Founding partners
| Team
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hoinkes
University of Kiel
Prof. Dr. John P. Allegrante
Columbia University
Senior researchers
Prof. Dr. Dirk Nabers
University of Kiel
Prof. Dr. Dirk Martin
University of Kiel
Prof. Dr. Natalia Filatkina
University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Karen Struve
Bremen University
Prof. Dr. Paula Diehl
University of Kiel
Prof. Dr. Frauke Nees
University of Kiel
Prof. Dr. Katrin Rehdanz
University of Kiel
Science manager
Ronja Teschendorf
University of Kiel
Dr. Markus Lemmens
KBHF GmbH at KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Maj-Britt Wesemeyer
University of Kiel
Climate & Environment
Earth warming and ecology, environmental protection, sustainability, agriculture, climate justice, etc.
Prof. Dr. André Calero Valdez
Lübeck University, Computer Science
Digital Interfaces for Climate
Prof. Dr. Silja Klepp
Kiel University
Prof. Dr. Konrad Ott
Kiel University, Philosophy
Heuristics of fear in times of climate change.
Dr. Anna Lena Bercht
Kiel University, Department of Geography
Anxiety in coastal fisheries: How identity salience matters in climate adaptation.
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frauke Nees
Kiel University, Institute for Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology
Reducing the impact of major environmental challenges on mental health (environMENTAL)
Migration, Language, Culture and Discourse
Projects in this cluster cover a wide range of topics, including social integration, national isolationism, cultural identity, xenophobia, racism, etc.
Prof. Raphaël Liogier
Sciences Po Aix
Researcher at Sophiapol (University of Paris X -Nanterre)
Lilit Karapetyan, MA cand.
Kiel University, Institute of Romance Studies & Departement of Psychology
Armenophobia/Anti-Armenianism from intergroup and sociolinguistic perspectives
Prof. Dr. Rolf Kailuweit
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Romance Studies
Civil Society Reactions to Islamist Terror in Western Europe: Setting Signs in Analogue and Digital Spaces
Dr. phil. Anita Sauckel
University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Medieval Icelandic Studies, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
“They are properly frightened now.” Anxiety in the Sagas of Icelanders
Dr. phil. habil. Jan Alexander van Nahl
University of Iceland, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
Associate Professor for Medieval Icelandic Literature
The domestication of anxiety – Handling contingency in medieval Icelandic literature
Marisa Stahl-Kügler, PhD cand.
Kiel University, Institute of Romance Studies
Anxometer – What does language do to anxiety?
The influence of multilingualism on the processing of anxiety.
Prof. Dr. Christina Schaefer
Kiel University, Institute of Romance Studies
Prof. Dr. phil. Timo Felber
Kiel University, Institute of German Studies
W3-Professorship for German Literature of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Dr. Monica van der Haagen-Wulff
University of Cologne, Cultural Sociology in the Department of Education and Social Sciences at the Faculty of Humanities
Doctorate of Creative Arts (DCA), Associate Lecturer
Maj-Britt Wesemeyer
Kiel University, Institute of Romance Studies
Dr. Anik Nandi
Departamento de Lingüística y Estudios Vascos, Universidad del País Vasco and School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, India
Technology
The four research clusters and their scientific teams propose the topics for investigation individually but they investigate always the (possible) impact of „New Technologies“ and „Automation / Artificial Intelligence“ which are defined by each area.
Prof. Dr. Lars Gerhold
Free University Berlin
Critical security research: The development shift – from technical assistance to the coming automation of security.
Prof. Dr. André Caldro Valdez
Lübeck University, Computer Science
Understanding and harmonizing human and technological needs by designing the interaction of socio-technical systems.
Dr. Markus Lemmens
KBHF GmbH at KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Deep Technology: Bridging basic research and the finding of practical solutions as a contribution to an anxiety handling in civil societies.
Dr. Karena Kalmbach
Futurium Berlin
Future of Politics, Work and Society/ Digitalization
Research and projects in this cluster are focused on the labor market and job prospects, communication and free speech, data protection, etc., in an environment of automation and digitalization.
Prof. Dr. Christian Martin
Kiel University, Political Science
The Empirics of Anxiety – Who Fears What and Why (Not).
Prof. Dr. Elke Krahmann
Kiel University, International Relations and Security Studies
Can we combat anxiety in civil society by restoring ontological security? Or: What do the social sciences have to contribute when examining the consequences of technology has to be reflected?
Anne Metten, PhD cand.
Kiel University, Comparative Politics
Existential Anxieties and Right-Wing Populism in Europe – Why People Unconcerned by Globalization Vote Against it
Prof. Dr. André Calero Valdez
Lübeck University, Computer Science
How do technology and AI-based media impact opinion formation and fear. Can digitale media and its protocols be design to foster information exchange between different groups in a population without increasing polarization? Does xenophobia increase in filter bubbles and between member of different bubbles?
Michael Bayerlein, Doc. cand.
Kiel University, Comparative Politics & IfW Kiel, International Finance and Macroeconomics
Existential Anxieties and Right-Wing Populism in Europe – Why People Unconcerned by Globalization Vote Against it
Population Health
Public health care, mental illness, drug-abuse, violence, chronic diseases, pandemics, etc.
Prof. Dr. John Allegrante
Columbia University, New York
Social and cultural anxiety: Interdisciplinary applied behavioral research in clinical epidemiology and health services research. Risk and protective factors in adolescent substance use and mental health.
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frauke Nees
Kiel University
Anxiety Index: The Digital Corpus of Anxiety Culture. Taxonomy (collection, classification and processing) of interdisciplinarily measured feelings of insecurity and anxiety in epidemiological (longitudinal) cohorts over the life span as well as construction of an anxiety index as an instrument for effective democratic system control, cooperation with Professor Christian Martin.
Dr. Sonali Rajan, Associate Prof.
Columbia University, New York
Prof. Dr. Angelika Messner
Kiel University
Emotion research and anxiety: Getting lost in-between the old and the new. Perspectives from Chinese contexts.
Prof. Dr. André Calero Valdez
Lübeck University, Computer Science
Understanding the impact of opinion formation, fear and behavior on pandemic preparedness by using simulation.
Prof. Dr. Anya Pedersen
Kiel University, Department of Psychology
Institute Director and Managing Director of the University Outpatient Clinic for Psychotherapy at Kiel University
Theory & Methodology
In a mutual approach of (Social / Natural) Sciences and Humanities, research on the different aspects of Anxiety Culture has to be carried out in a combination of methodological traditions and innovations, referring to data-sets and empirical findings in each area of investigation.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Nabers
Kiel University, Political Science and Sociology
Anxiety, crisis and social change.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hoinkes
Kiel University, Linguistics
Anxiety Culture as a Global Paradigm Shift: Discursive Traditions Aware of In-security and Powerlessness, and their Potential for a New Social Dynamic. Diaspora and fears, with special reference to the case of Armenia.
Michael J. Schapira, PhD
Columbia University, New York
Prof. Dr. Natalia Filatkina
University of Hamburg, Germanic Linguistics / Digital Historical Linguistics
Constructing Anxiety and Fear through Language Use: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Prof. Dr. Karen Struve
Bremen University, Romance Philology (Literature and Cultural Studies)
Frightening fractures: Discourses of Fear in Contemporary French Cultural Philosophy and Novel Production.
PD Dr. Veith Selk
Technical University Darmstadt, Political Science
Education & Outreach
Strong belief in an implementation of research findings in educational curriculums. This engagement covers a wide research communication approach as well. Digital tools will be combined with classical formats like conferences and one on one meetings. Science Diplomacy and political consultation is part of this aim.
Dr. Max Doppelbauer
Wien University
Prof. Dr. Caecilie Weissert
Kiel University
International partnership
The Westfjords of Iceland are a fascinating area in Europe, located in the far north. The climate and beautiful nature present a great challenge for people to live, work and be economically active. The University Centre of the Westfjords accompanies these challenges with two academic master programs, Coastal Communities and Regional Development and Coastal and Marine Management. It is a place of learning that is at the same time far away and in the middle.
Dr. Peter Weiss, Director of the UCW, and his team support the ACP in many ways, providing numerous opportunities in their spaces and with their valuable contacts for an experience-based exchange about the difficulties and solutions in trying to reconcile local and global life in a sustainable way.
