Research areas:

Chemicals in the environment:

• The transformation towards a 'sustainable chemistry'.
• Micropollutants in aquatic systems and medial discourse.
  

Light in the city:

• The LED-'revolution' in urban public lighting.
• Light pollution and sustainable light planning.
  

Research focus:

• Science and technology studies (STS) on environmental and innovation issues.
• 'Sensory Governance': the in/visibilization of environmental matters of concern.
  

Curriculum Vitae

Current Projects

• Workshop 'Can you feel the energy. The 'Sensory Governance of energy technologies and systems'. March 2017, UFZ Energy Days. Workshop documentation
• Workshop 'Sustainable Chemistry meets environmental research' December 2017.
  

Completed projects

• "Innovative city lights" (dissertation project): Completed with the thesis "Innovating in Public. The introduction of LED lighting in Berlin and Lyon", Technical University Berlin.
• "The co-evolution of economy and art" (collaboration). Research project by Prof. Dr. Michael Hutter, director of the WZB research programme "Cultural sources of Newness".
  
• "Showcases of the new": Exploratory research on light-technological innovation in trade fairs and festivals.
  

Publications

Extraordinary LED installations: events for user-innovation interaction. In: Industry and innovation. Published online 11 July 2017, 1-29.

Innovating in public. The introduction of LED lighting in Berlin and Lyon. Dissertation. Technical University Berlin (2015), digital repository DepositOnce.

Dimming it down. Co-Author Andreas Hänel. Urban lighting, light pollution and society. In: Josiane Meier; Ute Hasenöhrl; Katharina Krause; Merle Pottharst (Eds.). New York, NY; London: Routledge (2015), 101-104.

The Case of Berlin Gas Street Lighting. Translating Engagement into Innovation. In: Hubert Knoblauch; Mark Jacobs; René Tuma (Eds.): Culture, Communication, and Creativity. Reframing the Relations of Media, Knowledge, and Innovation in Society. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang (2014), 303-324.

How Lighting Designers See. Creating and Crossing Professional Boundaries". In: Joachim Ritter (Ed.). Convention Proceedings. PLDC 4th Global Lighting Design Convention. Gütersloh: VIA-Verlag (2013), 44-47.

Fair Framings. Arts and Culture Festivals as Sites for Technical Innovation. In: Mind & Society - Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2013), Special Issue on "Cultural and Cognitive Dimensions of Innovation". Petra Ahrweiler; Riccardo Viale (Eds.), 151-165. 

Public controversy over public lighting - a unique opportunity to study light in space. In: T. Edensor and S. Millington (Eds.): Blog MMU Light Research (2013-04-22).

Digitalizing urban lighting. Technological Change Raises Political Issues by Transforming City Spaces. In: People, Patterns, Power. WZB Report, No. 1 (2013), 28-30.

Enlightened cities. Illuminations for urban regeneration. In: Understanding the Post-Industrial City. F. Eckardt and S. Morgado (Eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann (2011), 128-165.

Light for remaking cities. Trends and reflections on urban design. In: Joachim Ritter (Ed.). Proceedings PLDC 3rd Global Lighting Design Convention, Madrid: VIA-Verlag (2011), 60-63.