Dennis Schüpf
PhD Candidate
In my current PhD research, I am investigating the social entanglements with coastal sand resources and their implications for coastal adaptation to climate and environmental change. In particular, I use qualitative methods to unravel the power dynamics in contested coastal spaces that shape the outcomes of (mal)adaptation and the making of coastal protection. Recent fieldwork has therefore focused on different actors at multiple levels, but with an emphasis on the role of artisanal and small-scale fishing communities whose livelihoods depend on access to sand.
Research Areas
- Political Ecology of Climate Change (Mal)adaptation
- Coastal Protection
- Environmental Justice
- Artisanal Fishing Communities
- Governance of Sand Resources
Thesis Title
Adapting to shifting sand resources – Contestations on shrinking coastal space among artisanal fish workers
Curriculum Vitae
- 03/2023 - now: Geography Department at the University of Bonn PhD Candidate (Supervision: Prof. Dr. Lisa Schipper)
- 07/2022 - now: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Research Aassistant of the Research Program "Umwelt-Governance und Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit"
- 10/2023 - 03/2024: French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) Guest Researcher at the Social Science Department
- 12/2020 - 11/2021: ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Research Intern – Project: ‘Scaling-up experimental learning tools for sustainable water governance’ in rural India
- 07/2020 - 11/2020: ICTA-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Research Intern – Project: Environmental Justice Atlas
- 10/2018 - 11/2021: Philipps-University of Marburg – M.A. International Development Studies (1,3)
Presentations
- Governing the sand commons: Implications of sand mining for coastal communities in India in: Urban Political Ecology of Coastal Transformation (Panel). Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (dkg23) Frankfurt, September 2023.
- Damming rivers of sand – Disappearing beaches & the socio-spatial implications for small-scale fishing communities, Presentation at IFP (French Institute of Pondicherry) Colloquium, Pondicherry, February 2024.
- Disappearing beaches & artisanal fishing communities – (Mal)adapting to shifting coastal sand resources, IDOS-Misereor Conference ‘Urban Communities in the Face of the Climate Crisis’ Bonn, May 2024.
- Adapting to shifting sand resources – The case of small-scale fisheries in southern India in: Socio-ecological vulnerabilities, resistance, and the potential for more equitable and sustainable societies (Panel). POLLEN24 Lund, June 2024.
Publications
- Scheunpflug L., Schüpf D. (2024): Deconstructing the Fehmarnbelt fixed link: Local resistance and counter-discourses against the world’s largest immersed tunnel. Link
- Schüpf D. (2024): On the grounds of water access: the Sorgenfri case of roma community eviction in Sweden. In: Marin D. (ed.), Bearing the brunt: Roma and traveller experiences of environmental racism Brussels: European Environmental Bureau.
- Falk T., Schüpf D., Zhang W., Soliev I. (2021): A behavioral perspective on improving water governance in India. Link
- Falk T., Schüpf D., Zhang W., Soliev I. (2021): Understanding behavioral change for improved water governance: reflecting on ongoing development interventions in India. Link
- Schüpf D. (2021): Well diggers tackling water woes in a megacity: the case of Bangalore, India. Link
Scholarships
- ATSAF Junior-Scientist Program scholarship
- ASA Stipendiat (Engagement Global)
Teaching
Linkages between maladaptation & development, in Environmental Governance Module, IDOS-Postgraduate Program
Memberships
- Adaptation Hive
- Enjust Network