Hannes Gerhardt, Ph.D.

Professor of Geography
School of Field Investigations and Experimental Sciences Dr. Perry College of Mathematics, Computing, and Sciences

678-839-4064
hgerhard@westgifHjTeYa.edu

Callaway Building Annex - Room 252

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Hannes Gerhardt, Ph.D.
Biography

I am a human geographer, specializing in political and economic geography, but generally I am a holistic thinker interested in how all of the social and natural forces come together to shape particular realities (in place!).  I received my bachelor’s in philosophy from the University of Miami, my master’s in geography from the University of Oslo, Norway, and my PhD in geography from the University of Arizona.

One theme that manifests itself in much of my past work is that of the "geographical imaginary", that is, how places are imagined to be and the consequences of these imaginings on decision making. I have, for instance, worked on a collaborative research project funded by the NSF that looked at the contested imaginaries of the Arctic, especially as this place opens up due to global warming. I am also very interested in economic geography, especially the impact that the digital age and cyberspace are having on work and conceptions of property. Related to this I like to consider future geographies, and how our organization of  the human world may evolve. 

Education / Degrees
  • B.A., Philosophy, University of Miami,
  • M.A., Developmental Geography, University of Oslo, 2000
  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Arizon, 2007
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Publication List

Gerhardt, H. (2023) From Capital to Commons, Bristol University Press: Bristol, UK.

Gerhardt, H. (2020) “Engaging the non-flat world: Anarchism and the promise of a post-capitalist Collaborative Commons”. Antipode 52: 3.

Gerhardt, H., Stuvoy, K., Kristoferson, B. (2018) Green peace or oil riot. Affect, scale, and sustainability in the Arctic. In Gad, U. P. (Ed.) Postcoloniality and Sustainability in the Arctic. Routledge Studies in Sustainability, New York.

Steinberg, P., Tasch, J., Gerhardt, H. (2015) Contesting the Arctic: Politics and Imaginaries in the Circumpolar North, I.B. Tauris/Macmillan: New York.

Gerhardt, H. (2015) “Multiple Imperialisms: The Federal Reserve’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis”. Human Geography 8, 1-14.

Gerhardt, H., Steinberg, P.,Tasch J., Fabiano, S, & Shields, R. (2010) Climate Change and Contested Sovereignty in the Arctic. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100(4), 992-1002.

Gerhardt, H. (2009) Bio-Normative Geopolitics: The U.S. and the Darfur Crisis in Sudan”. Geopolitics 14(3), 488-509.

Gerhardt, H. (2008) ”The role of ethical conviction and geography in religiously informed geopolitics: a response to Sturm”. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 26(5), 935 – 938

Skills and Resources

Geopolitics

International political, economic, and military relations, particularly as influenced by geographical factors.

Post-Fordism

Cognitive-cultural economy or cognitive-cultural capitalism is represented by sectors such as high-technology industry, business and financial services, personal services, the media, the cultural industries. It is characterized by digital technologies combined with high levels of cognitive and cultural labor.

Peer Production

Peer production (also known as mass collaboration) is a way of producing goods and services that relies on self-organizing communities of individuals. In such communities, the labor of many people is coordinated towards a shared outcome.