Patrick Masius Editor

Patrick Masius is a Post-doc at Goettingen University. His research focuses on natural hazards and dangerous animals. In 2010, he received his Ph.D. at Goettingen University with a historical study on politics of natural disasters in the German Empire. Previously, he studied Geography and Social Anthropology at the Universities of Bayreuth and Sussex. Jana Sprenger is a Post-doc at Goettingen University, Germany. She researches the persecution and extirpation of wolves in early modern and modern Germany. In 2011, she received her Ph.D. at Goettingen University with a study about the perception, damage and control of insect pests in forestry and agriculture in Prussian Brandenburg. Previously, she studied Biology, focusing on biodiversity, at Kassel University.