Dr Jens Lachmund (J.D.), Maastricht University, j.lachmund@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Jens Lachmund is a sociologist of science and technology (STS) and of the environment, whose research has mostly employed a combined sociological and historical approach. His recent research has focused on cities, ecology, and the politics of urban natures. Thereby, he seeks to integrate approaches of science and technology studies with urban studies and constructivist environmental sociology. His book “Greening Berlin. The Co-production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature” (Cambridge/MA, 2013) is a case study of urban ecology in the former West- and the unified Berlin which traces the interaction between ecological fieldwork practices, planning expertise, civic activism and urban space. He is also co-editor of “Science and the City”,OSIRIS 18, 2003 – together with Sven Dierig and Andrew Mendelsohn -, and of “Spatializing the History of Ecology” (New York/London, 2017) – together with Raf de Bont. He is currently engaged in research on the historical sociology of urban gardening and agriculture in London.