Tina-Karen Pusse is an Associate Professor in German Studies at University of Galway, Head of German, a member of the Academic Council, Board Member of the German Studies in Ireland Association, Co-Editor of the Periodical Germanistik in Ireland , Co-Chair of University of Galway`s International Staff Network, alumna and evaluator of the German National Merit Foundation, and member of the Royal Irish Academy Committee Language, Literature, Culture and Communication.

She was Head of School (Languages, Literatures and Cultures) from 2020-2024, and is now Director of Graduate Studies.

She studied German Literature and Philosophy at Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg and Paris VIII (MA 2000), and was awarded her Dr phil from Cologne University in 2004. After publishing in the area of laughter theory, autofiction, gender studies and early 20th century poetry, she developed a specialism in Environmental Humanities, where she publishes and hosts conferences and postgraduate summer schools since 2011. Recent Publications focus on the anthropocentrism/ecocentrism divide, representations of the ecological uncanny, prepping cultures, philology in the web of life and conceptualisations of "nature". She is Co-PI of a Research Project funded by the DAADs European Societal Challenges Grant: "Exploring Ageing and Climate Change in Tandem" and of the ENLIGHT grant "B-MOVE. Beyond Migration: Organisms, Matter, Voices, Ecologies".

Research Interests: Ecocriticism, Ageing Studies, concepts of alterity, German literature from 1880 to 1945 (especially Rilke, Nietzsche, Celan, Kafka, Jahnn), Contemporary Literature (especially Speculative Fiction / future narratives / transhumanism / human agency in the Web of Life).

Teaching Subjects: Research Methodologies, Ecocriticism, Contemporary Literature, Speculative Realism, German Poetry, Gender Studies, Transcultural Studies, German Language Cinema, German Language, From Little Ice Age to the Anthropocene - Literary History as Climate Fiction.