Research Foci
- Urban and Health Geography
- Community Research and Dialogical Knowledge Production
- Pandemic Preparedness and Urban Crisis Responses
Theresa Martens
Heisenbergstr. 2, room 205
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 83-33918
tmartens@uni-muenster.de
Consultation Hours
Office hours during the winter semester 2025/26: Tuesdays, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Project
- Social Mobilization as Policymaking Lever?
– SMAPL ()
Project Carried out outside the University Münster
- Social Mobilization as Policymaking Lever?
– SMAPL ()
Publications
- Martens, T.; Botha, M.; Guiterrez, X. ; Pereira, C. ; Trivellato, P., . Transatlantic Conference: Community Engagement and Local Knowledge are Crucial to Pandemic Responses. Blog, Institute for Pandemics, University of Toronto.
- Breuckmann, T.; Dzudzek, I.; Halder, S.; Kamphaus, L.; Martens, T., . Rezension zu M. Blank / S. Nimführ (Hrsg.): Writing Together. Kollaboratives Schreiben mit Personen aus dem Feld (Postcolonial Studies, Bd. 45). Bielefeld: transcript: Geographische Zeitschrift, 113(1), pp. 55–58.
- Martens, T., . Community Voices in Academic Spaces: Seminars and Conferences. Blog: Social Mobilization as Policymaking Lever? (SMAPL). University of Sao Paulo.
- Rückert-John, J., John, R., , A.G., Röhr, U., Weller, I. and Tippe, M., .. Vorlaufforschung: Interdependente Genderaspekte der Bedürfnisfelder Mobilität, Konsum, Ernährung und Wohnen als Grundlage des urbanen Umweltschutzes. Gender Mainstreaming für eine zielgruppenspezifischere, effektivere urbane Umweltforschung. Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt.
- Martens, T., Mariz and A., . Gabenzäune in Berlin: Community through Solidarity Fences in the Times of Covid-19. In Community: Atlas in a Day, edited by Guerilla Cartography. Oakland: Guerilla Cartography, Atlas in a Day.
- T, Martens, S., K., Kühn and J., . Universitätsalltag, akademische Arbeit und solidarische Praxis. Feministische Geo-Rundmail Nr. 78 des Arbeitskreises feministische Geographien. S.11-12.
- Fraeser, N., Klosterkamp, S., Kühn, J., Kuschinski, E. and Martens, T., . We take the risk of hope. Überlegungen zu akademischer (Reproduktions-)Arbeit im Anschluss an das Vernetzungstreffen ‚Feministische Geographien‘ in Hamburg: sub\urban. zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung, 5(3), pp. 137–146. doi: 10.36900/suburban.v5i3.314.
Talks
- Martens, Theresa; Kamphaus, Lisa, Blank, Martina : „Greetings from the margins of collaborative research. Workshop on the Challenges of Research Collaboration with Non-Academic Partners Before and After Fieldwork“. Tagung der neuen Kulturgeographie, Münster, .
- Martens; T.; Akozel, J; Birinci, D.; Majid, M. : „Transformation durch gesundheitsbezogene Community-Forschung? Forschungsergebnisse aus Gießen“. Kongress Armut und Gesundheit, Berlin, .
- Martens, T. : “Como Fundar um Grupo de Pesquisa Comunitária: Reflexões a partir de um Projeto de Saúde Comunitária em Gießen”. Congresso „Respostas comunitárias à COVID-19: Experiências da Alemanha, Brasil, Canadá e Peru, São Paulo, .
- Theresa Martens : “Queer sense of place: Politics of belonging of queer women in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area”. Including LGBTIQ* into Urban Governance and Strategies of Regeneration, Erkner, .
- Martens, T. : “Mapping Practices of Transformation Beyond Metropolitan Areas”. International World Congress of Sociology, Roundtable “Sociology of Science and Technology", Toronto, .
Teaching
- Seminar: S Climão/Climate City: Dialogues on Urban Health between São Paulo and Münster [145342]
- [ – | Single Course | GEO1 401]
- [Mon – Fri | ad hoc]
- Seminar: S Climão/Climate City: Dialogues on Urban Health between São Paulo and Münster [145342]
CV
Academic Education
- Research stay at the University of São Paulo (USP), Faculty of Public Health, Brazil
- M.A. Human Geography, Humboldt-University, Berlin
- Research stay for the completion of the Master’s thesis within the NEURUS (Network for European and U.S. Regional and Urban Studies) program at Arizona State University, USA
- B.Sc. in Geography and Latin American Studies, University of Hamburg
Positions
- Research Associate at the Institute for the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen
- Staff Member at the Coordination Structure for Community-Oriented Urban Development (AKS), Gemeinwohlorientierte Stadtentwicklung e. V., Berlin
- Institute for Social Innovation, Berlin