Dr. Ann-Kathrin Volmer
B.Sc. (Bonn), M.Sc. (Cologne), Maestra de Ciencias Ambientales (San Luís Potosí, Mex), Dr. Phil. (Münster)
Biography and Research
I have a multidisciplinary background in Human Geography, Environmental and Resources Management. I have worked as a researcher and lecturer in Geography in Münster (Germany), in Environmental Engineering in Neiva (Colombia) and as a science manager at the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) in Guadalajara (Mexico). I have lived, studied and/or worked in Latin America for a total of more than seven years, mostly in Mexico and Colombia.
My research focuses on socio-ecological conflicts in Latin America. I have worked on peasant movements defending their territories in Colombia. Recently, I started researching water governance in the Andean region of Ecuador. More broadly, I am interested in understanding how social and ecological change works, and how power relations shape these processes. I am also interested in the different ways in which human-nature relationships are defined, depending on the context. These relationships influence the way sustainable solutions to environmental problems are defined, as well as how development and alternatives are conceived.
Dr. Ann-Kathrin Volmer
0.011
Geozentrum - Meckenheimer Allee 176
53115 Bonn
Teaching
My teaching covers Political Ecology, the Anthropocene, Qualitative Methods, and the Regional Geographies of Latin America.
Publications
2025. (with Ricardo Gutierrez, Silvia Grinberg and Olaf Kaltmeier) "El Antropoceno urbano y sus transformaciones en América Latina”. CLACSO. CALAS. Buenos Aires. Guadalajara.
2025. (with Luisa Ellermeier, Olaf Kaltmeier, Omar Sierra, Eric Rummelhoff): "The Anthropocene as a multiple crisis: Perspectives from Latin America”. Routledge.
2024. (with Olaf Kaltmeier and Mario Peters) "Environments of Inequality. Crises, Conflicts, Comparisons.” Bielefeld. Kipu.
2024. "Sozio-ökologische Konflikte in Kolumbien. Politisch-ökologische Analyse der Ökoregion Macizo Colombiano". Nomos. Baden-Baden.
2024. (with Olaf Kaltmeier and Philipp Wolfesberger) "Los cuidados en y más allá del Antropoceno. Un recorrido interdisciplinario ante las crisis socioecológicas”. CLACSO. CALAS. Buenos Aires. Guadalajara.
2022. (with Tyanif Rico) "Usos y Definiciones del territorio en contextos de exploración minera: Miradas al Macizo Colombiano." In: FIAR - Forum for inter-american research, 15 (2). p. 10-29.
2022. (with Tyanif Rico and Anna Preiser). “Introduction: Struggles over Mining and territorio in Latin America”. In: FIAR – forum for inter-american research. 15 (2). p. 6-9.
2020. "Wissensgenerierung mit und für nichtakademische Akteur*innen.“ In: Standort - Zeitschrift für Angewandte Geographie, Vol. 44, p. 262–267.
2024 (forthcoming) “Andes - 1810-1950”. In: Gerardo Gutiérrez Cham, Olaf Kaltmeier, Elisa Rahskin y Arturo Camacho (coords.): Images of the Anthropocene. Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press.
2024. (forthcoming) “Andes - 1810-1950”. In: Gerardo Gutiérrez Cham, Olaf Kaltmeier, Elisa Rahskin y Arturo Camacho (coords.). Imágenes del Antropoceno. Buenos Aires: CLACSO.
2020. (with Guadalupe Galindo Mendoza, Carlos Contreras Servín y Juan Carlos Torrico): "Evaluation of agricultural policy implementation on a local level in Mexico“. In: Anuschka van ´t Hooft (coord.) Environment and Resource Management in Latin America. UASLP. Mexico. (online).
2018. “La ecología política del Macizo Colombiano: transformaciones de un concepto de investigación con pensamientos decoloniales.” In: S. Gomez, C. Moore y L. Muñera (coords.): Los saberes múltiples y las ciencias sociales y políticas. (online) p. 417-432.