Dr. Leonie Tuitjer


30167 Hannover


Focus in research and teaching
Area of Expertise
Post-structuralist theory, climate change and migration discourses, qualitative research methods, urban studies, research on infrastructures
Curriculum vitae
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Professional career
Education
B.A. in Political Science and English (Georg-August Universität Göttingen)
M.A. in Global Studies (Erasmus Mundus) with study periods at Roskilde University, Denmark; Macquarie University, Australia; Vienna University, Austria.
M.A. in Research Methods in Human Geography (University of Durham, UK)
PhD in Human Geography, University of Durham (UK)PhD Thesis
Sensing the Waterscape – (Re)assembling the politics of climate change and displacement in Bangkok, ThailandM.A. Thesis (Research Methods, University of Durham)
Resilience for what end? Investigating Neoliberalism in EU Policy Approaches to Climate Change Induced MigrationM.A. Thesis (Global Studies, University of Vienna)
Climate-Proofing Refugee Aid? The UNHCR’s Approach to Climate Change Induced Displacement and Climate JusticeB.A. Thesis
From Colonial Discourses to Discourses of Transnationalism. An Analysis of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss -
Memberships
TRUST – Transdiciplinary rural and urban transformation ( Research cluster, Leibniz University Hanover )