Team > Julia Plaß, M.Sc.

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Cultural Geography

Scientific Career

• 2022 - 2023:
  University Associate, School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia
• 2021 - 2022:
  Visiting Scientist at the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative hosted at the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
• Since December 2019:
  Research Assistant and PhD Student, Chair of Cultural Geography, Prof. Dr. Matthew G. Hannah, University Bayreuth
• 2017 - 2018:
  Internship at the Pan African Cooperation and Educational Technologies (PACET) Programme, United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn, Germany
• 2016 - 2019:
  Master (M.Sc.) in Human-Climate-Paleoenvironment at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
  Topic of the master thesis: "The role of climate change in the Namibian school curriculum with special focus to selected indigenous groups"
  Minors: environmental management, political science, and nutritional sciences
  
• 2016:
  Internship at MOLTENO – Institute for Language and Literacy, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2013 - 2016:
  Bachelor (B.Sc.) in Geography at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
  Topic of the bachelor thesis: „Peacekeeping impact of the UN Blue Helmet troops in Central Africa
  Minor Subjects: political science and sociology
  

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Cultural Geography

Research Interests

• Disaster Risk Financing, Climate Risk Insurances
  
• Human-Environment Relations (Climate Change Adaption)
  
• Traditional Knowledge Systems
  
• Mixed-Methods Approaches
  

Regional Interests

• Oceania
  
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  

Courses

Summer 2022:

• Seminar: Global Structures – Risk, Media and Science Communication (Globale Strukturen – Risiko, Medien und Wissenschaftskommunikation) (together with V. Eckstein)
  
• Field Trip: Sustainability in Nürnberg
  

Winter 2020/2021:

• Seminar: Geographies of Risk
  
• Field Trip: The Local Culture and Economy of Beer and Brewing
  

Summer 2021:

• Colloquium: Society-Environment Relations (together with O. Sass and C. Schemann)
• Seminar: Urban and Regional Development (together with M. Gebauer)
• Seminar: Global Structures (together with V. Eckstein)
  

Winter 2020/2021:

• Seminar: Scientific Writing
  
• Field Trip: Sustainability and Food Transition in Upper Franconia
  

Summer 2020:

• Seminar: Urban and Regional Development
  
• Field Trip: Regional Governance
  

Winter 2019/2020:

• Seminar: Urban Geography
  

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Cultural Geography

Publications

Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Chair of Cultural Geography

Julia Plaß, M.Sc.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Raum: 147, GEO II

Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-2288
E-mail: julia.plass@uni-bayreuth.de