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Luca Scheunpflug

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21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.207
Fon +49.4131.677-2501 (Sekr.), luca.scheunpflug@leuphana.de
Research associate, Professorship of the Sociology of Organisation and Economy

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Vita

Luca Scheunpflug is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISCO) and a doctoral candidate in the research area "Climate Futures in Digital Cultures" (part of the Embracing Transformation PhD programme) as well as a member of the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC). He holds interdisciplinary and international research experience in Germany, Spain and Latin America. His work focuses on infrastructures and urban nature from the perspectives of Urban Political Ecology, Environmental Humanities and Science and Technology Studies.

 

His current research investigates the political-ecological dynamics between water and digital infrastructure, where he focuses on power-laden, more-than-human relations around Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers and their transformation through claimed sustainability initiatives. This research builds on his previous work on the remunicipalization of public infrastructure, the mobilization of social movements and conflicts over water.

 

Outside academia, he is engaged in political education in urban contexts, addressing issues of urban development, the digitalization of urban space and global interconnections as well as questions of justice in adapting to climate change.

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Repoliticising the Coast: A Post-Foundational Commentary on Integrative Governance and Blue Infrastructure
    Luca Scheunpflug (Author) , Kira Gee (Author) , 01.07.2025 , in: Geo: Geography and Environment, 12, 2 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Social movements in defense of public water services: the case of Spain
    Jerry van den Berge (Author) , Luca Scheunpflug (Author) , Jeroen Vos (Author) , Rutgerd Boelens (Author) , 06.09.2023 , in: Frontiers in Water, 5 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Eco-Justice: Impacts, resistance and transformation
    Luca Scheunpflug (presenter) , Dennis Schüpf (presenter)

    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.) › Research

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Courses

Reading Seminar
Luca Scheunpflug
Dieses Seminar widmet sich einer ausführlichen Lektüre des Buches „Kampf um Gaia – Acht Vorträge über das neue Klimaregime“ von Bruno Latour (2020). Darin untersucht der Autor die Beziehungen zwischen Natur und Kultur im Kontext des sogenannten Anthropozäns, also eines Zeitalters in dem menschliches Handeln zu einem tiefgreifenden Einfluss für planetare Prozesse geworden ist. Im Zentrum steht die Auseinandersetzung mit der Erde als komplexem, relationalem und dynamischem Geflecht sowie mit den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen des ökologischen Umbruchs. Auf Grundlage der Lektüre fragen wir außerdem, wie sich Gesellschaften angesichts dieser Veränderungen politisch, wissenschaftlich und gesellschaftlich neu orientieren müssen.

Wir untersuchen die acht Vorträge, aus denen das Buch besteht, und erarbeiten zentrale Argumente anhand gemeinsamer Diskussionen und Leitfragen. Ergänzend stellen Studierende weitere Texte und Inhalte zu Latours Werk, zu relevanten Theorien sowie zu aktuellen Debatten vor und setzen diese in Beziehung zu den jeweiligen Buchabschnitten.
Next appointment:
Tuesday, 2026-11-10 at 12:15
Room: C 14.201 Seminarraum
Urban Political Ecology
Luca Scheunpflug
In this seminar we will focus on Urban Political Ecology, a interdisciplinary research field that examines intertwined and multiple relations between society, technology and the environment in urban spaces from (power-)critical perspectives.

In doing so, we will examine the origins and development of this field and its theoretical foundations, explore and discuss important concepts and terms and focus on current debates surrounding more-than-human perspectives and digitality. Throughout the seminar, special attention will be given to water and its infrastructures, which have long been the subject of political-ecological research in and beyond the urban.
Next appointment:
Wednesday, 2026-11-11 at 12:15
Room: C 14.201 Seminarraum