Teresa Koloma Beck

Teresa Koloma Beck is a sociologist who studies globalization processes and everyday life in social and societal crises. She is particularly interested in the impact of colonial and imperial history on contemporary societies. She is professor of sociology at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg. She has conducted ethnographic research in Angola, Mozambique, and Afghanistan. She is also constantly moving outside the academic ivory tower as an expert in political, artistic, and civil society fields of practice.