Research Interests

Human-environment interactions, natural hazards research, social networks, Global South Studies, urban and regional development, resilience and vulnerability, migration, sustainable development

Regional focus: South and South-East Asia (especially Indonesia)

Methods: Qualitative and quantitative methods of social research

Profiles

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1038-9040
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstantin-Gisevius

Research Projects

Since 2019: Building adaptive capacity through (trans-) local social capital – sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities and households in selected Indonesian second-tier cities (TRANSOCAP II)
PhD researcher in Cooperation with Boris Braun (PI) & Lisa-Michéle Niesters (University of Cologne)
Funding: DFG within the SPP-1889 ‘Regional Sea Level Change and Society’ (BR1678/14-2).
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Academic Career

2024 Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) an der Universität zu Köln (magna cum laude).  Title of the doctoral thesis: "Networks of adaptation: Local and translocal social capital as drivers of community adaptive capacity towards coastal hazards in Indonesia"

Since 11/2019 Lecturer and PhD research fellow at the Institute of Geography, University of Cologne in the DFG-funded project: „Building adaptive capacity through translocal social capital: Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities and households in Indonesia” (TRANSOCAP II).

09/2022 Guest research stay at the Universitas Negeri Padang, Department of Geography, Padang, Indonesia & Universitas Udayana, Faculty of Agriculture, Denpasar, Indonesia

02-03/2019 Guest research stay at the Universitas Diponegoro, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Semarang, Indonesia

04/2017 - 10/2019 M.Sc. Geography at the University of Cologne with focus on Environment & Society. Title of Master's thesis: "Agents of small change - The role of local leaders in facilitating community adaptation to flood risk and land subsidence in Semarang, Indonesia". (The thesis was awarded with the Dr. Prill-Prize award.)

06/2018 - 08/2019 Research Assistant at the Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany, within the framework of the DFG-funded research project "Building adaptive capacity through translocal social capital: Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities and households in Indonesia" (TRANSOCAP I)

12/2017 - 05/2018 Research Assistant at the Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany, within the DFG-funded research project "Bangladesh Delta: Assessment of the causes of sea level rise hazards and integrated development of predictive modeling towards mitigation and adaptation" (BanD-AID)

09/2012 - 02/2016 B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, majoring in Environmental and Social Sciences and Sustainable Development. Title of the Bachelor thesis: "Helping the helpers: Approaches to overcome obstacles concerning disaster mitigation and preparedness measures of non-governmental organisations to reduce flood risk in Asia".

Publications

Gisevius, K., 2024. Networks of adaptation: Local and translocal social capital as drivers of community adaptive capacity towards coastal hazards in Indonesia. Dissertation University of Cologne. Full text

Gisevius, K., Niesters, L.-M., Larasati, A., Braun, B., 2023. (Trans)local Social Capital and its Role in Enhancing Adaptation to Coastal Hazards: Evidence from Urban Coastal Communities in Indonesia. In Proceedings of the International Conference “Sustainable Built Environment and Urban Transition”. Symposium conducted at the meeting of Linnaeus University, Växjö.

Bott, L. M., Schöne, T., Illigner, J., Haghighi, M.H., Gisevius, K., Braun, B., 2021. Land subsidence in Jakarta and Semarang Bay – The relationship between physical processes, risk perception, and household adaptation. Ocean and Coastal Management 211, 105775. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105775. get the full text 

Scholarships and awards

Training and Networking Grant der Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS), University of Cologne, The 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, 16.-20. April 2024, Honululu, USA.

Training and Networking Grant der Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS), University of Cologne, The Centennial Congress of the International Geographical Union (IGU), 18-22 July 2022, Paris, France.

Best Poster Award, Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS) Research Conference 2021, University of Cologne.

Dr. Prill-Preis 2020 of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln e.V. for outstanding theses in geography, category "Master". 

PROMOS-Scholarship 2019 of the DAAD.

Memberships

• Working Group on Geography of the Seas and Coasts 
• Doctoral Colloquium Environmental Economic Geography (UmWiG) of the Universities of Cologne, Luxembourg, Vechta & Trier

Lectures

WS 2023/24	Excursion to Indonesia incl. preparatory seminar (together with B. Braun)
WS 2023/24	Reading seminar “Approaches and concepts of natural hazards research from an anthropogeographical perspective” (together with L.-M. Niesters)
WS 2023/24	Reding seminar “Risk space and habitat coast“ (together with L.-M. Niesters)
WS 2021/22	Reading seminar “Approaches and concepts of natural hazards research from an anthropogeographical perspective” (together with L.-M. Niesters)
WS 2021/22	Seminar “Tourism geography“ (together with L.-M. Niesters)

Selected talks

Gisevius, Konstantin (2024): „Networks of coastal adaptation: Structures and dynamics of individual and community-based resilience in Indonesia's coastal cities”. 40th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Geography of the Seas and Coasts, 13.-15. June 2024.

Gisevius, Konstantin; Niesters, Lisa-Michéle; Braun, Boris (2024): „The role of community leadership in building community adaptive capacity to coastal hazards – Insights from neighborhood networks in Semarang, Indonesia”. The 2024 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, 16.-20. April 2024, Honululu, USA.

Gisevius, Konstantin (2024): “Building adaptive capacity in a changing environment – The role of social networks and migration in adapting to coastal hazards in the Global South. Gastvortrag MUNFCCC, 20. March 2024, University of Cologne.

Gisevius, Konstantin; Niesters, Lisa-Michéle.; Larasati, Ajeng; Braun, Boris (2023): „(Trans)local Social Capital and its Role in Enhancing Adaptation to Coastal Hazards: Evidence from Urban Coastal Communities in Indonesia”. Sustainable Built Environment and Urban Transition Conference. 12.-13. October 2023, Växjö, Sweden.

Gisevius, Konstantin (2023): “Building adaptive capacity through (trans)local social capital: Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities in growing Indonesian cities”. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2023, 20.-23. September 2023, Frankfurt.

Gisevius, Konstantin; Braun, Boris (2023): Building adaptive capacity through translocal social capital: Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities in the Indonesian second-tier cities Denpasar and Padang. SPP 1889 Sea Level Conference, 5.-7. June, 2023, Hamburg.

Gisevius, Konstantin (2022): “Translocal social networks – a socio-spatial approach towards understanding the adaptive capacities of urban coastal households and communities in Indonesia”. International workshop on Flood Risk and Resilience at Community Level, 01.-02. December 2022, München.

Braun, Boris; Gisevius, Konstantin (2022): „Coastal hazards and adaptation/migration in (Southeast) Asia and (West) Africa”. Guest lecture at Universitas Udayana, Faculty of Agriculture, 14. September 2022, Denpasar, Indonesia.  

Gisevius, Konstantin; Braun, Boris (2022): “Building adaptive capacity through (trans-) local social capital – Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities and households in selected Indonesian second-tier cities. Guest lecture at Universitas Negeri Padang, Department of Geography, 23. September 2022, Padang, Indonesia.

Gisevius, Konstantin (2021): “Translocal responses to natural hazards and environmental change in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Indonesian migrant communities in Germany and the Netherlands”. #GeoWoche 2021, 05.-09. October 2021, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie.