Dr. Germán Joosten

Researcher in the POUNDER project.

Maja Denisova, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)

Responsible for stakeholder engagement on the future of Berlin's small water bodies.

Contact

Tel. +49 511 34842-68
german.joosten@arl-net.de

Education

• Doctorate in natural sciences (2023). National University of La Plata, Argentina. Thesis title: The Western Qom and the Pilcomayo River: a study of environmental anthropology.
• Diploma in Biology (2017). National University of La Plata, Argentina.
• Agricultural technician (2011). Tres Arroyos Agricultural School, Argentina.

Professional career

• Postdoctoral researcher focusing on stakeholder engagement and scenario development at ARL 2024.
• Personal Assistant to a Member of Parliament as part of the International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) at the Bundestag in 2023.
• Teaching Assistant for Statistics in Anthropology at the University of La Plata from 2020 to 2023.
• PhD student specializing in Environmental Anthropology at the University of La Plata from 2018 to 2023.
• Research Assistant in Human and Primate Development at the University of La Plata from 2013 to 2017.

Main research interests

• Environmental anthropology of socio-ecological conflicts.
• Transdisciplinary work with stakeholders.
• Narrative futures of human-environment relations.

Publications (selection)

• Joosten, G. G., de la Cruz, L. M., Valeggia, C. R., & Sardi, M. L. (2023). Wicked Environmental Problems in Bañado La Estrella: Floods and Water Pollution of the Pilcomayo Basin and their Impact on Indigenous and Rural Communities. Wetlands, 43(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-022-01653-4
• Joosten, G. G., Valeggia, C. R., & Sardi, M. L. " If you're an anthropologist, well, let's talk about the wind": the role of biological anthropology in the Anthropocene and climate change. Runa: archivo para las ciencias del hombre, 43(2), 265-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/runa.v43i2.10730