Veronika Cummings

Prof. Dr. Veronika Cummings is a full Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Institute of Geography at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 2017. Previously, she served as Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2015-2017) and Assistant Professor at the German University of Technology in Oman (2013-2015). Her academic journey includes postdoctoral research at RWTH Aachen University and a PhD from the University of Passau (2009) on social/spatial inequalities in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Education:

• PhD (Dr. phil.) in Human Geography, University of Passau (2009)
• Diploma in Geography & Sociology, University of Würzburg (2003)
• Bachelor's Degree, Université de Caen (France)

Research Focus:

• Negotiations of power, belonging, and urban place-making in migration contexts
• Sustainability utopias and climate-related societal transitions
• Geo-ethics: public negotiation of societal/geographical resource values
• Comparative studies on open vs authoritarian societies

Her empirical work spans Oman, UAE, Singapore, Germany, Brazil, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka. Methodologically, she employs qualitative and ethnographic approaches rooted in social theory and environmental humanities.

Research Networks:

• Leibniz Science Campus RECOMENT (Mainz/Trier)
• RMU Oman Research Network
• Indian Ocean Confluences Research Group

Consultation: By appointment via email.