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Dr. Verena Schröder

Verena Schröder
Dr. Verena Schröder
Research associate
Phone +49 8421 93-21378
E-mail vschroeder@ku.de
Room: O18-202
Postal Address
Ostenstraße 18
85072 Eichstätt
Office hours
The Human Geography Group is not staffed for the time being. However, we are always available for you by email.

About

Verena Schröder studied “Geography: Global Change & Regional Sustainability” at the University of Innsbruck. In her master's thesis, she focused on Corporate Regional Responsibility (CRR), analysing the relationship between cable car companies/ski resorts and their environment, their sense of responsibility and the tension between commodifying and protecting nature.

In her dissertation, she has focused on more-than-human geographies and animal geographies, using the empirical example of returning wolves to Switzerland. She has investigated the dynamic relationships between wildlife and representatives of agriculture, hunting and forestry from transactional, intra-actional and resonant perspectives. She is also interested in visual communication of qualitative research. In this context, she is exploring the potential of comics for geography.

  

Education and career

  • April 2023-present: Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

  • June 2022-March 2023: parental leave

  • April 2020-March 2021: parental leave

  • 2017-2022: Research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Department of Geography, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
    Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
    Dissertation: “Human-wolf relations in the Alpine cultural landscape. Transactions, intraactions and resonances: a more-than-human geography of entanglement” (defended summa cum laude in July 2023)

  • 2016-present: Working as a consultant in sustainability for companies and municipalities

  • 2016–2017: Certificate of advanced studies program ‘Mammals: Knowledge of Species, Ecology, and Management’ at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

  • 2015–2016: Staff member and co-initiator of the applied geography platform regionalverantwortlich.at; responsible for analysis, consulting, and concept development in the field of sustainable regional development and corporate regional responsibility

  • Feb. 2015–Jan. 2016: Doctoral candidate at the University of Innsbruck (doctoral scholarship for young researchers)
  • Oct. 2014–Mar. 2015: Lecturer at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck
  • 2008–2014: Master’s degree program in Geography: Global Change and Regional Sustainability with electives in sociology and architecture at the University of Innsbruck. Master’s thesis on the topic ‘Cable car companies – responsible for the region? A differentiated examination of ski resorts in Tyrol and a draft corporate regional responsibility policy’ (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Coy; grade: very good). The thesis was awarded the Walter Christaller Prize 2015 of the Deutscher Verband für Angewandte Geographie (German Association for Applied Geography), the Graf Chotek Prize 2015 of Tiroler Sparkasse in the category ‘sustainability’, and the 2014 funding prize of the Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft (Austrian Geographical Society)
  • Oct. 2013–Oct. 2014: Tutor for the course ‘Humans and the Environment’ at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck
  • Oct. 2011–May 2013: Project member at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, in the research projects ‘CC-Snow II – Effects of Future Snow Conditions on Tourism and Economy in Tyrol and Styria’ (funded by the Austrian Climate Research Program of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund) and ‘A Study on Cemetery Space Requirements’ (commissioned by the Innsbruck city planning department)
  • 2007–2010: Internships at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research in Innsbruck, European Forum Alpbach, the Hamburg city planning department, and Welthaus in the diocese of Innsbruck
  • 2005–2008: Bachelor’s degree program in Geography at the University of Innsbruck
      

Awards, grants, and scholarships

  • 2024: Award from the Bavarian Academy for Rural Areas (ALR)

  • 2024: Publication Grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the publication of "Human-wolf relationships in the Alps. A more-than-human geography of entanglement" (Open Access e-book)

  • 2019: Small grant (internal research funding of KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) for the project "Wolf-Comic: Alternative Representation of Qualitative Research Findings"

  • 2016: Award of the German Society for Applied Geography (DVAG)

  • 2015: Award of the Austrian Geographical Society (ÖGG)

  • 2015: Graf Chotek University Award of the Tiroler Sparkasse in the category “Sustainability”

      

Research interests: topics

  • More-than-human geographies

  • Human-environment relations

  • Returning of wolves

  • Multispecies Ethnographies

  • Comics

Research interests: regions
  • Alps (especially Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
       

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