Our Team

Judith Rakowski

I was born and mainly raised in Berlin, yet also lived in rural areas of Germany, Bolivia and the Caucasus region. Experiencing different realities and narratives while witnessing environmental devastation and social injustice fuels my passion for creating understanding and connection as crucial means for pathways to a sustainable future. 

My affairs of the heart are science and socio-political engagement:
As a geographer (graduated from Humboldt University Berlin) I like to see “the bigger picture” of our human-environmental system, spatial and temporal interdependencies and interconnectedness from global to local phenomena. My focus is on nature conservation and sustainable development. I use integrated approaches and want to dissolve the boundaries between natural and social sciences. Thus, I want to use all evident-based thoughts and methods in order to induce transformation that benefits both nature and people. 
Since 2016 I am facilitating seminars and workshops for students, professors and employees about women's empowerment, diversity and inclusion and decision-making. I have accompanied individual learning cycles and for the last eight years I was engaged as the students and womens representative at the university. I love conceptualizing and holding spaces for exchange, questioning and renegotiation of settled narratives, structures and dynamics. I am fervent in engaging in processes that enable me and others to listen, to reflect and to find compromises that acknowledge each other's needs and our connectedness.

I am envisioning a future where everyone is connected to oneself, other humans and nature in a respectful and appreciative manner. I acknowledge that great transformations are necessary to get somewhere close to this idea. However, I want to contribute to this with empathy and honesty, communication and my constant striving for learning, development and change.