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Dr. Johanna Kramm

Head of the Knowledge Processes and Transformations Hub
Coupled Infrastructures ,  Water and Land Use
+49 69 7076919-16 johanna.kramm@isoe.de

Johanna Kramm has been a research scientist at ISOE since 2014 and has been head of the Knowledge Processes and Transformations hub with Alexandra Lux since April 2023. Together with Carolin Völker, she led the SÖF junior research group PlastX from 2016 to 2021. She studied geography, political science and sociology at the University of Bonn and at the University of Bristol and received her PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Bonn. She works on risk perception and communication of environmental risks such as microplastics, governance of marine litter and waste in the global south, and practices in the consumer and throwaway society.

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Upcoming Event

Frankfurter Bürger-Universität: Das perlt ab! Risiken durch PFAS für die Umwelt

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Frankfurter Bürger-Universität: Das perlt ab! Risiken durch PFAS für die Umwelt

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Campus Riedberg

Vortrag und Diskussion

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Focus of research

  • Water Policy and Governance
  • Social-ecological risk research
  • Transformation 

Memberships

DFG-Netzwerk Waste in Motion

Publications

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Current Publications

Projects

  • gwTriade – Integrative monitoring of groundwater quality
    Water Chemical Risks

    gwTriade – Integrative monitoring of groundwater quality

    The aim of the gwTriade project is to develop an integrated assessment concept for groundwater ecosystems based on ecotoxicological characterization, chemical analysis and the recording of faunal diversity. 

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  • PlastX – Plastics as a systemic risk for social-ecological supply systems
    Chemical Risks

    PlastX – Plastics as a systemic risk for social-ecological supply systems

    The junior research group PlastX, led by ISOE, is examining the societal role of plastic and the associated environmental impacts. Within this framework, the team of social and natural scientists is attempting to find out how plastic might be used more sustainably.

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  • Cognitive integration and innovation
    Knowledge and Participation

    Cognitive integration and innovation

    The aim of the project is to dynamically integrate current advances in socio-ecological research in relevant scientific fields.

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  • PlastX – Packaging and sustainable consumption
    Chemical Risks

    PlastX – Packaging and sustainable consumption

    Under the leadership of ISOE, the PlastX junior research group is investigating the social role of plastics and their effects on the environment.

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  • PlastX – Plastic waste in seas and oceans
    Water Chemical Risks

    PlastX – Plastic waste in seas and oceans

    The sub-project of the PlastX junior research group investigates the implementation process of management strategies to protect the seas and oceans.

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  • EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia
    Water

    EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia

    The aim of the project is to improve the performance of wastewater pond facilities. To this end, ISOE is investigating aspects of governance and developing management structures and financial controlling procedures.

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  • NiddaMan – Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Nidda Catchment Area
    Water

    NiddaMan – Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Nidda Catchment Area

    The aim of the joint project is the development of strategies for a sustainable management of the water resources in the Nidda catchment area. These strategies are to serve as a planning instrument for practical water management.
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  • CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia
    Water

    CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia

    The aim of CuveWaters is to support and improve Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the northern Namibian Cuvelai-Etosha Basin. ISOE is supervising and co-ordinating this international joint project.
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