Carsten Felgentreff

Carsten Felgentreff is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography within the University of Osnabrück, Germany. Specializing in society-environment research since 2004, he focuses on climate change adaptation, spatial mobility, and socioeconomic transformations.

• PhD in Geography (University of Göttingen, 1995)
• MA in Ethnology with minors in Human Geography and Anthropology (University of Göttingen, 1991)

His research spans migration systems (particularly Fiji and post-socialist Europe), hazard studies (flood impacts, disaster recovery), and urban/regional analysis. Recent work emphasizes the climate-migration nexus through interdisciplinary geographical lenses. Key contributions include co-editing the 2016 thematic volume Climate and Migration in DIE ERDE.

Scientific accolades include the DAAD scholarship (1993/94). He has led projects like Social City Quakenbrück-Neustadt (2005-2007) and actively contributes to IMIS as an associate member since 2010.