What type of society do we want to live in? What role will religion play in it? How can I as an individual relate to current challenges of society? These and so many more questions were asked and at least partially answered at this vast event in Lower Saxony around the first of May. AboutContinue reading ““Mutig, Stark, Beherzt” in Hanover. The 39th Kirchentag and My Impressions of a Crazy Week”
Author Archives: Achim Klüppelberg
The 39th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Catastrophe in a World Blind to Environmental Concerns
Unfortunately, I am getting a bit angry at society at large during these last months. Sure, there were many larger and smaller political issues that demanded time and attention from everyone. Lest we forget that there is a brutal war going on in Ukraine, Palestine, Yemen, and unfortunately many other parts of this world. ButContinue reading “The 39th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Catastrophe in a World Blind to Environmental Concerns”
The World Looks at Different Things – But We Are Still Not Forgetting Fukushima-Daiichi
Old governments go, new ones come; right-wing politicians draw one media stunt after another; Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and JD Vance take it upon themselves to reintroduce unveiled predatory capitalism (not like the US didn’t show that sort of behaviour before), destroying democracy and turning the United States more than ever into a blatant oligarchy;Continue reading “The World Looks at Different Things – But We Are Still Not Forgetting Fukushima-Daiichi”
Exploring Event Management: My First Week at the 104th German Catholic’s Day
The phase of writing applications had been long and tiresome, but by now I managed to find an exciting and promising new position. Here, I would like to share a bit about that work with you.
Merry Christmas ! (…and some 2025 Aspirations)
The end of the year is approaching rapidly, and as usual the last pre-Christmas week is being used to tie up all those loose ends, that had been left untended during the last quarter of the year. Let me use this moment to wish you all a wonderful holiday season, with lots of cookies, regeneration,Continue reading “Merry Christmas ! (…and some 2025 Aspirations)”
Research under changed conditions?
This Thursday and Friday, 14-15 November, the GWTF, the Gesellschaft für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung, is hosting her yearly meeting in my old hometown of Dortmund in the Ruhr Area in the western parts of Germany. The overarching topic will be about how we can conduct research in a changed environment. Here the precarity of manyContinue reading “Research under changed conditions?”
Tensions of Europe is coming up!
*Update: Unfortunately I was forced to cancel my in-person-participation at the conference due to urgent private matters that reached me yesterday night. I will be giving the presentation remotely via Zoom. (As of 2024-09-18)* In already two weeks we are going to meet in Frankfurt (Oder) for the next Tensions of Europe conference, discussing tonsContinue reading “Tensions of Europe is coming up!”
Remembering Chernobyl
Today is the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which began on 26 April 1986 at 1.23 am. At the moment it is impossible to remember what happened at the downstream end of the Pripyat River without thinking about the horrible war taking place in Ukraine. What we witness right now has never happened before:Continue reading “Remembering Chernobyl”
My Defence
On Friday afternoon, 22 March 2024, I defended my PhD at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. In hindsight it was a marvellous day, with so many people thinking of me and participating in this event that marked the end of the journey I embarked on 15 October 2018. A huge “Thank you!” to all ofContinue reading “My Defence”
Upcoming Defence!
Five and a half years ago, on 15 October 2018, I joined KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, to embark on a journey of doctoral education. Working as a doctoral student in the Nuclearwaters-Project (ERC Consolidator Grant, PI Per Högselius), I focussed on the nuclear history of Eastern Europe, especially on the territoryContinue reading “Upcoming Defence!”
Achim Klüppelberg 