Profile
This is me
I am a cultural anthropologist with specialization in science and technology studies, environmental anthropology and critical infrastructure studies. Currently, I am working as a postdoc at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich (Switzerland).
Drop me a message if you'd like to share ideas, collaborate or get to know each other. I am happy to hear from you!
kathrin.eitel[a]posteo.de
Expertise
Infrastructures, Recycling Economies, Urban Resilience, Climate Change, Resource Scarcity, Feminist STS, Speculative Ecologies, Ontologies
Regional Expertise
Experience
2022 - dato
Postdoc Research Associate
Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK) at the University of Zurich (Switzerland).
2017 - 2022
Research Associate
Institute for Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
2014 - 2016
Research Associate
BA Program 'Metropolitan Cultures' at HafenCity University Hamburg
2014
Intern
German International Development Organization (GIZ)
Graduate Assistant
2013 - 2014
Research Area ‘Public Spheres’, Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe’, University of Heidelberg
2010 - 2012
Student Assistant
Research Area ‘Transcultural Visuality’, Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia and Europe’, University of Heidelberg
Education
04/2017 – 02/2021
PhD Cultural Anthropology
Supervised by Prof. Dr. Gisela Welz (GU Frankfurt) + Prof. Dr. Asta Vonderau (Uni Halle)
Awarded with the ‘Environment and Sustainability Prize’ by Goethe-University | the publication is funded by the Wilhelm Hahn und Erben Foundation and GRADE Sustain
04/2007 – 10/2013
Magistra Artium
in Social Anthropology
and Political Science and History at Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg.
Supervised by Prof. Dr. Guido Sprenger + Dr. Christian Strümpell (both Uni Heidelberg)
08/2009 – 10/2010
Master Program
MA Program ‘Political Science and Philosophy’ at Istanbul Technique University, Istanbul (Turkey)
Scholarships | Grants
2022
Honorable mention of my speculative science fiction flash story ‘Dam Visions’ at EASST 2022 in Madrid
2021
Awarded with the ‘Environment and Sustainability Prize’ by Goethe University for my dissertation
Grant received for the publication of my dissertation, awarded by the Wilhelm Hahn und Erben Foundation
Grant received for Open Access publication of my dissertation by GRADE Sustain
Grant for free registration at ICAS 12, Japan
2019
Approved funding for a student excursion to the EASST/4S conference August 18-21, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic by the Förderfonds Lehre SoSe 2020 of Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Granted funding for the Special Issue ‘Ecological Ontologies’ in the Journal Berliner Blätter by the Open Access Fund of Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Funding for the 12. Ph.D. workshop for ethnographic research (to be held in March 2020) by GRADE Center Social Science, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
2018
Conference Scholarship for the 4S Annual Conference in Sydney (Australia), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Conference Scholarship for attendance at the 4th Vienna Ethnography Laboratory“, 26.09-28.09.2018, University of Vienna (Austria), Freunde und Förderder, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main
Funding for inaugural conference of a German-wide STS network, EASST
2017
Scholarship for Researches Abroad, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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