Hydrogeology Journal
Addressing complex social-hydrogeological challenges through inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge co-production
Linda Söller et al.
2026
David Kuhn is a research scientist at ISOE since 2020, specialising in water conflicts, infrastructures and supply security. His work combines perspectives from geography, conflict and innovation studies.
David Kuhn obtained his doctorate in human geography at Trier University for investigating the interplay of groundwater conflicts and large water transfers. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Free University of Berlin and an M.Sc. in Sustainable Development at Utrecht University.
Focus of research
- Social-ecological conflicts
- Water infrastructures
- Water supply security
- More-than-human studies
Publications
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- Söller, Linda, Dženeta Hodžić, David Kuhn, Anne Jäger, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Robert Lütkemeier, Petra Döll (2026): Addressing complex social-hydrogeological challenges through inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge co-production. Hydrogeology Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-025-03002-1
- Kuhn, David, Markus Rauchecker (2026): Natur als Konfliktpartei – Umweltkonflikte als sozial-ökologische Konflikte verstehen. ISOE-Blog Soziale Ökologie. https://www.isoe.de/blog/natur-als-konfliktpartei-umweltkonflikte-als-sozial-oekologische-konflikte-verstehen
- Kuhn, David, Markus Rauchecker (2026): Social-ecological conflicts: conceptualising other-than-humans as conflict parties. From actors to coalitions: advancing a social-ecological conflict perspective beyond anthropocentrism. POLLEN Blog. https://pollenpoliticalecology.network/social-ecological-conflicts-conceptualising-other-than-humans-as-conflict-parties/
- Frick-Trzebitzky, Fanny, Robert Lütkemeier, Dženeta Hodžić, David Kuhn, Linda Söller, Anne Jäger (2025): Groundwater in Europe: Cornerstone for Resilience. ISOE Policy Brief 12. Frankfurt am Main. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15166166
- Frick-Trzebitzky, Fanny, Robert Lütkemeier, Iordanka Guenova Dountcheva-Robles, David Sanz, Dženeta Hodžić, David Kuhn, Amit Kumar Srivastwa, Christina Walter, Linda Söller, Jakob Kramer (2025): Groundwater urgencies: what can geography offer?. Geographica Helvetica 80 (2), 135–144. https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-135-2025
- Lütkemeier, Robert, David Kuhn (2025): Grundwasserstress in Deutschland. Überblicksstudie: Struktureller und akuter Grundwasserstress durch öffentliche und nichtöffentliche Entnahmen auf Ebene der Landkreise. Frankfurt am Main: Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung (ISOE)
- Rauchecker, Markus, David Kuhn, Diana Hummel, Thomas Fickel, Thomas Friedrich, Katja Brinkmann, Stefanie Burkhart, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Luca Nitschke (2025): Social-ecological conflicts: An emancipatory conceptual approach by bringing other-than-humans into environmental conflict analysis. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486251384764
- Kuhn, David, Robert Lütkemeier, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Linda Söller, Kristiane Fehrs (2024): Infrastructural lock-ins in the temporal and spatial development of a long-distance water transfer in Germany. Journal of Hydrology 634 (131070), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131070
- Söller, Linda, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Robert Lütkemeier, David Kuhn, Anne Jäger, Jörg Beyme, Maria Diebes, Jan Donner, Armin Hoch, Steffen Hooper, Toni Meier, Jutta Parnieske-Pasterkamp, Laura Ritter, Martin Schneppmüller, Torsten Wagner (2024): Leitbild 2040 Grundwasser - Ziele und Maβnahmen für ein nachhaltiges Grundwassermanagement im Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11370519
- Kuhn, David, Dženeta Hodžić, Linda Söller (2024): Water infrastructures as mediators between nature and society on the Croatian island of Veliki Brijun. ISOE Blog Soziale Ökologie. Krise - Kritik - Gestaltung. https://www.isoe.de/blog/water-infrastructures-as-mediators-between-nature-and-society-on-the-croatian-island-of-veliki-brijun
- Kuhn, David, Luca Nitschke, Thomas Fickel (2023): Lützerath und Fechenheimer Wald: Gegenwärtige Nachhaltigkeitskonflikte und ihre Herausforderungen für transdisziplinäre Forschung. ISOE Blog Soziale Ökologie. Krise - Kritik - Gestaltung. https://www.isoe.de/blog/l%C3%BCtzerath-und-fechenheimer-wald-gegenw%C3%A4rtige-nachhaltigkeitskonflikte-und-ihre-herausforderungen-f%C3%BCr-transdisziplin%C3%A4re-forschung
- Kuhn, David, Thomas Fickel, Markus Rauchecker, Diana Hummel, Katja Brinkmann, Stefanie Burkhart, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Thomas Friedrich, Luca Nitschke (2023): Natur im Konflikt. Konzeptualisierungen des Nichtmenschlichen in der Forschung zu Umweltkonflikten. ISOE-Diskussionspapiere 48. Frankfurt am Main: ISOE - Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung
- Kuhn, Michael, Leon Immerz, David Kuhn (2021): Die Teilstromentnahme nach DIN 19569-13 zur Ermittlung des Abscheidegrades bei Sandfängen kommunaler Kläranlagen. KA Korrespondenz Abwasser, Abfall 68 (11), 913–917
- Lütkemeier, Robert, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Dženeta Hodžić, Anne Jäger, David Kuhn, Linda Söller (2021): Telecoupled Groundwaters: New Ways to Investigate Increasingly De-Localized Resources. Sustainability 13 (20), 2906. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202906
- Schön, Susanne, Christian Eismann, Heike Wendt-Schwarzburg, David Kuhn (2020): Transdisziplinäres Innovationsmanagement. Nachhaltigkeitsprojekte wirksam umsetzen. Bielefeld: wbv Media. https://doi.org/10.3278/6004698w
Current Publications
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Addressing complex social-hydrogeological challenges through inter- and transdisciplinary knowledge co-production -
Natur als Konfliktpartei – Umweltkonflikte als sozial-ökologische Konflikte verstehen ISOE-Blog Soziale ÖkologieNatur als Konfliktpartei – Umweltkonflikte als sozial-ökologische Konflikte verstehen
David Kuhn, Markus Rauchecker
2026 -
Social-ecological conflicts: conceptualising other-than-humans as conflict parties. From actors to coalitions: advancing a social-ecological conflict perspective beyond anthropocentrism POLLEN BlogSocial-ecological conflicts: conceptualising other-than-humans as conflict parties. From actors to coalitions: advancing a social-ecological conflict perspective beyond anthropocentrism
David Kuhn, Markus Rauchecker
2026 -
Groundwater in Europe: Cornerstone for Resilience ISOE Policy BriefGroundwater in Europe: Cornerstone for Resilience
Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky et al.
2025 -
Groundwater urgencies: what can geography offer? Geographica HelveticaGroundwater urgencies: what can geography offer?
Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky et al.
2025
