Research interests

• Socio-ecological systems, political ecology
  
• Environment-related human mobility and immobility
  
• Resource use conflicts and governance
• Communication to non-scientists and policy-makers
  

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2017:  PhD candidate at Computational Landscape Ecology, MigSoKo junior research group

• conducting synthesis work based on qualitative and quantitative data to analyse the dynamics between human migration and environmental change at the regional and global level
• support of teaching activities at University Halle-Wittenberg
• member of PhD Team Science Communication
  

2014 - 2016:  M.Sc. in Sustainable Development, Utrecht University and Leipzig University (Joint Programme)

• focus on sustainability science, environmental governance, natural resource management
• qualitative fieldwork in the Zambezi Region and M.Sc. thesis  ("Sustainable Co-management of Freshwater Fisheries and Local Livelihoods: The case of Sikunga") in collaboration with ValuES and the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF)
  

2014:  Internship at a political foundation in Berlin (Team Political Dialogue and Analysis)

• supporting science-based political consulting
  

2013 - 2014:  Internship at GIZ Brazil in Brasília (Programme Novas Parcerias - Cooperation for Science and Research)

• supporting project communication and event management
  

2010 - 2013:  B.A. cum laude in European Studies, Maastricht University

• focus on international relations and EU policy
• exchange semester at the University of Porto

Publications

• Wiederkehr, C., Beckmann, M., Hermans, K., (2018):
  Environmental change, adaptation strategies and the relevance of migration in Sub-Saharan drylands
  Environ. Res. Lett. 13 (11), art. 113003
  full text (doi)
• Wiederkehr, C., Berghöfer, A., Otsuki, K., (2019):
  Ostrom’s governance principles and sustainable financing of fish reserves
  Hum. Ecol. 47 (1), 13 - 25
  full text (doi)
• Wiederkehr, C., Schröter, M., Adams, H., Seppelt, R., Hermans, K., (2019):
  How does nature contribute to human mobility? A conceptual framework and qualitative analysis
  Ecol. Soc. 24 (4), art. 31
  full text (doi)

Conferences/Workshops

Potsdam Summer School 'Connecting Science & Society - Communicating Research on Sustainability and Global Change' in Potsdam, Germany (2019)

'Environmental Non-Migration: Framework, Methods, and Cases' Conference in Dresden, Germany (2019)

'Research on climate change and migration: State of the art and future directions' Expert Workshop in Bonn, Germany (2019)

'Migrations, Climate and Environment: What risks Inequalities?' Conference in Paris, France (2018)

'Adaptation in Motion' TransRe Closing Conference in Bonn, Germany (2018)

'Impacts World 2017' Conference in Potsdam, Germany (2017)

'Future Agriculture: Social-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts' Tropentag in Bonn, Germany (2017)