Bernhard Gissibl (born in 1976) is a member of the academic staff in the Section for Universal History. His PhD dissertation (Mannheim University, 2009) explored the politics of hunting and wildlife conservation in Tanzania during the German colonial period. His current research project analyses the role and development of the foreign correspondents network of West Germany’s public service broadcasting organizations during the Cold War.
Before joining the IEG, Bernhard lectured on Modern and Contemporary History at the universities of Munich (2002/2003) and Mannheim (2006-2012). Between 2003 and 2006, he was a PhD researcher at Jacobs University in Bremen, holding a PhD scholarship from the Cusanuswerk, the scholarship organization of the Catholic church in Germany. In April 2013, he was a visiting fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich.

Bernhard’s research interests focus on German and European history in global contexts. They include the history of transnational communication and media during the Cold War, the history of nature conservation and European imperialism in general, particularly in its environmental dimensions. Currently, he is also co-editing a volume that investigates the utility of cosmopolitanism as an analytical concept for global historical studies.