![Jeremy Rayner: "My research concerns how and why people commit to fostering forms of organization that will allow them to act in concert with others over time; despite, and because of, the individuating pressures they face."](/6399095/original-1709570493.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2Mzk5MDk1fQ%3D%3D--e118ac85a2d577bb82a58da14336257752175b80)
Jeremy Rayner
My research concerns how and why people commit to fostering forms of organization that will allow them to act in concert with others over time; despite, and because of, the individuating pressures they face.
![Mascha Schulz: "Anthropology inspires me to question preconceptions and to rethink common assumptions – those that shape public debates or academic discourses, and those of my own.“](/6300025/original-1693478111.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MzAwMDI1fQ%3D%3D--0bdeb7d35d0b08f031c09a97e805db57768d7371)
Mascha Schulz
Anthropology inspires me to question preconceptions and to rethink common assumptions – those that shape public debates or academic discourses, and those of my own.
![Teresa Cremer: "Observing, encountering, being mindful and (un)learning to nurture curiosity about differences and the possibility of co-existence is a crucial part of what I understand as my work as anthropologist."](/6295820/original-1692096593.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2Mjk1ODIwfQ%3D%3D--80131d6bca31d635208185345ee655a3b3ab80b3)
Teresa Cremer
Observing, encountering, being mindful and (un)learning to nurture curiosity about differences and the possibility of co-existence is a crucial part of what I understand as my work as anthropologist.
![Danaé Leitenberg: “Anthropology allows me to understand how we individually and collectively experience and transform our unequal world.”](/6294286/original-1691575499.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2Mjk0Mjg2fQ%3D%3D--07fc9b60536cb48dae652565e77dd17334937c06)
Danaé Leitenberg
Anthropology allows me to understand how we individually and collectively experience and transform our unequal world.
![Javed Kaisar: "Anthropology allows me to explore human and non-human interactions and the political dimensions of everyday practices."](/6261095/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjYxMDk1fQ%3D%3D--ac6a10bec89fd4651a8629951eb97cdb64afbe9b)
Javed Kaisar
Anthropology allows me to explore human and non-human interactions and the political dimensions of everyday practices.
!["Insight must precede application." (Max Planck)](/6229037/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjI5MDM3fQ%3D%3D--db7d3740e5842b00146a9565edf229ade860756a)
75 Years Max Planck Society
Insight must precede application. (Max Planck)
![Hatem Elliesie: "The fundamental idea underlying my research is the desire to better understand the diversity of values and legal perceptions within a society."](/6175901/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTc1OTAxfQ%3D%3D--5d6f083483a1f0911b0dd7043f5b736bdf2fe57d)
Hatem Elliesie
The fundamental idea underlying my research is the desire to better understand the diversity of values and legal perceptions within a society.
![Claudia Lang: “I am interested in how people rethink mental health in times of increasing digitalization and changing environments.”](/6158647/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTU4NjQ3fQ%3D%3D--bd4203a10a1191d5d856758c358ab3a285d497e7)
Claudia Lang
I am interested in how people rethink mental health in times of increasing digitalization and changing environments.
![Lukas Ley: "Anthropology allows me to unravel and build towards other futures."](/6108539/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTA4NTM5fQ%3D%3D--e2b2fff0d87e6cc7e3c85e5ec9d80c279aa5bd10)
Lukas Ley
Anthropology allows me to unravel and build towards other futures.
![Abduletif Kedir Idris: "Anthropology allows me to explore the role of law in the struggle for justice in contexts devoid of rule of law."](/6129797/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTI5Nzk3fQ%3D%3D--016978e7f16339c2fe106222cff2346e8a404a0f)
Abduletif Kedir Idris
Anthropology allows me to explore the role of law in the struggle for justice in contexts devoid of rule of law.
![Arne Harms: "Anthropology enables me to understand how people live with transforming environments."](/6108443/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTA4NDQzfQ%3D%3D--679d8203b4e025b93d6c1f171e07c5d5b0be6b15)
Arne Harms
Anthropology enables me to understand how people live with transforming environments.
![Bayar Dashpurev: "My work examines the effects of environmental rights in the south Gobi, where mining is the dominant activity."](/6108475/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTA4NDc1fQ%3D%3D--bf43947335e4b68bda2d6ae57003896d6f9f7a58)
Bayar Dashpurev
My work examines the effects of environmental rights in the south Gobi, where mining is the dominant activity.
![Hanna Nieber: "Anthropology enables me to learn how people make sense of the world."](/6108506/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTA4NTA2fQ%3D%3D--bac668800a7cc0f8ea2ef41509b26bfcd6e22144)
Hanna Nieber
Anthropology enables me to learn how people make sense of the world.
![Sophie Nakueira: "With ethnographic methods I can capture how laws and policies are experienced by people in particular contexts and provide insights into why policies work or fail."](/6128520/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTI4NTIwfQ%3D%3D--c570e64bd5379d764c511f41578ceb8353be357e)
Sophie Nakueira
With ethnographic methods I can capture how laws and policies are experienced by people in particular contexts and provide insights into why policies work or fail.
![Samiksha Bhan: "Anthropology enables me to explore how people make sense of disease and demand care in situations of marginality."](/6140865/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MTQwODY1fQ%3D%3D--68604eab16963a87b2a73835dfabcb158bd953e7)
Samiksha Bhan
Anthropology enables me to explore how people make sense of disease and demand care in situations of marginality.
![Biao Xiang: "I wish to explore what kinds of change are possible when we face deep uncertainty and structural stagnation at the same time."](/6231481/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjMxNDgxfQ%3D%3D--c633473da18c938f40441d20f2e19d3690e8eef1)
Biao Xiang
I wish to explore what kinds of change are possible when we face deep uncertainty and structural stagnation at the same time.
![Jing Jing Liu: "My research centers on an anthropology of Africa-Asia to question the endurance of Western hegemony and to imagine new futures for global citizens."](/6229603/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjI5NjAzfQ%3D%3D--c5621067798ca58b22eba354cb57b120dafd97ba)
Jing Jing Liu
My research centers on an anthropology of Africa-Asia to question the endurance of Western hegemony and to imagine new futures for global citizens.
![Andrew Haxby: "I continue to see anthropology as a lens for understanding the meaning of everyday life, one that is well suited for making sense of how our world is transforming."](/6234631/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjM0NjMxfQ%3D%3D--18a297461c139181e54d167023700ce5e05d8b93)
Andrew Haxby
I continue to see anthropology as a lens for understanding the meaning of everyday life, one that is well suited for making sense of how our world is transforming.
![Desirée Kumpf: "Ich erforsche, wie Menschen Umweltpolitik in ihrem Alltag begegnen, etwa grünem Wachstum oder neuen Naturschutzansätzen wie rewilding."](/6245997/original-1690278035.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjQ1OTk3fQ%3D%3D--abe4d26cad534204c7bc3d7adf77d987809b7a55)
Desirée Kumpf
I study how people engage with environmental politics in their daily lives – for example, Green Growth or new conservation approaches like rewilding.
![Christoph Brumann: "Urban development, UN operations, Buddhist economies – anthropology helps me to make sense of modern institutions and their contradictions."](/6247117/original-1690278034.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjQ3MTE3fQ%3D%3D--467f701498361059442357368756decaf0650ed9)
Christoph Brumann
Urban development, UN operations, Buddhist economies – anthropology helps me to make sense of modern institutions and their contradictions.
![Julia Vorhölter: "Anthropology allows me to question the taken-for-granted; it reminds me that things could be different and helps me to understand why they are not."](/6247795/original-1690278034.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2MjQ3Nzk1fQ%3D%3D--b97cc8af798f2f8189f37a67da5eebd60e5ed39b)
Julia Vorhölter
Anthropology allows me to question the taken-for-granted; it reminds me that things could be different and helps me to understand why they are not.
![Rishabh Raghavan: “My political commitments are frequently challenged, refined and subsequently defined by the field of social anthropology.”](/6279353/original-1687948033.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2Mjc5MzUzfQ%3D%3D--be75834b1fb4b16257234248c7f2e49db378f103)
Rishabh Raghavan
My political commitments are frequently challenged, refined and subsequently defined by the field of social anthropology.
![Mareike Schmidt: "Anthropology enriches my legal research on transformations in private law on a theoretical, doctrinal, and methodological level and thus allows me to see and understand law from new angles."](/6438610/original-1719841718.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2NDM4NjEwfQ%3D%3D--bfff6a2a569fd818ece754159629853b63ffcfab)
Mareike Schmidt
Anthropology enriches my legal research on transformations in private law on a theoretical, doctrinal, and methodological level and thus allows me to see and understand law from new angles.
![Inge Fiedler: "My research focuses on organ donation in Germany after brain-death diagnosis and how next-of-kin are attended to."](/6439248/original-1719847121.jpg?t=eyJ3aWR0aCI6NzU1LCJoZWlnaHQiOjQyNCwiZml0IjoiY3JvcCIsImZpbGVfZXh0ZW5zaW9uIjoianBnIiwib2JqX2lkIjo2NDM5MjQ4fQ%3D%3D--5b4a023185aa06e2350f34c80f3d8fe15e0026e1)
Inge Fiedler
My research focuses on organ donation in Germany after brain-death diagnosis and how next-of-kin are attended to.
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