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Svenja Holste

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1. Faculty of Sociology / Research and Teaching Units / Unit 4 - Politics and Society / Working Group Albert

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im DFG Projekt „Weltsichten im Eis“ /“Worldviews of Ice“ (Prof.Albert und Prof. Straßheim)

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svenja.holste@uni-bielefeld.de  
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+49 521 106-12986  
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+49 521 106-6925 Secretary's Details
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3. Faculty of Sociology / Research and Teaching Units / Unit 4 - Politics and Society / Working Group Straßheim

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im DFG Projekt „Weltsichten im Eis“ /“Worldviews of Ice“ (Prof.Albert und Prof. Straßheim)

Curriculum Vitae

10/2022 - 01/2026: Bielefeld Graduate School History and Sociology (BGHS) | Dissertation: "The Arctic We Know?! On scientist's perceptions and factors of knowledge production in permafrost research and glaciology"
03/2022 - 11/2025: Research Associate, DFG Project "The Worldviews of Ice: Constructions of the Arctic at the Science/Politics Interface" (https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/soziologie/forschung/projekte/ice/)
09/2018 - 12/2018: PROMOS Stipendiate, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
03/2017 - 11/2019: M.A. "Governing Sustainability", University of Applied Sciences Bremen | Thesis: "Die Arktis im (Klima-)Wandel. Eine Analyse der Arktispolitik von Finnland und Schweden" / "(Climate) Change in the Arctic. An analysis of Finnish and Swedish Arctic Policy"
08/2015 - 12/2015: Erasmus+ Stipendiate, University of Turku, Finland
09/2013 - 12/2016: B.A. Social Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

Current research topics

  • Science-politics relationships
  • Knowledge production in Arctic and Northern regions
  • Indigenous knowledge and co-creative, transdisciplinary forms of research
  • Polar expertise, legitimacy and science activism

Memberships and Functions

Since 11/2024: Co-speaker, Working group Politics - Science - Technology, German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Since 03/2022: Thematic Group on Polar and Ocean Politics, German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Since 02/2022: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Responsible Science Initiative (RISE)