Hi! I am an environmental sociologist working on forest fires, affective atmospheres, and soundscapes. I am a doctoral researcher at the IRI THESys (Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems) and I am associated with the ERC ‘Wavematters’ project (PI: Ignacio Farías). My current research project, for which I have been awarded a full research scholarship by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), is concerned with the urgent need to find climate-adaptive ways of coping with the intensifying wildfire crisis, not only materially, but also culturally. Since the affective and sensuous politics of perception during environmental hazards are little understood, my research examines the lived experiences of wildfires and the ways these are shaped by - and constituent in the shaping of public discourses on risk perception, catastrophe management and global warming. Graduate from the University of Vienna, with a master’s degree in sociology, I received highest honors for my research on urban soundscapes. With the goal to raise perceptual and political awareness, I organize workshops, hold presentations, and conduct regular public ‘soundwalks’. For my work on urban soundscapes I have been interviewed by the wide-ranging Austrian newspapers ‘der Standard’ and the ‘Kurier’. My first book ‘Resonant Fabrics: Listening to Urban Worlds’ (2023) has been published by the ‘transcript’ Verlag. Please feel free to contact me with whatever questions you might have about my work or my person.