History of science, especially the natural history sciences of the 18th and 19th centuries; the rise and spread of evolutionary thought; Charles Darwin; the role of commemorations and biography in science
Elected 2010
The social, political & cultural history of Germany in the long 19th centure; Germans & the natural world; German transnational history since the 16th century.
Modern world history; 19th and 20th century environmental history; population and historical thought