Georg N. Schäfer

Georg N. Schäfer is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Structural Change in the Technosphere, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He combines sociology with environmental science to analyze the emergence of the technosphere, focusing on socio-ecological dynamics in Western Kansas' groundwater irrigation crisis.

• University: Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Department: Structural Change in the Technosphere
• Academic Rank: Researcher

His research explores how cultural, economic, legal, and technological drivers enabled socio-ecological transformation post-1930s/1950s Dust Bowls, questioning if these same factors now constrain regional agency in the Anthropocene. He collaborates on the Hiding in Plains Sight mapping project and contributes to the Anthropocene Curriculum website.

As part of the Teleconnections: A Spatiotemporal Atlas of the Technosphere project, Georg investigates planetary transformation processes while co-chairing the Anthropocene Commons eV. His publications bridge geology, sociology, and environmental ethics, with recent works examining Anthropocene stratigraphy and sociotechnical imaginaries.