Prof. Dr.
Jörg Gertel
Jörg Gertel
Universität Leipzig
Institut für Geographie
Johannisallee 19a
04103 Leipzig
+49 341 97-37200
Having studied human geography, social anthropology and Middle East studies in Marburg, Freiburg and Damascus and having gained a PhD and a venia legendi in geography from the University of Freiburg, my work in Leipzig is concerned with understanding the processes and dynamics of uncertainty and insecurity in the context of globalization and financialization. I focus on four topics: food studies, markets and mobilities, youth studies, and urban development.
- Food systems and food sovereignty
- Urban spaces and metropolitan development
- Mobilities and markets
Education
| 1998 | Habilitation, Geography, U Freiburg, Germany |
| 1991 | PhD, Geography, U Freiburg, Germany |
| 1990 | MA, Geography, Social Anthropology and Middle East Studies, U Freiburg, Germany |
Academic Positions
| 2014 | Chair of Geography, U Mainz, Germany (rejected) |
| 2007–2013 | Acting Director, Comparative Research Unit “Difference and Integration”, U Leipzig, Germany |
| 2003 and 2009–2010 | Visiting Research Scholar, School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, U Auckland, New Zealand |
| Since 1999 | Full Professor, U Leipzig, Germany |
| 1998 | Visiting Associate Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, U Washington, USA |
| 1991–1995 | Research Fellow, U Freiburg, Egypt/Germany |
Awards and Fellowships
| 1995–1997 | Habilitation Grant, German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Books (recent)
| Gertel, Jörg, and Sarah Ruth Sippel, eds. Seasonal Workers in Mediterranean Agriculture. The Social Costs of Eating Fresh (London: Routledge, 2014). |
| Gertel, Jörg, Richard Rottenburg, and Sandra Calkins, eds. Disrupting Territories. Land, Commodification and Conflict in Sudan (Woodbridge: James Currey, 2014). |
| Gertel, Jörg, and Rachid Ouaissa, eds. Urbane Jugendbewegungen – Widerstand und Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2014). |
| Gertel, Jörg and Ingo Breuer, eds. Alltagsmobilitäten: Aufbruch marokkanischer Lebenswelten (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2012). |
| Gertel, Jörg, and Sandra Calkins, eds. Nomaden in unserer Welt (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2012). |
| Gertel, Jörg and Richard LeHeron, eds. Markets and Livelihoods: Economic Spaces of Pastoral Production and Commodity Systems (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011). |
| Gertel, Jörg. Globalisierte Nahrungskrisen. Bruchzone Kairo (Bielefeld: Transcript, 2010). |