Hannah Brunkhorst
MSc (Geographic Development Research)
BA (Political Science)
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Hannah Brunkhorst works as a Researcher at Ecologic Institut, where she supports the Plastics & Citizen Science team as well as the Resources & Circular Economy team. Her research interest primarily focuses on sustainable transformation processes, for example, in the context of urban development or economic systems. In this work, she addresses overarching questions such as how to curb multiple crises (e.g., climate change and biodiversity loss) and how to ensure that the associated measures are socially sustainable. Hannah Brunkhorst is a native German speaker and has very good English skills.
Key projects in which Hannah Brunkhorst is involved include the project "Plastic Pirates – Go Europe!", a citizen science initiative addressing the plastic waste problem, and the project "ZirTeNet", an initiative promoting circular textiles. She is also involved in organising and evaluating workshops, interviews and project meetings. In addition, Hannah Brunkhorst supports the team with academic research, editorial work and public relations.
Through her work within the teams, Hannah Brunkhorst is able to deepen her interest in resource- and sustainability-based politics and help develop solutions to the global challenges of plastic and environmental pollution, as well as promote the circular economy.
Prior to her role as a researcher, Hannah Brunkhorst worked as a student assistant at the Ecologic Institute. Before that, she was active as a working student in social projects and non-profit organisations. Among other things, she supported the non-profit organisation "Kulturbrücke Hamburg e.V." with project management, was involved in the tutoring project "Kompetenz Kompakt" for young refugees, and worked in a refugee facility as part of the "Helping Hands for Ukraine" project.
Hannah Brunkhorst holds a master's degree in ‘Geographical Development Research’ (M.Sc.) from the Freie Universität Berlin. She completed her bachelor's degree in Political Science (B.A.) at the Universität Hamburg and spent a semester at the Faculty of Geography at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest as part of the Erasmus programme.
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Recent content by Hannah Brunkhorst
Integrated Approaches to the Triple Planetary Crisis
Reports, fact sheets and infographics on drivers, impacts and pathways for action
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