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Organization of Conferences, Workshops & Panels
- 2023
- München (mit Christoph Antweiler) "Das Anthropozän erden – Geoanthropologie verleiht unsicherem Wissen Bodenhaftung". Roundtable auf der Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie (DGSKA) "Umstrittenes Wissen – Contested Knowledge".
- 2020
- Lissabon (mit Franz Krause, Sandro Simon, Nora Horisberger, Benoit Ivars (all University of Cologne)) "Wet horizons: Hydro-social re-articulations in the Anthropocene", EASA conference.
- 2019
- Westerstede (mit BUND Ammerland) Workshop "Klimamarkt im Ammerland". Berichte: "Erster Klimamarkt im Ammerland" und "Erste Ideen für eine klimafreundliche Stadt".
- 2019
- Dangast (mit Birgit Gerksenmaier und Insa Meinke) Workshop "Klimawandel am Jadebusen: Globale Fragen, lokale Antworten"
- 2012
- Workshop (with Silke Beck, Oliver Geden und Hans von Storch) in Hamburg, 29.–30. November: "Quo vadis, Klimakatastrophe? Die Zukunft des Klimawandels in der Gesellschaft."
- 2012
- Panel with Heather Lazrus and Sarah Strauss, Association of American Anthropologists (AAA) in San Francisco "The view from grassroots to grids: the AAA global climate change task force presents insights on climate change from below", November 16
http://aaa.confex.com/aaa/2012/webprogrampreliminary/Session6585.html - 2012
- Panel (with Kenneth Olwig) at Conference PECSRL (Permanent European Conference on the Study of Rural Lansdscapes) Conference in Leeuwarden/Terschelling: "Of People and Thing: The Landschaft Polities of the Wadden Sea"
- 2012
- Panel at Conference of EASA (Nanterres University, France, 12.7.) Uncertain futures: the cultural dynamics of energy transition (with Ana Isabel Afonso & Dorle Dracklé)
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1312 - 2012
- (Hamburg, May 11) "CO2 in Perspective". Interdisciplinary Workshop, KlimaCampus Hamburg & Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (with Anita Engels).
- 2011
- (Hamburg, May 4–6) Workshop "Postnormal Science: the Case of Climate Science", CliSAP Hamburg, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (with Hans von Storch, Mike S. Schäfer, Holger Braun-Thürmann and Dennis Bray)
- 2008
- "Making Europe, Making Europeans: The Ethnographic and the Everyday" – International Conference, Center for European Studies, University of Texas at Austin (with Ben Carrington)
- 2008
- DAAD Lecture Series: "Kalt Bier, Gut Bratwurst: Texan-German Cultures", University of Texas, Dept of Germanic Studies (with Hans Boas)
- 2007
- DAAD Lecture Series: "Visits from the Others' Sides: Alterities in Germany and Texas", University of Texas, Dept of Germanic Studies
- 2006
- Co-organiser Workshop "Tides of Change", Research Centre GKSS, Landscape Research Group, Nordic Landscape Research Network, Tönning, Germany
- 2005
- (with Martin Döring) Panel New Ontologies: Exploring the Anthroposphere at the 6th Open Meeting: Global Environmental Change, Globalisation and International Security for the 21st Century, Bonn.
- 1999/2000
- Organization of Lecture Series "Soccer Culture – The Culture of Soccer", University of Hamburg (with Martin Döring)
Invited Lectures, Workshops and Presentations
- 2024 Gent
- "Narratives of change" General assembly REWRITE.
- 2024 Nantes
- "Rewriting intertidal ecosystems in the Anthropocene". Key note Oceanext conference.
- 2023 Nantes
- "Narratives of change (WP3)". Kick-off meeting REWRITE
- 2023 Bergen
- "Weather and Infrastructure: The Flax Road." Patterning our seasonal cultures Calendar-Symposium.
- 2023 München
- "Einführung in: Das Anthropozän erden – Geoanthropologie verleiht unsicherem Wissen Bodenhaftung". Roundtable auf der Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie (DGSKA) "Umstrittenes Wissen – Contested Knowledge" (mit Christoph Antweiler)
- 2023 Marburg
- "Klimawandel mit Bodenhaftung: Landschaften im Anthropozän". Aufzeichnung des Vortrags im Podcast zum Studium Generale "Anthropocene Matters".
- 2022 Lecce
- "Policy support for climate services (WP5)". Kick-off meeting climateurope2.
- 2022 München (online)
- Ethnographic research on climate services. Seminar Fiona Kinniburgh, TUM.
- 2022 Dangast
- "Die Halbinsel der Seligen. Ist Dangast noch ein Küstenort?" Radziwill Haus.
- 2022 Westerstede
- Eröffnung des 3. Klimamarktes / Klimamarkt Ammerland
- 2022 Göttingen
- Place-based narratives of change. Lecture and workshop, Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Göttingen ENLIGHT
Engaging with Climate Change: Local Views of Challenges Global Engagement Module - 2021 Bremen (online)
- The Anthropocene as practice. DGSKA-Tagung Welten. Zonen. Atmosphären. Seismographien des Anthropozän.
- 2021 Bonn (online)
- Ein Klima des Zusammenhalts? - Wissenschaft und gesellschaftliches Miteinander im Kontext der Klimadebatte. Jahrestagung des Cusanuswerks.
- 2021 Norfolk, Virginia (online)
- Discussant session "Converging Crises: Anthropology at the Intersection of Extraction, Climate, and COVID-19"
- 2021 Bremen (online)
- "Klimaleugner, Klimaskeptiker und die Neue Rechte." Naturfreundejugend Bremen.
- 2021 Bremen (online)
- "Im Treibhaus des Kapitals: Ethnologie im Anthropozän." Public Climate School, Students for Future, Universität Bremen.
- 2020 Lissabon (online)
- Tidal Flat Sediments and Sentiments in the Anthropocene. EASA conference
- 2019 Bremen
- "Das bewegte Meer: Klimaschutz und Klimademokratie an der deutschen Nordseeküste". Public Climate School – Students for Future.
- 2019 Lund
- Climate skeptics and the rise of right-wing parties: a field report from the blogosphere. Conference "Political ecologies of the far-right". Lecture as PDF file (103 KB)
- 2019 Westerstede
- "Klimaschutz braucht Klimademokratie". Impulsvortrag auf dem "Klimamarkt im Ammerland".
- 2019 Köln
- Writing climate change. Delta Workshop IV: Stories that matter: exploring (re)presentation and communication of hydrosocial research
- 2019 Konstanz
- Die Gezeiten sind nicht verhandelbar. DGKSA Konferenz "Grenzen der Aushandlung?"
- 2019 Sheffield
- (mit Anna-Katharina Wöbse) "Re-wilding beyond control: Historical and current debates on wilderness in Germany" Opportunities and Issues in Rewilding Conference, Sheffield Hamman University
- 2019 Dangast
- "Globaler Klimawandel – lokale Antworten" Eröffnungsvortrag Workshop "Klimawandel am Jadebusen"
- 2019 Würzburg/LWG Veitshöchsheim
- Podiumskdiskussion "Die Folgen des Klimawandels".
- 2019 Freising
- "Climate change as discourse and practice in coastal landscapes", Invited lecture, Studienfakultät Forstwirtschaft und Resourcenmanagement, Weihenstephan
- 2019 Potsdam
- "Anthropology, climate change and integrated science: A critical appraisal", IASS.
- 2019 Lübeck
- Roundtable "Zeitdimensionen der Nachhaltigkeit" (Universität Lüneburg)
- 2019 Wolnzach
- "Schlaf – Wandel: Eine bizarre Geschichte der Globalisierung", Vortrag zur Ausstellung "São Teotônio nã dorme" (Barbara Wimmer)
- 2018 Barcelona
- Narratives of Change and the Prospects of Climate Services. PNS Symposium.
- 2018 München
- Climate Change: Rethinking Science, Risk Perception and Impacts. Plenary discussion. (Um)Weltschmerz Konferenz.
- 2018 Stockholm
- Where does the land end and the sea begin? EASA conference.
- 2017 Charleston, South Carolina
- "50 Shades of Green: Environmental Policy in Germany". University of Charleston, Dept of Germanic and Russian Studies.
- 2016 Matrei (Osttirol)
- "Grenzwerte: Die Alpen und der Klimawandel". Matreier Gespräche (Otto König Gesellschaft).
- 2016 Zürich (per skype)
- "Online-Wissenschaftskommunikation: Die Klimablogosphäre." Institut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung, Universität Zürich.
- 2016 München
- "Extension of the combat zone: Anthropology of climate blogs." Luchtalk, Rachel Carson Center.
- 2016 Innsbruck/Seefeld
- "Contested Alpine grazing landscapes: A perspective from post-war Swiss folklore studies". PECSRL Conference "Mountains, uplands, lowlands. European landscapes from an altitudinal perspective".
- 2016 Hamburg
- "Alle Wetter! Rhetorik, Kultur und Politik der Klimakrise". Vorlesungsreihe "Krisen", HafenCityUniversität.
- 2016 Heidelberg
- "Navigators of the contemporary: Why anthropology matters" Podiumsdiskussion "How digital and environmental humanities research reshape the world".
- 2016 Köln
- "Teilnehmende Beobachtung 'zuhause'". Clustervorlesungsreihe "Teilnehmende Beobachtung in einer globalisierten Welt".
- 2016 Amersfoort, NL
- "Narratives of Change", UC4A Network Meeting.
- 2015 Köln
- "Vom Sediment zum Sentiment: Die Landschaft der Dinge". Workshop "Pathos und Poiesis: Latour vs. Simondon oder über den ontologischen Status technischer Objekte." a.r.t.e.s. Graduate school for the humanities.
- 2015 Gut Siggen/Holstein
- "Glanz und Elend interdisziplinärer Forschung". Tagung "Metatagung" (A. Toepfer Stftung, org. von Kathrin Passig und Hanna Engelmeier).
- 2015 Lüneburg
- (discussant) De/Coding Climate Change Workshop
- 2015 Bremen
- "Vom Natur- zum Klimaschutz: Dingpolitik an der Nordseeküste." NaturesCultures Lab, Bremen.
- 2015 Windsor, UK
- "From Realpolitik to Dingpolitik: The political ecology of an emerging climate change landscape." Bruno Latour & Environmental Governance Workshop.
- 2014 Washington D.C.
- "Applied Climate Research: Coastal Landscapes, Regional Climate Services and the Role of Anthropology". Annual Conference of American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- 2014 Tallinn
- "The climate trap: the dangerous relationship between climate research and politics". Institutskolloquium, Dept of Social & Cultural Anthropology
- 2014 Hamburg
- "Transformation kommunizieren?" Workshop des Transformationsclusters der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
- 2014 Dortmund
- (mit Ramona Lenz, Sarah Weber und Constance von Rueden) "Can the Postdoc speak? Machtspiele in den Grauzonen von Drittmittelprojekten." Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung
- 2014 Aberdeen
- (invit. discussant) Workshop: Vanishing Ice: Inquiring about the past and acting for the future in the European Alps and the Arctic. Univ. of Aberdeen, Dept of Social Anthropology.
- 2014 Hamburg
- (invit. discussant) "Sozialwissenschaftliche Klimaforschung – quo vadis?" Ein Workshop der Integrated Activity "Understanding Science in Interaction". clisap
- 2014 Budapest
- (keynote) "The climate trap: the role of social sciences in climate research." Graduate conference, Central European University.
- 2014 Austin
- (with Dorle Dracklé) "Contested energy transition: Energiewende in Germany." Annual Meeting Society for economic Anthropology
- 2014 Göttingen
- Die Klimafalle: Ethnologie und Klimaforschung. Institutskolloquium, Institut für Ethnologie
- 2014 Hamburg
- Ethnologische Feldforschung: Methoden. Institutskolloquium, Institut für Soziologie.
- 2013 Chicago
- Invited discussant, Roundtable "Evolving adaptation to climate change", AAA Global Climate Change Task Force, Conference American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- 2013 Mainz
- "Die Klimafalle: Klimaforschung, kollaborative Ethnologie und politische Intervention." Tagung Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde.
- 2013 Bremen
- "Writing climate: a multi-sited and collaborative approach." Workshop "Denaturalizing climate change", Universität Bremen, artec.
- 2013 München
- Wem gehört das Klima? Zur Ethnographie des Klimawandels. Konferenz "Klima von unten".
- 2013 Hamburg
- Ethnologie und Klimawandel: Ein Forschungsbericht. Ethnologisches Kolloquium, Institut für Ethologie, Universität Hamburg.
- 2012 San Francisco
- From nature conservation to climate governance: the political ecology of the German North Sea coastline. Annual Conference of the American Antthroplogical Association
- 2012 Leeuwarden
- "Global climate change and the political ecology of the Wadden Sea landscape", PECSRL (Permanent European Conference on the Study of Rural Lansdscapes) Conference
- 2012 Bielefeld
- invited discussant "Objects and their management"; Workshop "How do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of environmental management." ZiF Bielefeld.
- 2012 New York
- "The political landscape of the energy transformation in Germany", Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
- 2011 Kopenhagen
- "Anthropology of climate change", Uni Aalborg, techno-anthropology program
- 2011 Aalborg
- "Anthropology of climate change", Uni Aalborg, techno-anthropology program
- 2011 Montreal
- (with Dorle Dracklé) "Anthropology of the German energy transition". Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association
- 2011 Victoria B.C.
- "Making Climate public: the view from anthropology". Workshop "Exploring Regional Climate Services", University of Victoria, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht
- 2011 Hamburg
- "An anthropological roadmap for the Anthropocene"; Symposium "Limits to the Anthropocene", KlimaCampus Hamburg.
- 2011 Bielefeld
- (chair and discussant) "Climate change, the anthropocene and actor-network-theory" "Conference Climate – Global Scenarios and Local Experiences".
- 2011 Lissabon
- "Science on the digital market place: the role of gossip" (roundtable organizer). Workshop "Science in a digital society", Joint Research Center, EU
- 2011 Hamburg
- (keynote) "Postnormal climate science: the view from anthropology". Public Debate "Climate science in a democratic society", KlimaCampus and Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht.
- 2011 Lissabon
- (with Dorle Dracklé) "The greening of the southwestern coast of Portugal", Societé International de Ethnologie et de Folklore (SCIEF)
- 2011 Perpignan/Gerona
- (mit Dorle Dracklé) Infrastructures of German Wind Power Landscape. International conference "Landscapes of everyday life Intersecting perspectives on research and action."
- 2011 Lissabon
- Invited discussant at international workshop "Reconciliation in the climate debate". Joint Research Centre, EU
- 2010 New Orleans
- (with Dorle Dracklé) "The Discovery of the Wind – Two Unrelated Ethnographies." Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association.
- 2010 Hamburg
- "From the Lisbon Earthquake to Hurricane Katrina: Science, Catastrophes and Popular Culture" (PDF file). Conference "Storm Surges", Exzellenzentrum CliSAP der Universität Hamburg; Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht; LOICZ (Land Ocean Interaction in Coastal Zones)
- 2010 Austin
- "Unfolding Climate Change: Ethnography in the Greenhouse." Department for Germanic Studies
- 2010 Montreal
- "Climate Change and European Landscapes: A Model for the Rest of the World?" CES Council of European Studies Conference
- 2009 Paris
- "Aesthetic Pollution? Wind Energy and the Ambiguous Role of Landscape in Germany"; CIRED; Landscape and Wind Power
- 2009 Philadelphia
- "Emerging Energy Landscapes in Europe", Organizer Roundtable, Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- 2009 Philadelphia
- "Climate Change: Making the Air-Conditions Explicit", Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- 2009 Arlington
- "Teaching in the USA", German Studies Association (GSA) – DAAD session
- 2009 Austin
- "Using Wiki in Class"; Germanic Studies, Departmental Lecture
- 2009 Austin
- "Elections in Hobbitland." Public Forum Deutsche Bundestagswahl (UT, Department of Germanic Studies)
- 2009 Bremen
- "Wind Energy from Bottom-up. The German Case." Workshop of the "Emerging Energy Landscapes Project" (CIRED Paris, University of Bremen, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
- 2009 Las Vegas
- "Our Air-Condition", Panel "Aerographies", Annual Conference of Association of American Geographers (AAG)
- 2009 Austin
- "Localizing Climate Change: Notes from the Field", Symposium "Weather Patterns: Climate, Culture and Place Making".
- 2008 Dresden
- "Risiken der Klimakommunikation", Ringvorlesung Dresdner Hygiene Museum
- 2008 Lissabon
- "History of Wind Energy in Germany", Workshop: Éoliennes et Paysage CIRED, France
- 2008 Austin
- Organizer of international European Studies Conference ‘Making Europe, Making Europeans. The Ethnographic and the Everyday.’ Center for European Studies, University of Texas (together with Ben Carrington)
- 2007 Washington
- “Locating Climate Change” Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association
- 2007 Paris
- “Tracing Assemblies in a Windy Landscape”. Conference “Emerging Energies, Emerging Landscapes”, CRES, France
- 2007 Austin
- (with Judith Hammer) “Relaxed Patriotism. Reflections on the Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany” Lecture Series, Department of Germanic Studies
- 2006 San Jose
- “Climate Change and Catastrophe: a Comparative Approach to German and American Narratives in the Media”. Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- 2006 Pittsburgh
- “EU Enlargement: What Lessons can be Learned from Portugal’s Accession Process?’ Roundtable, Germanic Studies Association (GSA)
- 2006 Paris
- “Wind Energy and Landscape: A Methodological Approach” Workshop: Éoliennes et Paysage CIRED, France
- 2006 Tönning
- “The Construction of a Coastal Landcape.” Workshop ‘Tides of Change’, Research Centre GKSS, Landscape Research Group, Nordic Landscape Research Network
- 2005 Brighton
- "Migratory Birds and Migratory Scientists: Multi-Sited Ethnography of a German Coastline." Workshop "Problems and Possibilities in Multi-Sited Ethnography," University of Sussex, UK, 27.–28. Juni
- 2005 Lund
- "The Greening of the Wadden Sea." Nordic Landscape Research Conference "What do Landscapes do?," Sweden, 13.–15. 5.
- 2005 Austin
- "The North Sea is a Livelihood for Fishermen and not a Playground for Researchers:" Anthropology of a Contested Coastal Landscape in Northern Germany." Lecture Series "Landscape and Mentality", DAAD und Department of Germanic Studies
- 2004 Amsterdam
- "Mediated Realities: Sustainable Development and Local Protest" (mit D. Dracklé). Konferenz "Transnational Aspects of Localized Conflict and Protest," 19.–21.12.
- 2004 Paris
- "Nomadic Scientists, shifting fields and multi-sited ethnography: Exploring global change." 4S & EASST Conference 25.–28. August
- 2004 Göttingen
- "Die Wunder von Bern und anderswo." IWF Göttingen, Veranstaltung "50 Jahre Wunder von Bern," 4.7.
- 2004 Tönning
- "Die Kultur der Natur: Feldforschung beim Stamm der Naturschützer." Nationalparkamt, 15. 9.
- 2004 München
- "Ethnography of Foam – Peter Sloterdijk's Concept of Spheres." Workshop "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 8.–9. 10
- 2004 Stockholm
- "Global Change, Catastrophes, and Contested Coastlines: Why Landscape Matters." Nordic Research Course, 26. 4.
- 2004 Paris
- "The environment of my fieldwork site." Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, École des Mines, Workshop: "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 02.03.
- 2003 Paris
- "Ecological Governance – A Comparative Approach." Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, École des Mines, Workshop: "Research Program on Ecological Governance" (CNRS-France), 19.6.
- 2003 Nijmegen
- "Beyond Facts & Fiction: Media Representation of the Elbe River Flood of August 2002," Zentrum für Deutschland-Studien, Universität Nijmegen, Kongress: "The Science and the Politics of the Riverside," Holland 11.6.
- 2003 Jülich
- "Die Verwaltung der Natur: Naturschutz als bürokratisches Experiment" (mit Cordula Kropp). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Frühjahrstagung Sektion "Soziologie & Ökologie" "Nature by Design: Experiment and Innovation," 16.–17.5.2003
- 2003 Oslo
- "The Natural and Cultural Heritage in Northern Friesland" Center for Advanced Studies, Workshop: "Landscape, Law, and Justice: Cultural and Natural Heritage," 22.4.–24.4.2003
- 2003 Seoul
- "Towards Sustainable Development: The Cultural Dynamics of the Wadden Sea." F.A.S.S. Korea-Germany Co-Symposium on the Saemangeum Tidal-Flat Region (CIES – Citizens' Institute f. Environmental Studies, Nationalparkamt Tönning), Südkorea, 4.–6. März
- 2003 Lüneburg
- "Medienanalyse des Elbehochwassers im August 2002." BmBF / GKSS Forschungszentrum "Hochwasser in Deutschland – Forschungsbeiträge für ein nachhaltiges Management," 30.–31. Januar
- 2002 Ostholstein
- "Analyse der Medienberichterstattung zur Elbeflut." GKSS Inst. f Küstenforschung, Institutslehrgang Weißenhäuser Strand, 11.–14. 11. 2002
- 2002 Hamburg
- "Science-Studies: Küstenforschung zwischen Natur- und Kulturwissenschaften." Forschungskolloquium Inst. f. Ethnologie, 8. Juli
- 2002 Göttingen
- "Der Konflikt zwischen Naturschutz und Küstenschutz: Deiche und kulturelle Identität." Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, Tagung "Deiche," 20.–21. Juni
- 2002 Miami, USA
- "The Cultural Dimensions of the Coast," Discussant. LOICZ – Land Ocean Interaction in Coastal Zones, Tagung "Synthesis & Futures," 29.Mai bis 3.Juni
- 2002 Hamburg
- "Natur im Konflikt – Naturschutz, Naturbegriff und Küstenbilder," GKSS Tagung "Forschungshorizonte der Küstenregion," 13.–15.Februar
- 2002 Tönning
- "Globaler ökologischer Diskurs und lokale Praxis: Die Konflikte um das Wattenmeer im Kulturvergleich." VW-Projekt Natur im Konflikt, Tagung "Nähe und Ferne zur Natur," 18.1.–19.1.
- 2001 Hamburg
- "Männer über Männer, Männer über Frauen: Ethnographische und literarische Betrachtungen zu Männlichkeiten in Portugal." Ringvorlesung "Männer," 25.01
- 2001 Göttingen
- "The Scientific Production of Nature: A Case Study." IUAES – Congress "Exploitation and Overexploitation in Societies Past and Present," 18–21 July
- 2001 Amsterdam
- "Nature in Conflict: The Societal Role of the Natural Sciences" (Poster). IGBP Global Change Open Science Conference, 10-13 Juli
- 2001 Hamburg
- "Natur im Konflikt: Naturschutz, Naturbegriff und Küstenbilder." Forschungskolloquium Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Hamburg, 2. Juli
- 2001 Hamburg
- "Neues von der Front: Berichterstattung über Natur(schutz)konflikte" (mit M. Döring). Tagung "Stadt – Raum – Natur: Die Metropole als politisch konstruierter Raum," Forschungsverbund Metropole Hamburg, 15./16.6.
- 2001 Edinburgh
- "The Culture of Nature: Protected Landscapes as Sites of Conflict." Conference "Landscape and Politics," University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 23rd–25th March
- 2000 Hamburg
- "Der Klimawissenschaftler als Prophet" (mit M. Döring). 5. Deutsche Klimatagung, Hamburg, 3.–5.10.
- 2000 Krakow
- "German Miracles – Football, Nation and Identity." EASA Kongress, September
- 1999/2000 Hamburg
- Organisation der Vorlesungsreihe "Fußballkultur – Kultur des Fußballs" (mit Martin Döring) im Rahmen des Allgemeinen Vorlesungswesens der Universität Hamburg (Lecture Series: Soccer Culture – The Culture of Soccer)
- 1999 Hamburg
- "Natur, Kultur und Gesellschaft: Zur Ethnologie der Umweltproblematik." Tagung Inst. F. Ethnologie, Juni
- 1999 Manchester
- "Of Humans and Otters: Portuguese Landscapes." Workshop "Contesting Natures." Mai
- 1999 Hamburg
- "Von Spielerfrauen und Heulsusen: Männlichkeitskonzepte im Fußball." Ringvorlesung "Fußball und Kultur," Januar
- 1998 Hamburg
- "Ethnologie einer Küstenlandschaft an einem Beispiel aus Südportugal." Ringvorlesung "Küstenbilder." Dezember
- 1998 Lissabon
- "Poetas do Sudoeste." Tagung ISCTE, OBSERV: "Etnografia do Sudoeste." März
- 1998 Frankfurt
- "Tales of Otters and People: The Rhetoric of Nature." EASA Kongress, Sept.
- 1997 Hamburg
- "Die Kultur der Natur: Ökotopia." Ringvorlesung "Science Fiction und Utopien." Juli
- 1995 Wien
- "Wir wollen nicht in einem Indianerreservat leben! Umweltkonflikte in Portugal." DGV Tagung Wien, Sept.
- 1995 Hamburg
- "Umwelt und Entwicklung in Portugal seit 1986." Katholische Mission. Februar
- 1993 St. Augustin
- "Ökologischer Diskurs und Umweltkonflikte." Tagung "Europäische Ethnologie," Juni