Associated Researcher of the RTG Franziska von Verschuer wins the Frankfurt Prize for Environment and Sustainability  for her doctoral thesis.

Her thesis „Conserving Seeds, Assembling Worlds: A Sociological Inquiry into Agrobiodiversity Conservation through the Svalbard Global Seed Vault“ stands out for its challenging research which addresses relevant and urgent topics and thus contributes to new, interdisciplinary and innovative solutions in the field of environment and sustainability.

The prize, which is endowed by the GRADE Centre Sustain at Goethe University, aims to celebrate highly scientifically qualitative and socially relevant research in the field of sustainability. The award ceremony took place on May 9 2025.