Anja Binkofski
„The German Maritime Museum uniquely combines museum and scientific research. In this environment, I can grow as a researcher and at the same time get an impression of museum work, always with two different audiences in mind. As a Maritime Anthropologist, I aim to think people and the sea together.“
Anja Binkofski, PhD Candidate
About the person
Anja Binkofski is a Cultural Anthropologist specializing in Maritime Anthropology. Since April 2024 she has been a PhD Candidate at the German Maritime Museum and is conducting ethnographic research into the establishment of the ship recycling industry in northern Germany. Her current project combines the topic of blue economy with questions of sustainability, green change and value. Science and Technology Studies (STS) as well as knowledge access and exchange also play a role.
In her Master’s thesis, she examined the topics of sea level rise on the Halligen and planning for an ‘unknowable’ future. The thesis was rewarded the “Bremer Studienpreis” 2024. Her research interests include sea level rise, flooding, sustainable futures studies and more-than-human futures. Building on this, she is entering a new field of research with her doctoral project, in which the interactions between politics, economics and technological progress are crucial for sustainable change.
Current research projects
- Shiprecycling
- Blue Economy
- Science and Technology Studies
- Sea level rise and floods
- Sustainable futures and more-than-human futures
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2024 | PhD Candidate at the German Maritime Museum on the topic of „Shiprecycling in Northern Germany“ | |
| 2024 | Freelance cultural Studies Researcher in the project „Sinking Cities: Cultural Heritage and Transformational Resources“ at the HafenCity University Hamburg | |
| 2020-2023 | M.A. Transcultural Studies (University of Bremen), focus on Maritime Anthropology Titel of the Master Thesis: „Living with(out) the North Sea – Future Planning on the Halligen in the Age of Uncertainty“ (Winner of the Bremer Studienpreis 2024) | |
| 2022-2023 | Student assistant at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in the project „TransTourism“ | |
| 2020 | Student assistant at the Überseemuseum Bremen in the field of digitisation | |
| 2016-2020 | B.A. Cultural Studies and English-Speaking Cultures (University of Bremen), focus on Indigenous Cultures, Indigenous and Western knowledge systems Titel of the Bachelor Thesis: „ Knowledge is Power: Criteria for effective Collaborations between Indigenous and Western knowledge systems” | |
| 2019 | Student assistant at the Überseemuseum Bremen | |
| 2018-2019 | Two Semesters at the University of Guelph, Canada
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Publications
Binkofski, Anja (2024): Das Meer raushalten – Zukunftsplanung auf den Halligen im Zeitalter der Ungewissheit. Jahresheft 2024. Naturzentrum Mittleres Nordfriesland, S. 27-30.
Scholarships and funded projects/awards
2024 Bremer Studienpreis of the Society of Friends of the University of Bremen and the Constructor University (unifreunde) for the Master's thesis
2018 PROMOS scholarship from the DAAD for a semester abroad in Canada