Forschungsschwerpunkte

Inhaltlich: Mensch-Umwelt-Interaktionen, humangeographische Naturgefahrenforschung, soziale Netzwerke, Global South Studies, Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung, Resilienz und Vulnerabilität, Migration, Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Regionale Schwerpunkte: Süd- und Süd-Ost Asien (insbesondere Indonesien)
Methodisch: Qualitative und quantitative Methoden der Sozialforschung

Profile

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

Forschungsprojekte

Seit 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 Zusammenarbeit mit Boris Braun (PI) & Lisa-Michéle Niesters (University of Cologne)
Finanzierung: DFG im SPP-1889 ‘Regional Sea Level Change and Society’ (BR1678/14-2).
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Akademischer Werdegang

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

Seit 11/2019 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Doktorand) am Geographischen Institut der Universität zu Köln im DFG-geförderten Projekt: „Building adaptive capacity through translocal social capital: Sea level rise and resilience of coastal communities and households in Indonesia” (TRANSOCAP II).

09/2022 Gastaufenthalt an der Universitas Negeri Padang, Department of Geography, Padang, Indonesien & Universitas Udayana, Faculty of Agriculture, Denpasar, Indonesien

02-03/2019 Gastaufenthalt an der Universitas Diponegoro, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Semarang, Indonesien

04/2017 – 10/2019 Studium Geographie (M.Sc) an der Universität zu Köln mit Schwerpunkt Umwelt & Gesellschaft. Thema der Masterarbeit: “Agents of small change – The role of local leaders in facilitating community adaptation to flood risk and land subsidence in Semarang, Indonesia” (Auszeichnung der Arbeit mit dem Dr. Prill-Preis der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde 2020)

06/2018 – 08/2019 wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Geographischen Institut, Universität zu Köln im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojekts „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 wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Geographischen Institut, Universität zu Köln im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojekts “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 Studium Liberal Arts and Sciences (B.A.) an der Universität Utrecht, Niederlande mit Schwerpunkt Umwelt- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Nachhaltige Entwicklung. Thema der Bachelorarbeit: “Helping the helpers: Approaches to overcome obstacles concerning disaster mitigation and preparedness measures of non-governmental organizations to reduce flood risk in Asia”

Publikationen

Gisevius, K., 2024. Networks of adaptation: Local and translocal social capital as drivers of community adaptive capacity towards coastal hazards in Indonesia. Dissertation Universität zu Köln. Zur Dissertation

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. Zum Paper 

Stipendien und Preise

Training and Networking Grant der Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS), Universität zu Köln, 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), Universität zu Köln, The Centennial Congress of the International Geographical Union (IGU), 18-22 Juli 2022, Paris, Frankreich.

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

Dr. Prill-Preis 2020 der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln e.V. für herausragende Abschlussarbeiten im Fach Geographie, Kategorie „Master“.  

PROMOS-Stipendium 2019 des DAAD.

Mitgliedschaften

• Arbeitskreis „Geographie der Küsten und Meere“
• Doktorandenkolloquium Umweltorientierte Wirtschaftsgeographie (UmWiG) der Universitäten Köln, Luxemburg, Vechta & Trier

Lehrveranstaltungen

Ausgewählte Vorträge

Gisevius, Konstantin (2024): „Networks of coastal adaptation: Structures and dynamics of individual and community-based resilience in Indonesia's coastal cities”. 40. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Geographie der Meere und Küsten, 13.-15. Juni 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. März 2024, Universität zu Köln.

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. Juni, 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. Dezember 2022, München.

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

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. Gastvortrag an der Universitas Negeri Padang, Department of Geography, 23. September 2022, Padang, Indonesien

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. Oktober 2021, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie.