Germán Joosten

Born and educated in Argentina, Germán Joosten is an environmental anthropologist whose work explores socio-ecological conflicts and the narrative futures of human-environment relations through transdisciplinary collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Currently he works as guest scientist at the Jeschke Lab | Ecological Novelty, FU Berlin, and is a researcher in the PONDER project at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB). He earned a Doctorate in Natural Sciences in 2023 at the National University of La Plata, where he previously completed a Diploma in Biology and worked as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant. His doctoral thesis examined the Western Qom and the Pilcomayo River. In 2023 he joined the Bundestag’s International Parliamentary Scholarship and currently conducts postdoctoral research at ARL focusing on stakeholder engagement and scenario development.