Hannes Gerhardt

Hannes Gerhardt

Professor

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Professor

Biography

I am a human geographer with lots of interests. One theme that has manifested itself in much of my past work is that of the so called "geographical imaginary", that is, how places are imagined to be and the consequence of these imaginings on decision making. I have, for instance, worked on a collaborative research project funded by the NSF that looks at the contested imaginaries of the Arctic, especially as this place opens up to development with the advent of global warming. I am also very interested in economic geography, especially the the expressions and limitations of capitalism as well as existing and imagined alternative economic arrangements. I am particularly fascinated by the role of money in economic systems, and have written about the role of the dollar in the U.S.' geopolitical and geoeconomic standing in the world. Most recently I have become engaged in considering the potential upheavals that emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and digital manufacturing may bring to our political-economic system.   

Education / Degrees

  • B.A., Philosophy, University of Miami,
  • M.A., Developmental Geography, University of Oslo, 2000
  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Arizon, 2007
  • Courses Taught
  • Course Sections and Syllabi

    Spring 2020 Sections

    • GEOG-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 01

    Fall 2019 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 02G
    • GEOG-3405 (Geographies of Sustainability) Section: 01

    Summer 2019 Sections

    • GEOG-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: E01
    • GEOG-2503 (Cultural Geography) Section: E01
    • GEOG-4083 (Faculty-Mentored Research) Section: E01

    Spring 2019 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 81G
    • GEOG-3020 (Political Geography) Section: 01

    Fall 2018 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 81G
    • GEOG-3405 (Geographies of Sustainability) Section: 01

    Summer 2018 Sections

    • GEOG-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: E01
    • GEOG-2503 (Cultural Geography) Section: E01
    • GEOG-4086 (Internship) Section: 04

    Spring 2018 Sections

    • GEOG-1013 (World Geography) Section: 01
    • GEOG-1013 (World Geography) Section: 02
    • GEOG-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 01
    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 51G
    • GEOG-4086 (Internship) Section: 01D

    Fall 2017 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 50G
    • GEOG-3020 (Political Geography) Section: 01

    Summer 2017 Sections

    • GEOG-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: E01
    • GEOG-2503 (Cultural Geography) Section: E01

    Spring 2017 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 50G
    • GEOG-3405 (Geographies of Sustainability) Section: 01

    Fall 2016 Sections

    • GEOG-2010 (Political Geography) Section: 01
    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 50G

    Summer 2016 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 01G
    • GEOG-2503 (Cultural Geography) Section: E01

    Spring 2016 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 51G
    • GEOG-3405 (Geographies of Sustainability) Section: 01

    Summer 2015 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 03G
    • GEOG-2503 (Cultural Geography) Section: E01

    Spring 2015 Sections

    • ENVS-2202 (Environmental Science) Section: 50G
    • GEOG-3020 (Political Geography) Section: 01
    • GEOG-3405 (Geographies of Sustainability) Section: 01
    • GEOG-4086 (Geography Internship) Section: 03
  • Publication List

    Gerhardt, H. (2019) “Engaging the non-flat world: Anarchism and the promise of a post-capitalist Collaborative Commons”. Antipode (in press).

    Gerhardt, H., Stuvoy, K., Kristoferson, B. (2018) Green peace or oil riot. Affect, scale, and sustainability in the Arctic. In Gad, U. P. (Ed.) Postcoloniality and Sustainability in the Arctic. Routledge Studies in Sustainability, New York.

    Steinberg, P., Tasch, J., Gerhardt, H. (2015) Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries in the Circumpolar North, I.B. Tauris/Macmillan: New York.

    Gerhardt, H. (2015) “Multiple Imperialisms: The Federal Reserve’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis”. Human Geography 8, 1-14.

    Gerhardt, H., Steinberg, P.,Tasch J., Fabiano, S, & Shields, R. (2010) Climate Change and Contested Sovereignty in the Arctic. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100(4), 992-1002.

    Gerhardt, H. (2009) Bio-Normative Geopolitics: The U.S. and the Darfur Crisis in Sudan”. Geopolitics 14(3), 488-509.

    Gerhardt, H. (2008) ”The role of ethical conviction and geography in religiously informed geopolitics: a response to Sturm”. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 26(5), 935 – 938