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Frederike Neumann

Student Assistant

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frederike [dot] neumann [at] rifs-potsdam [dot] de

Frederike Neumann joined the RIFS in May 2024 as an intern with the Ocean Governance group. Since August 2024 she is a student assistant with the reIMAGINE Arctic Research: Relations, Ethics, and Methods group, where she is currently writing her master's thesis in the field of transdisciplinary and collaborative research. She is pursuing a master's degree in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Management at the University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde.

since 2024: student assistant - RIFS 2024: internship - RIFS research group 'Ocean Governance' 2022: research semester - 'World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves', secretariat Menorca since 2021: M. Sc. 'Biosphere Reserves Management', University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde (HNEE) since 2021: research assistant - various projects at HNEE incl. the research conference 'Science and Research in, for and with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves' 2019: practical semester - German Alpine Club, section Tübingen (working group 'nature and the environment') 2017-2021: B. Sc. 'Sustainable Management of Rural Region' (focus: nature conservation), University for Applied Forest Sciences Rottenburg (HFR) earlier: B. A.  'Cultures and Language of Southeast Asia' (foci: Thai and Austronesian studies), University of Hamburg (UHH)

  • human-nature relationships in all of their shapes and forms and the many ways of looking at them
  • the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves concept
  • transdisciplinarity: requirements and factors of success for collaborative conservation efforts and management approaches
  • coastal and marine ecosystems

Publications prior to joining the RIFS

  • Dabard, C. H., Gohr, C., Weiss, F., Von Wehrden, H., Neumann, F., Hordasevych, S., Arieta, B., Hammerich, J., Meier, C., Jargow, J., Luthardt, V., Ibisch, P. L., & Ferreira, A. F. (2024). Biosphere Reserves as model regions for transdisciplinarity? A literature review. Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01542-1