About & CV
I’m 29, from Germany, living in Australia and doing a PhD in urban ecology and geography at Griffith University. Photography is my tool to share the joy of living. I also do professional academic translations in Japanese, English and German :)
Interests: urban ecology, hidden greenspace, environmental geography, cultural perception of urban nature, Japanese cities, nature and culture photography, renaissance philosophy of nature and magic, constitutions, depiction of nature in films, science fiction and fantasy literature, electronic games and the observation of various interesting and curious phenomena of the known world.
Education
2011 – ongoing
Griffith University Doctoral Researcher
Informal urban greenspace
2003 – 2009
LMU University Munich MA (final grade average: 1.20, very good)
Japanese Studies, Biology, Philosophy
2007 – 2008
Evolution, Ecology and Systematics Master Program Guest student
2005 – 2006
Hokkaido Daigaku University Sapporo, Japan
Language, cultural and environmental studies
Publications
Exploring informal urban greenspace in Brisbane and Sapporo. Presentation for URP 2013 Gold Coast Seminar Series, Griffith University (2013). Download the presentation or view it at Slideshare.
Green Isles Around the Corner: The Role and Design of Small Local Parks in Sapporo, Japan. In: Schulz E.; Okano H (Ed.), „URP GCOE Document 7: Managing Sustainability and Creativity: Urban Management in Europe and Japan“, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University. (2009) Link to PDF (p.64): http://www.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp/archives/doc_vol7.pdf
Midorizukuri in Sapporo: citizen participation and ecology in urban planning. (original German title: Midorizukuri in Sapporo – Stadtplanung zwischen Ökologie und Basisdemokratie) MA thesis. (forthcoming)
Languages & work
German (mother tongue)
Japanese: Fluent, Japanese Level Proficiency Test Level 1
English: Fluent, TOEIC 990 points, TOEFL 119 points
Freelance translator (textbooks, scientific texts, letters, web pages, software)
Language teacher (English, German)
