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Ann Imke is a Research Associate and Doctoral Student in the Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies at the University of Bremen since June 2025. Her work bridges literary fiction, climate discourse, and postcolonial theory to examine contradictions in environmental imaginaries through narrative form and spatial representation.
Her educational background includes:
- M.A. in Applied Communication Studies from Kiel University of Applied Sciences (2019-2020), thesis: "Climate Change Science Communication: An Analysis of Developing Participatory Platforms"
- B.A. in English Studies & German Studies from The Ohio State University
Ann's research centers on Environmental Sciences and Ecocriticism, analyzing how climate fiction negotiates tensions between dominant narratives (apocalyptic/techno-futurist scenarios) and subaltern perspectives. Using frameworks from Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Narratology, and Posthumanism, she investigates imagined futures of climate-altered coastal communities across Global North and South contexts. Her dissertation "Eco-narratives of contradictions: Postcolonial perspectives in climate fiction" reveals hybridities emerging from competing environmental knowledge systems.
As a Doctoral Student in the Research Training Group 2686, Ann participates in a funded interdisciplinary program exploring contradictions in law, space, democratic criticism, and coloniality. The RTG provides structured support for her doctoral research through collaborative workshops and theoretical frameworks.
Ann is embedded in the Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies at the University of Bremen, an interdisciplinary team examining paradoxes across cultural, legal, and environmental domains. The group's work connects climate discourse to broader theoretical contradictions in modernity and coloniality.
