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Dr. Sven Bergmann is a cultural anthropologist and Lecturer at the University of Bremen, concurrently serving as Research Associate at the German Maritime Museum (DSM) where he coordinates the 'Ship and Environment' research/exhibition area and acts as Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice. His career includes prior roles at Charité Berlin, Max Planck Institute, and Humboldt University.
Research focuses on:
- Maritime & Environmental Anthropology: Human-sea relationships, pollution governance
- Speculative Ecologies: Microplastics, UXO, and 'slow disasters'
- Waste Economies & Infrastructure: Sociomaterial flows of pollutants
- Decolonial Globalization Studies: Labor, transnationalism, gender
He directs major projects:
- EU Interreg: North Sea Wrecks (project lead) and REMARCO
- DFG Network: Waste in Motion
- Exhibitions: Toxic Legacies of War, MINING
Awards/fellowships:
- Max Planck Institute Fellowship (2011)
- Research Training Group 'Gender as Knowledge' Fellowship (2006–2011)
- Volkswagen Foundation Grant (2016–2017)
Affiliations include Bremen NatureCultures Lab, EASA networks, and environmental justice initiatives.
Research fields
Maritime AnthropologyEnvironmental AnthropologyScience and Technology StudiesUrban StudiesInfrastructure StudiesEconomics of WasteTransnationalismPostcolonial StudiesGlobalization and LaborMedical AnthropologyKinship StudiesReproduction StudiesGender StudiesSpeculative EcologiesMicroplastics PollutionUnexploded Ordnance
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