Current Research ProjectsPhoto: Can AkinUnequal new beginnings: Social class and return migration to Mexico CityProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia PauliProject implementation: Can Akin, M.A.Duration: 2022-2025Photo: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Martin Franken.Pluralizing the Value of Things: Research NetworkProject lead: Sub.-Prof. Dr. Jonas Bens Duration: 2023 - 2026Photo: Charlot SchneiderBuilding Wellbeing: An Ethnography of Temporary Refugee Housing in Berlin and BrandenburgProject lead: Charlot Schneider, MA; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia PauliDuration: 2022 - 2025Photo: Julia PauliReturn to Mexico: Migration and the pluralization of kinshipProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia PauliDuration: 2022 - 2025Photo: Maren JordanFertility Transition in the Sultanate of OmanProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Laila PragerDuration: 2016 - 2022Photo: Coral Iris O'BrianSocial Constructions of Climate FuturesProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael SchneggDuration: 2019 - 2026Photo: Michael SchneggDifferent ways of knowing the weather in NamibiaProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael SchneggDuration: 2019 - 2022Photo: Maja NielsenHandeln im Diskurs-Mittelfeld? Gesundheitsämter in der Corona-Pandemie – eine Ethnographie der KrisenadaptionResearch team: Dr. Maja Nielsen, Dr. Michael Pröpper und Lukas KraußPhoto: Laila PragerThe Past as Destiny: Heritage Discourses and Identity Formation in the Contemporary Gulf RegionProject lead: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Laila PragerDuration: 2016 - ongoingPhoto: J. Otto Habeck"CHARTER" (Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity), EC Horizon-2020 Grant Nr. 869471Project lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. J. Otto HabeckDuration: 2020 - 2024Photo: Julian SommerschuhEcological Conversions: Environmental Crisis and Ethical Change among German and Kenyan CatholicsProject lead: Dr. Julian Jasper SommerschuhPhoto: Lena Borlinghaus-ter VeerWeather Change and Moralities in East Sumba, IndonesiaProject lead: Lena Borlinghaus-ter Veer, M.A., Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael SchneggDuration: 2016 - fortlaufendPhoto: Stephan Dudeck"Gender in the Arctic" Research NetworkProject lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. J. Otto HabeckDuration: 2014 - min. 2023Photo: TraCCTraCC - Translating Climate ChangeProject lead: Michael Schnegg, Thomas FriedrichDuration: 2017 - ongoing