Veit Braun
Subproject Leader
Veit studied political science, sociology and environmental studies in Vienna and Munich. He wrote his PhD thesis in sociology on the role of property and its recent crises in plant breeding. In CRYOSOCIETIES, Veit investigates how the possibilities of freezing endangered animal species change the landscape of biodiversity conservation in Subproject 3: Protecting Biodiversity, Resisting Extinction. His research interests range from ecology to economic theory and concepts to museums and their collections.