Christoph Lange

Dr. Christoph Lange is a researcher at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne, specializing in human-animal relations, Mediterranean critical zones, and the cultural politics of horse breeding. He contributes to the MESH (Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities) initiative and works within the Global South Study Center Cologne (GSSC).

• Current affiliation: University of Cologne
• Department: Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Research networks: MESH, GSSC

His research explores:

• Interconnectedness of Arabian horse breeding networks
• Strategic tribalism in Egyptian electoral politics
• Decolonizing animal certification systems
• Interspecies performance in show horse culture
• Environmental change analysis in Zimbabwean national parks
• Mediterranean as anthropological laboratory

Recent publications examine Mediterranean environmental crises, Arabian horse knowledge production, and the politics of animal purity. While no scientific awards are currently documented, his work bridges ethnographic fieldwork with multispecies theory across three continents.