Julia Tomalka is part of the working group Adaptation in Agricultural Systems, where she coordinates and supports various research projects, focusing on analyses of differential vulnerability and adaptive capacity in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. At the heart of her research are different types of farmers, particularly women and youth, as well as different social factors, which may hamper individual-level adaptive capacity, such as migration or unshelteredness. With a background in social sciences and urban geography, Julia is also interested in urban-rural interactions and the role of peri-urban agriculture for climate adaptation. Furthermore, she coordinates and supports the development of research proposals, including to the Horizon Europe programme, the German Research Foundation and other national and international donors, managing people and ideas. With a strong interest in audiovisual media and science communication, Julia oversees all media and communication activities of the working group, including their planning and implementation.
Contact
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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- Since 2023: Photography training at Photocentrum, Berlin
- 2019-2022: M.A. Urban Geography (Humboldt University Berlin)
- Since April 2019: Member of the PIK working group Adaptation in Agricultural Systems
- 2016-2019: Project-based assignments for Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and UNESCAP
- 2014-2016: M.A. Global Studies (University of Leipzig, University of California in Santa Barbara, University of Wroclaw)
- 2009-2013: B.A. English and American Studies, Business Administration (University of Potsdam, University of Hull)
- Differential/intersectional vulnerability and adaptive capacity, especially focusing on gender
- Climate impacts and adaptation in urban and peri-urban areas
- Climate change and unshelteredness/homelessness
- Tomalka, J., Hunecke, C., Murken, L., Heckmann, T., Cronauer, C., Becker, R., Collignon, Q., Collins-Sowah, P., Crawford, M., Gloy, N., Hampf, A., Lotze-Campen, H., Malevolti, G., Maskell, G., Müller, C., Popp, A., Vodounhessi, M., Gornott, C., Rockström, J. (2024). Stepping back from the precipice: Transforming land management to stay within planetary boundaries. Potsdam, Germany: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48485/pik.2024.018.
- Murken, L.*, Tomalka, J.*, Abigaba, D., Amoah, A.-B., Amougou, J. A., Anaba, M., Arumugam, P., Awori, E., Léa Baek, H.-R., Below, T., Cartsburg, M., Chemura, A., Cronauer, C., Didovets, I., Gizaw, A. W., Gleixner, S., Gloy, N., Grams, E., Habtemariam, L., … Gornott, C. (2024). The need for evidence-based climate risk and adaptation assessments: Lessons learned from the AGRICA project. Environmental Research Letters, 19(6), 062001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad50eb; * Shared first authorship
- Röhrig, F., Gloy, N., von Loeben, S., Arumugam, P., Aschenbrenner, P., Baek, H., Cartsburg, M., Chemura, A., Ibrahim Fodi, B., Habtemariam, L., Kaufmann, J., Koch, H., Liersch, S., Lüttringhaus, S., Murken, L., Ostberg, S., Schauberger, B., Shukla, R., Tomalka, J., Wesch, S., Wortmann, M. & Gornott, C., (2022). Climate Risk Analysis for Identifying and Weighing Adaptation Strategies for the Agricultural Sector in Niger. Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Tomalka, J., Lange, S., Gleixner, S., Ostberg, S. & Gornott, C. (2022). Climate Risk Profile for Pakistan. A joint publication by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives of Pakistan, 18 pp.
- Tomalka, J., Birner, J., Dieye, A. M., Gleixner, S., Harper, A., Hauf, Y., Hippe, F., Jansen, L., Lange, S., Laudien, R., Rheinbay, J., Vinke, K., von Loeben, S., Wesch, S., Zvolsky, A. & Gornott, C. (2021). Climate Risk Profile: Sahel. A joint publication by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under the Predictive Analytics project in support of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS).
- Röhrig, F., Gloy, N., von Loeben, S., Arumugam, P., Aschenbrenner, P., Baek, H., Bado, I., Chemura, A., Habtemariam, L., Kaufmann, J., Koch, H., Laudien, R., Liersch, S., Lüttringhaus, S., Murken, L., Neya, O., Noleppa, S., Ostberg, S., Santo, S., Schauberger, B., Shukla, R., Tomalka, J., Wesch, S., Wortmann, M. & Gornott, C., (2021). Climate Risk Analysis for Identifying and Weighing Adaptation Strategies for the Agricultural Sector in Burkina Faso. Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Aschenbrenner, P., Chemura, A., Jarawura, F., Habtemariam, L., Lüttringhaus, S., Murken, L., Roehrig, F., Tomalka, J., & Gornott, C., (2021). Climate Risk Analysis for Identifying and Weighing Adaptation Strategies for the Agricultural Sector in Northern Ghana - A Study at District Level in the Upper West Region. Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Murken, L., Cartsburg, M., Chemura, A., Didovets, I., Gleixner, S., Koch, H., Lehmann, J., Liersch, S., Lüttringhaus, S., Rivas Lopez, M. d. R., Noleppa, S., Röhrig, F., Schauberger, B., Shukla, R., Tomalka, J., Yalew, A. W., & Gornott, C. (2020). Climate Risk Analysis for Identifying and Weighing Adaptation Strategies in Ethiopia’s Agricultural Sector. Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Tomalka, J., Lange, S., Röhrig, F. & Gornott, C. (2020). Climate Risk Profiles for Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauretania, Niger, Tanzania and Uganda. Climate Risk Profiles for Sub-Saharan Africa Series. Potsdam: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
- Climate risk analyses for identifying and weighing adaptation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa (AGRICA)
- Climate risk profile and evaluation of adaptation actions in the agricultural sector in Pakistan
