On 25 September, I was invited for this year’s GWMT annual meeting to Dresden, Germany. Within the halls of the German Hygiene Museum in Saxonia’s capitals I received the NTM Article Prize for Young Authors. My article “Creating Chernobyl. Technocratic Culture and Everyday Life in Nuclear Ukraine, 1970-1982” convinced the board. Naturally, I am veryContinue reading “NTM Article Prize 2025 Ceremony in Dresden”
Category Archives: Technocratic Culture
The Technocratic Culture Behind Chernobyl’s Disaster
Recently my new article about nuclear Ukraine was published. In this article, I am using a technocratic culture perspective to analyse what was going on at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant before that fateful night in April 1986, when reactor block four exploded.
New Publication: Exploring Chernobyl’s Connection to Dnieper Hydropower
Today my article “Joining the Dnieper Cascade. An Envirotechnical Water-History of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 1927-1986” was published online in the journal Water History. I am really happy that this was possible. You should check it out! Unsurprisingly, I am indebted to so many people who supported me during the four years this little projectContinue reading “New Publication: Exploring Chernobyl’s Connection to Dnieper Hydropower”
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”
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”
Update on my PhD-progress
Hopefully you have all had a great summer, including some well-deserved vacation, icecream, sunshine, and – depending where you are – some refreshing swims! As my doctoral education is slowly but surely coming to a close, it is time to give a brief overview where I am and what the stepping stones are, I stillContinue reading “Update on my PhD-progress”
Nucleocrats Don’t Sleep
The following essay is a repost from a text written by me and published on the blog Undisciplined Environments on 31 March 2021. Check out the blog! It is wonderful and lots of interesting people publish there on relevant topics regarding climate change, social change, and energy transition. In a global state of climate emergency,Continue reading “Nucleocrats Don’t Sleep”
Achim Klüppelberg 