Example of the Luxury Arowana Trade in Indonesia
2022: Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Halle – Germany. Title: City of a thousand villages: Gated Communities in Indonesia
2022: Verein für Erdkunde e.V., Halle – Germany. Title: Indonesia 2022: Living and working in a country with explosive economic growth
2021: Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM), Makassar – Indonesia. Title: Banning invasive species. A case study of the Aprapaima Gigas in Indonesia
2021: Verein für Erdkunde e.V., Online. Title: Another Jakarta: Regional development in Makassar, Indonesia
2020 Arbeitskreis Südostasien der DGfG, Wien – Austria. Title: Arapaima Gigas in Southeast Asia
2020: Universitas Indonesia (UI), Jakarta – Indonesia. Title: Changing perspectives on invasive species in the Anthropocene
2020: Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Bogor – Indonesia. Title: Changing perspectives on invasive species in the Anthropocene
2019: Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Halle – Germany. Title: Everything soon the same? The fear of biological homogenization
2019 Deutsche Kongress für Geographie (DKG), Kiel – Germany. Title: Invasive Species in the Anthropocene: The Instrumentalization of Competing Concepts of Nature
Teaching
2020 – 2022 Human-Nature Relationships (Lecture for graduate students)
2020 – 2022 Sustainable Landscape Development (Lecture for graduate students)
2022 Demographic Change in Singapore and Germany (Lecture for graduate
students)
2018 – 2022 Introduction to Human Geography (Lecture for undergraduate students)
2018 – 2022 Regional Geographies of Central and Eastern Europe (Lecture for
graduate students)
2018 – 2020 Qualitative Methods in Human Geography (Seminar)
2018 – 2020 Introduction to quantitative Methods in Human Geography (Seminar)
2019 – Indonesia: Emerging Markets and Ecologies (Field Trip)
Memberships
Since 2021: active reviewer for Jurnal Adabiyah released by the Fakultas Adab &
Humaniora at the Alauddin Islamic State University (ISSN print: 1412-6141; ISSN
online: 2548-7744)
Since 2020: guest reviewer for the International Journal of Environment, Engineering
and Education released by the Three E Science Institute at the Universitas Negari
Makassar (ISSN online: 2656-8039)