Research news and events

11/24/2025

New publication by Sophie Schramm

This article examines how COVID-19 has shaped experiences with water supply in the Nairobi neighborhoods of Kibera and Eastleigh.

10/09/2025

New publication by Sophie Schramm on the topic of awkward animals

The article addresses how wild boars and raccoons in Hagen and Wuppertal question existing orders of urban space.

07/29/2025

New publication by Raffael Beier

The article analyses how political actors mobilize a moral discourse to criticize practices of renting and selling state-subsidized housing by the…

06/10/2025

Past F-project "Planning and Dirt", published an article in the current issue of the trade journal RaumPlanung

The article deals critically with implicit assumptions of planning.

06/03/2025

New article on coping strategies published

Girma Mulu Alemu, Sophie Schramm, and Wilbard Jackson Kombe have published an article on the topic of smallholder farmers' coping strategies.

05/22/2025

Lecture by Sophie Schramm on water infrastructure in Nairobi

Under the title "Heterogeneous and ordinary - Nairobi's water infrastructures between everyday life and crisis", Prof. Dr. Sophie Schramm on 21. May…