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A fresh look at the climateCLICCS Researchers Named Young Academy Fellow
20 October 2025, by Thomas Merten
Photo: AdWHH / Jann Wilken
The Young Academy Fellows at the formal induction ceremony on 16 October 2025 with Academy President Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif (from left): Dr. Pierre Sfendules, Dr. Katrin Kleemann, Dr. Jan S. Krause, Dr. Amra Jahic, Dr. Fabien Schultz, Dr. Carolin Gluchowski, Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß and Dr. Andrés López Rivera. Not pictured: Dr Alica Repenning.
Young talent for the scientific community: Dr. Andrés López Rivera, a political scientist at the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), was recently inducted into the Young Academy Fellows program, offered by the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg.
López Rivera, born in 1988, is currently investigating how knowledge, diversity, and social change interact, and how different forms of knowledge shape our conceptions of climate futures. As a co-editor of the Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook, he is also working to improve our understanding of the social prerequisites for decarbonization and sustainable climate-change adaptation.
“Polycrises call for new ideas,” says López Rivera. “The fellowship will give me the opportunity to get in touch with researchers from other fields and jointly develop new approaches.”
The Academy supports outstanding young researchers at universities and research centers throughout Northern Germany. Each Fellow receives three years of advising and financial support, helping them pursue their own projects and interdisciplinary initiatives.
The new Young Academy Fellows in 2025 are:
Dr. Carolin Gluchowski, Member of Staff, Early Modern European History, University of Hamburg
Dr. Amra Jahic, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical Energy Systems, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Dr. Katrin Kleemann, Postdoctoral Researcher, German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, Bremerhaven
Dr. Jan S. Krause, Deputy Head of the Research Group Global Cooperation and Social Cohesion, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Dr. Andrés López Rivera, Research Associate, Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), University of Hamburg
Dr. Alica Repenning, Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Geography, University of Greifswald
Dr. Fabien Schultz, Head of the Junior Research Group Ethnopharmacology and Zoopharmacognosy, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
Dr. Pierre Sfendules, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Church History, Kiel University
Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß, Research Fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies / German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
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The Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg brings together outstanding researchers in Northern Germany and supports interdisciplinary projects focusing on socially relevant future topics. Conceived as a forum for dialogue between science and society, it has been led by President Prof. Mojib Latif since 2022.
