CRC 1265 “Journalist in Residence” Program
With its two residence programs, the CRC 1265 offers committed journalists and artists whose work engages with spatial transformations and conflicts the opportunity to take up a guest residency as a Journalist in Residence or Artist in Residence. During a four- to six-week paid stay at the CRC, residents have the opportunity to exchange ideas with our researchers and gain in-depth insights into our work. The residency provides invited journalists and artists with the time and space to deepen their expertise, explore new topics, or work collaboratively on their own thematically related projects.
The program aims to foster exchange between journalists or artists and the researchers of the CRC 1265. Through daily interaction with scholars, the residency enables a better understanding of how interdisciplinary research operates. In turn, CRC researchers gain insights into journalistic and artistic practices, opening up new pathways for future collaboration.
The first Journalist in Residence was urban anthropologist and science editor at WELT / WELT am Sonntag, Céline Lauer, who joined CRC 1265 in June 2023. During her stay, she initiated the blog series “Nachgefragt”, in which CRC members share insights into their research and findings.
Jonas Wahmkow, urban ethnographer and editor at taz, participated in the second Journalist in Residence program in October 2024. During his stay, he collaborated with selected subprojects to produce articles published online by taz. These include: Interview – Digitale Plattformen und Gentrifizierung, Text – Ein Gefühl von Heimat, Text – Globaler wird’s nicht. In addition, a podcast episode on science communication was produced as part of the residency.
The first invited Artist in Residence in 2024 was Simone Rueß, whose work extensively engages with themes of housing and home (INhabit) as well as biographical narratives. Through her participatory and performative research methods and visualization techniques, Simone supported CRC members in developing individual, spatially focused visualization approaches. Her work was part of the exhibition “Spatial Conflicts.”
The second Artist in Residence, Janin Walter, participated in the program in 2025. During her stay, she co-organized the exhibition “Spatial Conflicts” together with research associate Zoé Perko at BHROX bauhaus reuse at Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Berlin. Janin’s work combines artistic and scientific methods to explore the interrelations between cities, spaces, and human bodies.