• Art, Science and Technology Studies (ASTS)
• Kollaborative Stadtentwicklung
• Generative KI und spekulative urbane Zukünfte
• Klimaanpassung, Wasser und sozialer Wandel
• Transdisziplinäre und kreative Forschungsmethoden

Academic Positions:

• Since April 2026: Research Associate: With Prof. Dr. Hilke Berger, Chair: Imaginative Intelligence, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Hamburg.
• Since September 2022: Guest Lecturer: BA program Digital Ideation at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne. Module DIPRO: Project- oriented, connecting applied informatics and urban design with critical approaches from sociology, environmental humanities and STS.
• Since July 2021: Research Associate: With Prof. Dr. Gesa Ziemer, City Science Lab - a cooperation with the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge/USA - HafenCity University Hamburg. Transdisciplinary urban research with a focus on sustainable digital development and collaborative practices.
• March 2012 - January 2015: Research Associate: With Prof. Dr. Urs Stäheli, Chair of General Sociology and Sociological Theory, University of Hamburg. Third-party funding acquisition with a focus on sociological concepts of collectivity and digitalization.

Academic Qualifications:

• Since April 2026: Researcher: 'Currents of Imagination. Co-Creating Urban Water Futures Through AI, Art, and Transdisciplinary Collaboration‘, a collaboration with Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe. Funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
• January 2024 - January 2026: Researcher: ‘Sinking Cities. Cultural Heritage as a transformational Resource’, a collaboration with the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam (RIFS). Funded by Volkswagen Stiftung. HafenCity University Hamburg.
• Since January 2024: PhD Student: ‘Creative Entanglements. The Art of Collaborating in Urban Laboratories’, Prof. Dr. Gesa Ziemer.
• July 2021 - June 2024: Researcher, Project lead: ‘Smart Region Lab’, a collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne, Switzerland (HSLU). Funded by HSLU. HafenCity University Hamburg
• July 2020 - September 2020: Researcher: Project-based Freelancer for ‘Innovative Air-Supported Urban Mobility’, a cooperation with TU Harburg. HafenCity University Hamburg.
• Febuary 2015 - December 2017: Research Fellow: Graduate School ‘Loose Connections. Collectivity in Urban and Digital Space', University of Hamburg. PhD- project: ’On Standby. Modes of infrastructural Dis_ connecting’. Prof. Dr. Urs Stäheli, University of Hamburg.
• October 2008 - May 2011: Master of Arts Sociology, University of Hamburg, Master of Arts (1.1 with distinction). MA-Thesis: ‘Love - a dyadic System? Polyamourous relationships in the light of systems theory’.
• September 2004 - January 2008: Bacherlor of Arts: Communication and Media Studies, German Literature, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Université Fribourg (Erasmus, CH), Bachelor of Arts (1.7). BA-Thesis: ‘Crossmedial Collaboration in Print and Online Media’.
• October 2003 - March 2004: Study abroad: DELF, diplôme d'études en langue française, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg (FR).

• Kühn, Annika/ Erbach, Teresa/ Zosran, Haratua (2026): „Why Creative Mapping Matters in Climate Adaptation“. Geography Directions Blog. Link
• Berger, Hilke Marit/ Herzog, Rico/ Kühn, Annika (2026): ‘up:town: Collaborative Imagination of Resilient Urban Futures Through Serious Gaming’. In: Ormerod, Emma / Day, Jenny (eds.): Geographies of the Future (SI), Geographical Journal. Peer-reviewed. Link
• Kühn, Annika/ Erbach Teresa/ Berger, Hilke Marit/ Zosran, Hara (2026): ‘Playful Mapping for Climate Adaptation: Two Case Studies from Jakarta ́s Coast’. In Leonie Tuitjer / Peter Dirksmeier (eds.): Mapping climate change perceptions (SI), Geo: Geography and Environment. Peer-reviewed. Link
• Kühn, Annika / Berger, Hilke (forthcoming, 2026): ‘Decentralizing Power in Urban Experiments: Insights from Art-Science Collaborations for Sustainable Knowledge Production’. In: Kemmer, Laura / Baxter, Jamie-Scott (eds.): Decentering Urban Living Labs: Transdisciplinary Engagements with Planetary Futures (SI), Architecture and Culture. Peer-reviewed.
• Berger, Hilke Marit/ Herzog, Rico/ Kühn, Annika (2025): ‘Serious Gaming for Resilient Cities: Collaborative Learning and Radical Urban Imagination’. In: Biechteler et al. (eds.): Teaching Urbanism. PARK Books. Link
• Kühn, Annika / Caluori, Lucas (2025): ‘Planung im Umbruch. Kollaborative und digitale Standortsuche für eine alternde Gesellschaft’. RaumPlanung 231(2): 49 – 55. Peer-reviewed.
• Berger, Hilke Marit/ Erbach Teresa/ Kühn, Annika/ Possmann, Jan-Philipp/ Langendijk, Gaby S. (2023): ‘Rising Waters, Rooted Memories: Cultural Heritage as a resource for climate adaptation in Sinking Cities’. In: Journal of Delta Urbanism. Delft University of Technology. Peer-reviewed. Link
• Kemmer, Laura / Kühn, Annika / Otto, Birke / Weber, Vanessa (eds.)(2021): ‘Standby: Organizing modes of in I activity’ (SI), Ephemera. Theory and Politics in Organization 21(1). Link
• Kemmer, Laura / Kühn, Annika / Weber, Vanessa (2021): ‘Pandemic times. A conversation with Lisa Baraitser about the temporal politics of COVID-19’. In: Kemmer, Laura / Kühn, Annika / Otto, Birke / Weber, Vanessa (eds.): Standby: Organizing modes of in I activity (SI), Ephemera. Theory and Politics in Organization 21(1): 21 - 30. Link
• Kühn, Annika (2021): ‘Infrastructural standby: Caring for loose relations’. In: Conrad, Lisa / Curtis, Rowland / Garmann Johnsen, Christian (eds.): Modes of Organization, Ephemera. Theory and Politics in Organization 21(3), Special Issue: 121 - 139. Peer- reviewed. Link
• Kühn, Annika (2019): ‘#standby’. Short Film. Screening at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers 2019 (AAG) und the EASST4S Conference Prague 2020: Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and agency of STS in emerging worlds.
• Kühn, Annika / Stäheli, Urs (2014): ‘Infrastrukturen des Tourismus’, POP Kultur und Kritik 5: 10 – 18.