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Nickel, Raphaela

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Raphaela Nickel, Research Assistant
Bienroder Weg 80, Room 214
Tel.: +49 (0)531/391 8716
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raphaela.nickel(at)tu-braunschweig.de
CV
Since 2025 Research Assistant for the ReSpace! Connected Response-able Spaces and Infrastructures for Sustainable Living ¬¬project, TU Braunschweig
Since 2025 PhD at the Institute of English and American Studies, TU Braunschweig.
2024-2025 Moderation of a digital lecture series organised by SDG+ Dialogue module as part of the SDG+ Lab, Kassel.
2023 First state examination, secondary school, Catholic Theology, University of Kassel.
2022 First state examination, secondary school, English and History, University of Kassel.
2021 Student assistant, Scientists for Future, Regionalgruppe Kassel. .
2021 Student assistant, UniKasselTransfer, Koordinationsstelle für Service Learning und gesellschaftliches Engagement.
2019 Tutor, FB02 Humanities and Cultural Studies, Institute for English/American Studies, University of Kassel, Seminar: Online Educational Initiatives: International Cooperation, Prof. Dr. Finkbeiner.

Stays Abroad

2018 Erasmus+, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
Research Interests
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Postcolonial Studies
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • Migration Studies

 

Teaching

SoSe 2026: 

Sci-Fi Cities: Imaginary Spaces as a Resource for Urban Futures. Interdisciplinary seminar with the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, TU Braunschweig

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upcoming

2026 “From Defender to Refugee: Internal Borders and Climate Displacement in John Lanchester’s The Wall.” European Society for the Study of English Conference (ESSE). University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 31 August – 4 September 2026.

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2026 “Canada: The Place to Be in Times of the Climate Crisis?” Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien, Jahrestagung 2025, “Climate Change, Climate Crisis: Canadian Perspectives, Changement climatique, crise climatique: Perspectives canadiennes.” Tutzing, 20 – 22 February 2026.
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