PhD Students
Mareike Sophie Hoffmann

Publications
Hoffmann, M. S. (2023). Reclaiming the Right to Imagine Pacific Pasts, Present and Futures. Climate Change Narratives by Pacific Climate Warriors. In Bitzer et al. (Eds.), Zeit und Sorge (pp. 251-268). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Focus areas
Titel der Dissertation: Caring for the ‚Hapi Isles‘: Climate action and socio-ecological transformation in the Solomon Islands
- Feminist and participatory research methodologies
- Social Movements
- Youth Participation
- Gender Studies
- Development Studies

David Kintero Thokora
Dissertation title:
Enhancing Fair Mobility:A Gender- and Intersectionality-Sensitive Transdisciplinary Approach to Peri-Urban Mobility
https://fair-mobility.eu/
Contact:
Coordinator - Project Fair Mobility
Research assistant
Landshut University of Applied Sciences
Technology Center for Energy
Wiesenweg 1, D - 94099 Ruhstorf an der Rott
Room: TZE 102
Phone: +49 (0)8531 - 914044-38
kinter01@ads.uni-passau.de
Sanchali Sarkar

Curriculum vitae
- Doctoral Researcher at University of Passau
- Former Pre-Doctoral AUFF researcher at the School of Culture and Society (Aarhus University, Denmark; Autumn 2018)
- M.A., English Literature (University of Kalyani, 2011)
Publications
Upcoming Publication:
- Co-editing a volume on ‘queering urban spaces” (from Brill, tentative publication: November 2025)
Relevant Publications:
- Sarkar, Sanchali. 2024. Women and Wartime Sexual Violence: The ‘Comfort Women’ and the ‘Virangana’. Sagir Ali, Avijit Basak (Ed) Marginal Narratives and the Question of Human Rights in Asian Pacific Literature. Springer Nature
- Sarkar, Sanchali. 2019. Violence in Public Spaces: Security and Agency of Women in West Bengal. Pavan Kumar Malreddy, Birte Heidemann, Anindya Sekhar Purkaystha (Ed) Violence in South Asia: Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge India
- Sarkar, Sanchali. 2018. Security and Agency of Women in the Hyper-Masculine Space of Local Trains in West Bengal. Kairos: A Journal of Critical Symposium [Online], ISSN 2581-7361, Vo-2 (1) Peer reviewed
Focus areas
Working title: Travel Experiences of South Asian Women in Germany: An Intersectional Analysis
My research lies at the intersection of gender, mobility and migration with a particular focus on the South Asian diaspora in Germany.

Laura Andrea Álvarez Tobar
Dissertation title:
The construction of groups in social policy: A historical, critical approach.
Contact:
University of Bremen
Collaborative Research Center “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” SFB1342
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences BIGSSS
laal@zfn.uni-bremen.de
Website
Dina Diana

Curriculum vitae
PhD student, University of Passau (on going)
BA in Legal Studies, University of Indonesia
LLM in International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
MA in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Passau, Germany
I am currently writing my dissertation on the conflict between the Ahmadiyya Qadiani community and other groups in Indonesia.

Tongam Panggabean
Dissertation title:
Indigeneity and Indigenous Rights Movement in Contemporary Indonesia
Publications:
Panggabean, Tongam, Dustin Roasa. 2021. ‘Disaster Shadows Chinese Mining Ventures in Southeast Asia.’ The Diplomat, 28 January
Contact:
Fulda Graduate Center of Social Sciences (FGCSS)
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
+4915228576345
tongam.panggabean@sk.hs-fulda.de
Anna Rosita Knoebl

Lebenslauf
Anna Rosita Knöbl, known as Anna Knöbl, is the founder of the Ruanita Perempuan Indonesia Foundation (https://ruanita.com) and an author of two published books.

Swathi Manalodiparambil
Contact:
Swathi Manalodiparambil_Swa@phd.ceu.edu
Dissertation Title:
Heritage and Place-making: Invisible Plants and People
Affiliation
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Central European University, Vienna
Publications
Fasal, F. R., & Manalodiparambil, S. (2023). Urban fragments in the politics of infrastructure: land claims and livelihood spaces of a fishing community in Chennai. Environment & Urbanization, 35(1), 220-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478221149843 (Original work published 2023)