Making sense of the present. Telling the stories of tomorrow.

On politics and society. On technology and the future. On places where change becomes visible.

As a journalist, author, and futurist, I combine research, analysis, and narrative journalism.

I’m interested in the questions behind the headlines, the stories behind major developments, and the future already taking shape within them.

We live in a time when so much is changing at once. Technologies, political systems, societies, and landscapes — and with them, our ideas of what the futures might look like.

I’m interested in the stories behind these changes.

I research and write about the forces shaping our present and defining our future. I look for connections, contradictions, and the people through whom broader developments come into focus.

Sometimes, it becomes a book. Sometimes, an essay or a feature story. Or a story that can only be understood by being there.

Always, it comes down to the same thing: looking closer.

Books · Articles · Columns · Essays · Film

My nonfiction book.

Anthropocene. The Future of Humanity, Technology, and Culture in an Age of Global Crises.

Humanity has become the defining force shaping an entire planet. What does this mean for our present — and for the future we create from it?

My nonfiction book on the Anthropocene explores this question.

Anthropocene.

The Future of Humanity, Technology, and Culture in an Age of Global Crises.

Published in November 2024. Schmetterling Publishing.

I'd be happy to come to your location to give readings, lead discussions, or host other events.

Work in progress

I’m currently working on a new nonfiction book.

Manuscript in progress.

Articles.

Journalism.

I write about political and social developments, questions about the future, and the dynamics shaping our world.

To do so, I often report from the places where these changes unfold: talking to people, exploring specific locations, and observing developments firsthand.

This work takes different forms, from political analysis and essays to reportage, interviews, and long-form features.

Whether Greenland, social change, or the big questions shaping our future, I’m always interested in looking beyond the surface.

Journalism training at the German School of Journalism in Berlin. 

Articles in newspapers and magazines.

Military Buildup in the Arctic – Greenland’s growing geopolitical significance

Natural Resources Beneath the Arctic Ice Polarbonus and Black Coal.

Coal mining on Svalbard is not economically viable. Yet the governments in Oslo and Moscow continue to support it for strategic reasons.

Dark Tourism – I don’t wanna holiday in the sun…

Why Do People Travel to Places of Tragedy?

Only Utopias Are Realistic.

Commentary — An invitation to think. To think big, look far into the future, and above all, dare to be a little bold — and get ourselves moving. So let’s dream and imagine a small utopia that may seem radical at first, but turns out to be anything but.

Science Fiction — What If There Were No Gender?

How imagining other worlds can help us question power — through timelines, parallel worlds, and distant planets.

Brave Girls in Futuristic Worlds

Animated Films from Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Taboos.

Between the Fire-lines.

Fire and deaths amid clashes at the Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border. Thousands of people from sub-Saharan Africa flee back to Libya.

Als ob das kein Verbrechen sei

Sexualisierte Gewalt, die sämtliche bewaffneten Konflikte dieser Welt prägt, wird beim Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag ignoriert.

Brüchige Aufbruchstimmung – Tagebuch aus Tunesien

How imagining other worlds can help us question power — through timelines, parallel worlds, and distant planets.

In Mali kreuzen sich die Migrationswege.

Für viele in Europa kam der Militärputsch in Mali überraschend. Nicht für die MalierInnen. Auch die europäische Migrationspolitik spielte eine Rolle.

Wie aus dem FF

Mit Frontex gegen Revolutionsflüchtlinge.

Film.

Stories in Pictures.

An independent film project in Northern Norway — a unique undertaking at the intersection of storytelling, creativity, team leadership, and production.

Creative Producer
Artistic & Executive Direction · Team Leadership · On-Camera Appearance

Film by Trond Ansten.

Canon Photo Prize 2017 · Tokyo

“This film serves as a metaphor, with both documentation and dramatic aspects, and takes up the question of what is today’s Arctic and the issue of managing resources in a region of rising geopolitical tensions.”

Jury statement, Canon Photo Prize

Recherche, Beiträge und Ghostwriting

Manchmal braucht es einen unabhängigen Blick. Manchmal eine gründliche Recherche. Manchmal jemanden, der aus vielen Gedanken einen guten Text macht.

Ich arbeite auch im Auftrag von Medien, Organisationen, Unternehmen und Institutionen.

Recherche.

Ich recherchiere Themen, erschließe Quellen und Perspektiven und mache komplexe Zusammenhänge verständlich.

Beiträge.

Ich entwickle und schreibe journalistische Beiträge für Mitglieder-, Fach- und Kundenmagazine – von der ersten Idee bis zum fertigen Text.

Ghostwriting.

Sie haben Expertise, eine Position oder eine Geschichte. Ich entwickle daraus einen eigenständigen Text – recherchiert, präzise und in einer Sprache, die zu Ihnen passt.

Sie haben eine Idee?

Lassen Sie uns darüber sprechen.

Our Expedition into the Future.

I look forward to meeting you—please feel free to get in touch, and let's have a chat.