Dr. Michael Spies
Department of Geography
Human Geography
Workgroup Prof. Dr. Kreutzmann
Lecturer
Address
Malteserstr. 74-100
Room K 172
12249 Berlin
Room K 172
12249 Berlin
Telephone
Fax
(+49 30) 838 - 4 70526
Short Biography
| since April 2018 | Associate lecturer at the Centre for Development Studies (ZELF), FU Berlin |
| January 2018 | Defense of Ph.D. thesis "High Mountain Agriculture and Changing Socionatures in Nagar, Northern Pakistan" |
| since Aug. 2017 | Research Associate at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development |
| April 2013-July 2017 | Research Associate at the Centre for Development Studies (ZELF), FU Berlin |
| Jan. 2012-April 2013 | Research Assistant at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Research Area Climate Change & Development |
| May 2007-Jan. 2012 | Student Assistant at Collaborative Research Center 700 „Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood“: Projects C4 "Armed Conflict and (In) Security in Areas of Limited Statehood“ and C2 „The Control of Violence in Civil Wars“ |
| Sep. 2010-Jan. 2011 | Field research for master thesis in Jakarta, Indonesia; sponsored by PROMOS scholarship (DAAD) and the German Red Cross |
| Oct. 2008-Nov. 2011 | M.Sc. Geography (focus: Geographical Development Studies) at Freie Universität Berlin |
| Oct. 2005-Sept. 2008 | B.Sc. Geographical Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin |
Teaching
Summer Term 2018
- Proseminar "Integrative Betrachtung gesamt-geographischer Themen: Mensch-Umwelt-Forschung" (6. Semester Geographische Wissenschaften), LV-Nr. 24414a1, Blockveranstaltung
Winter Term 2013/14
- ES Einführung in die Anthropogeographie I (1. Semester Bachelor Geographische Wissenschaften). LV-Nr. 24401b6, Do 14:00-16:00, G204
- SG Wohnen in Neukölln. Eine Bezirkserkundung (Geländeseminar im Modul Einführung in die Anthropogeographie I, 1. Semester Bachelor Geographische Wissenschaften). LV-Nr. 24401c1, Blockveranstaltung
- SG Anthropogeographische Perspektiven zum Klimawandel (Geländeseminar im Modul Einführung in die Anthropogeographie I, 1. Semester Bachelor Geographische Wissenschaften). LV-Nr. 24401c3, Blockveranstaltung (gemeinsam mit Mattes Tempelmann)
Winter Term 2012/13
- SG Anthropogeographische Perspektiven zum Klimawandel (Geländeseminar im Modul Einführung in die Anthropogeographie I, 1. Semester Bachelor Geographische Wissenschaften). LV-Nr. 24401c3, Blockveranstaltung (gemeinsam mit Mattes Tempelmann)
Research Topics
- Social science approaches to climate change
- Human-environment interactions; assemblage and actor-network theories
- Northern Pakistan
Research Project
Publications
- Spies, M. (2017): Changing assemblages of high mountain farming Gilgit-Baltistan. In: Lahore Journal of Policy Studies 7(1), pp. 65-76.
- Spies M. (2017): „Multiple ‚Aktanten’ des landwirtschaftlichen Wandels im pakistanischen Karakorum: Das Beispiel Kartoffelanbau in Hopar, Nagar.“ In: Schmidt, M., Follmann, A. und Poerting, J. (Hrsg.): Geographien Südasiens 8: Extended Abstracts der 7. Jahrestagung des AK Südasien. Heidelberg: CrossAsia-eBooks, pp. 26–29.
- Spies, M. (2016): Glacier thinning and adaptation assemblages in Nagar, northern Pakistan. Erdkunde 70(2), pp. 125–140.
- Spies, M. (2014): Klimaanpassung als Diskurs: Ungleiche Perspektiven zur Hochwasserproblematik in Jakarta, Indonesien. PERIPHERIE 136, pp. 404-426.
- Lutz, R., Spies, M., Reusser, D. E., Kropp, J. P. und D. Rybski (2013): Characterizing the development of sectoral gross domestic product composition. Physical Review E 88(1), 012804
- Chojnacki, S., Ickler, C., Spies, M. & Wiesel, J. (2012): Event Data on Armed Conflict and Security: New Perspectives, Old Challenges, and Some Solutions. International Interactions 38(4), pp. 382-401.
- Spies, M. (2012): Deconstructing Flood Risks. A Livelihood and Vulnerability Analysis in Jakarta, Indonesia (= Berliner Geographical Papers 40), 59 p., Berlin
- Chojnacki, S., Grömping, M. & Spies, M. (2009): Armed Conflict Beyond the State. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Non-State Violence in Somalia, 1990–2007. Conference paper for Joint CSCW WG3/GROW-Net workshop: Environmental Conflicts and Conflict Environments“, June 11-12, 2009, Oslo.