Dr. Johannes Theodor Aalders

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsHuman Geography,Empirical Social Research
KeywordsSabotage, Energy Infrastructure, Future-Making, Collaborative Visual Methods, Resettlement

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCambridge
InstitutionHarvard University
InstituteHarvard Kennedy School - John F. Kennedy School of Government

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Sheila JasanoffHarvard Kennedy School - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2025

Programme(s)

2025Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Müller-Mahn, Detlef and Kioko, Eric M. and Aalders, Theo: Ghost projects and the ambiguity of infrastructure development. In: Third World Quarterly, 47, 2026, 1--7
2026Aalders, Theo and Guma, Prince K. and Owino, Evelyne and Tups, Gideon: Under construction – towards critical perspectives on infrastructuring and infrastructured labour in Africa. In: Territory, Politics, Governance, 14, 2026, 191--204
2025Aalders, Theo and Kimari, Wangui: A time for monsters: ghost projects, {Gothic} {Marxism}, and the transgressive horror of infrastructure futures. In: Third World Quarterly, 2025, 1--17
2025Rieber, Arne and Aalders, Theo and Munene, Kenn: Displaced futures or futures in displacement? {Anticipations} around the proposed {High} {Grand} {Falls} {Dam} in {Kenya}. In: Futures, 166, 2025, 1--12
2025Aalders, Theo and Kioko, Eric Mutisya: Infrastructure {Sabotage} as {Future}‐{Making}: {The} {Material} and {Immaterial} {Power} of {Constructive} {Destruction}. In: Antipode, 57, 2025, 1750--1770
2025Aalders, Theo and Müller-Mahn, Detlef: The hard work of future-making: alienated futures, invisible labour and liberation. In: Territory, Politics, Governance, 2025, 1--18
2025Aalders, Theo and Bakhtaoui, Inès and Last, Angela and Youkhana, Eva: Trapdoors: {Palestine} solidarity and the authoritarian potential of invisible academic bureaucracies. In: Geographica Helvetica, 80, 2025, 493--500
2024Rieber, Arne and Kioko, Eric M and Aalders, Theo: The non-economy of anticipation in the construction phase of large dams. In: Journal of Political Ecology, 32, 2024, 1--19
2022Aalders, Theo and Monson, Kate: Research with the {Moving}, the {Vivacious} {Many}: {A} {Practical} {Poetry} of {Paces} in {More}-{Than}-{Human} {Worlds}. In: ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 2022, 205--225 Pages
2021Aalders, Theo and Bachmann, Jan and Knutsson, Per and Musembi Kilaka, Benard: The {Making} and {Unmaking} of a {Megaproject}: {Contesting} {Temporalities} along the {LAPSSET} {Corridor} in {Kenya}. In: Antipode, 53, 2021, 1273--1293
2020Aalders, Theo: Building on the Ruins of Empire: The Uganda Railway and the LAPSSET Corridor in Kenya. In: Third World Quarterly, 2020,
2020Aalders, Theo and Moraa, Anne and Oluoch-olunya, Naddya Adhiambo and Muli, Daniel: Drawing together: {Making} {Marginal} {Futures} {Visible} through {Collaborative} {Comic} {Creation} ({CCC}). In: Geographica Helvetica, 75, 2020, 415--430
2018Aalders, Theo: The scale of risk: conceptualising and analysing the politics of sacrifice scales in the case of informal settlements at urban rivers in {Nairobi}. In: Erdkunde, 72, 2018, 91--101
2016Brink, Ebba and Aalders, Theo and Ádám, Dóra and Feller, Robert and Henselek, Yuki and Hoffmann, Alexander and Ibe, Karin and Matthey-Doret, Aude and Meyer, Moritz and Negrut, N. Lucian and Rau, Anna Lena and Riewerts, Bente and von Schuckmann, Lukas and Törnros, Sara and von Wehrden, Henrik and Abson, David J. and Wamsler, Christine: Cascades of green: A review of ecosystem-based adaptation in urban areas. In: Global Environmental Change, 36, 2016, 111--123