Short CV
Dr. Sarah Klosterkamp studied Geography, German Studies, and Political Science at the Universities of Münster, Leipzig, and Houston, USA. Since January 2024, she has been part of the Urban Geography Research Group at Goethe University Frankfurt. Previously, she worked at the Institute of Geography, University of Bonn (2020–2023), and at the University of Münster’s Institute of Geography (2015–2020), where she completed her dissertation on the geographies of hazard prevention in the context of state security processes.
Her research interests include urban and legal geography, feminist methodologies, data visualization, and story mapping.
Since December 2019, she has been the spokesperson for the Working Group “Feminist Geographies,” and since April 2024, the spokesperson for the AAG Legal Geography Specialty Group.
Research focus
- Housing Crisis
- Evictions
- De-Tenanting
- Feminist Methodologies
- Courtroom Ethnography
Recent projects
- „Zwangsgeräumt – Logiken, Praktiken und Vulnerabilitäten im Kontext von Entmietungsvorgängen in Zeiten der Mehrfachkrise“ (Sachbeihilfe, Eigene Stelle, finanziert durch: DFG, 2024–2026): Am Institut für Humangeographie bearbeitet sie im Rahmen einer eigenen Stelle das DFG-Projekt „Zwangsgeräumt – Logiken, Praktiken und Vulnerabilitäten im Kontext von Entmietungsvorgängen in Zeiten der Mehrfachkrise“ (2024–2026). The aim of the project is to trace the housing industry correlations of evictions and rent reductions. To do this, she goes into the spectator areas of German district courts, which deal with tenancy disputes and issue eviction orders on a daily basis.
- “Geographien sozialer Ungleichheit am Beispiel von Räumungsklagen” (Argelander Starter-Kit Grant for Postdocs, (BMBF & Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW) as part of the Excellence Initiative at the University of Bonn, 2021–2023)
- “Geopolitische Raum- und Identitätskonstruktionen im Kontext des islamistischen Terrorismus” (Project assistance and execution, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, project lead: Prof. Dr. Paul Reuber, 2019–2020)