Research Interests and Skills

• Land and Coastal Transformation, Climate Change, Multispecies relationalities
• Ethnography, Knowledge Sociology, (Post)colonial Theories
• Co-Creation of Knowledge, Interepistemic Dialogue, Future-Making

Research Regions: Latin America, Southern Africa, European and Global Entanglements

Publications

Broocks, A. K., Barragán-Paladines, M. J., Nolivos, I., & Hornidge, A. K. (2025). "Mimicry worlds in Ecuador’s mangroves: the (post)colonial power of science in mangrove conservation and development". Environmental Sociology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2025.2511478

Broocks, A. K.(2023): “Mangroves and Meaning-Making over time: Globalized Discourse and its impact on Mangrove Use”. Dissertation. University of Bremen, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2449.

Broocks, A.K. (2021): "Mangroves and Meaning-Making: A mutual relationship over time? Study report. Forschungsdatenzentrum Qualiservice, Universität Bremen. https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1071

Hornidge, A. K.; Barragán-Paladines, M. J.; Broocks, A. K.; Zimmer, M. (2021): "Data Set:Mangroves and Meaning-Making: A mutual relationship over time?". Editorial Publication. Forschungsdatenzentrum Qualiservice, Universität Bremen. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.930138

Broocks, A. K. and Hornidge, A.K. (2020): "Infektionsketten in Guayaquil – Marginalisierte Menschen als schwächstes Glied in Pandemien“. Die Aktuelle Kolumne. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik DIE, Bonn. https://www.idos-research.de/uploads/media/Deutsches_Institut_fuer_Entwicklungspolitik_Broocks_Hornidge_11.05.2020.pdf

Broocks, A.K. and Guachalla, O. (2017): "Herramientas de Manejo del conflict socio-ambiental en Bolivia (Methods for the Management of environmental conflicts in Bolivia)". LIDEMA, La Paz, Bolivien. https://lidema.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/herramientas_manejo_conflicto_ambiental.pdf

Broocks, A. K. and Hannam, K. (2016): "The Artisan Backpacker: A Development in Latin American Backpacker Tourism". International Journal of Tourism Anthropology 5:1/2. S. 152-164. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/10.1504/IJTA.2016.076854

Broocks, A.K. (2009): "Transnationale Kultur – Backpacker in Südamerika“. M. A. Thesis, Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Hamburg, Deutschland.

Education

2023    PhD Social Sciences – Knowledge and Development Sociology Working Group, Doctoral Supervision Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Prof. Dr. Uwe Schimank, University of Bremen and Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). Thesis: Mangroves and Meaning-Making over time. DAAD Scholarship for  fieldwork phase in Ecuador. Adjunct fellow: Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS).

2009    M.A. in Social Anthropology, Latin American Studies & German Literature at University of Hamburg. Thesis: Transnational Backpacker Culture in South America

Curriculum vitae

01.2023-11.2023   Senior Policy Advisor at German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Division: Policy Issues of Discplament and Migration, Berlin, Germany.

06.2021-12.2022   Programme Coordinator: «Transformation of resource conflicts and promotion of intercultural dialogue in the Bolivian lowlands», Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Civil Peace Service, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

09.2020-05.2021    Researcher (pre-doc) at Socium Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy and Institute of Sociology at University of Bremen.

09.2018-09.2020    Researcher (pre-doc) at Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Knowledge and Development Sociology Working Group and affiliated to Mangrove Ecology Group, Bremen.

08.2016-08.2018    Advisor for conflict transformation in resource conflicts and Gender, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Civil Peace Service, Boliva.

11.2013-01.2016    Advisor for a sustainable local economy and public-private dialogue in the Bazaruto Marine National Park Area, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Programme ‘ProEcon’, Mozambique.

01.2011-03.2013   Department Head: «Sustainability Department», Vamizi Island / Angoche, Cabo Delgado Biodiversity Trust, Mozambique