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ZEU Members

This is an overview of all ZEU Members organized by focus areas.
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Food and Energy Systems

Researchers within the ZEU Focus Area 1 pursue a systems approach while analysing synergies and trade-offs in the transformation towards more sustainable food and energy systems. We investigate resource use and environmental impacts, as well as the role of actors and governance systems, in a holistic way. Hence, we expand the prevailing focus of attention from food and energy producers to include other actors such as food companies, retailers, energy suppliers and, ultimately, consumers. Such a broader approach improves our understanding of current food and energy systems and highlights pathways towards a more sustainable future by going beyond a restricted sectoral view.

Overview of members, focus area "Food and Energy Systems" 2024

 

Dr. Aliya Assubayeva

Post Doc

SDG NN Project

Water security  | Public Policy

Agricultural economics

Critical Thinking

Prof. Dr. Helmut Breitmeier

Member of the Board

 International Environmental Regimes

Global Environmental Governance

Challenges of Climate Change

Global Food Governance

Dr. Bente Castro Campos

Member of ZEU

Post Doc

Society & Culture | Health & Food

Environment & Natural Resources

Agricultural Markets

 Dr. Alicia Correa


Post Doc

SDG NN Project

 Water - Energy - Food - NEXUS

SDGs

Water Security

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 Dr. Stephanie Domptail


Member of ZEU

Post Doc

 Ecological Economics | Political Ecology

Land Use Systems | Farming Systems

Social Ecological Systems

Prof. Dr. Michael Düren


External ZEU Member

 Renewable Energies

Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger

Member of ZEU

Organic Farming Systems

Soil Functions | Greenhouse Gases

Eco-Functional Intensification

Agro-Ecology

Prof. Solomon G. Gebrehiwot

External ZEU Member

 Qualitative Social Research 

Environmental Science | Water Science |

Forestry | Hydrology | Geostatistics

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María Gracia Glas de Temel

External ZEU Member

Doctoral Candidate

 Food & Nutrition Security

Mother & Child Nutrition

Qualitative & Quantitative Empirical Research

Dr. Jorge Gómez Paredes


Senior Researcher 
IVAC Project

 Ecological Economics

Industrial Ecology

Political Ecology

Dr. Najibullah Hassanzoy


Senior researcher

 FURA 

 Food and Agricultural Policies

Agricultural Development

International Trade | Agricultural Economics 

Prof. i.R. Roland Herrmann


External ZEU Member

 

Agricultural & Food Market Analysis

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Irina Hopp

Doctoral Candidate

TransLivestock

 Institutional Economics

Long-term economic growth

Development and transition economics

Dr. Irmgard Jordan

External ZEU Member

 

Nutrition Security 

Food, Culture & Nutrition

Nadja Kasperczyk

Researcher

BIOVALUE Project

Greening of Agriculture,

Sustainability assessments 

Urban biological gardening

Biodiversity in value food chains

Nature education

Prof. Dr. Andreas Klinke

External ZEU Member

Governance Research | Public Policy

Analysis | International Environmental

Politics | International Relations & Global

Governance | Social Science Risk Research |

Risk Governance | Political Theory &

Philosophy of Risk & Uncertainty |

Democracy Theories

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Prof. i. R. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser


External ZEU Member

Nutrition & Consumer Behaviour 

Food & Nutrition Security &

 Evaluation Research

Prof. Dr. Martin Petrick

Member of ZEU

Agriculture Policy

Structural & Organisational Change in Agriculture 

Agriculture & Water Reforms in

Central Asia

Prof. Alexander Prishchepov 


External ZEU Member

 Causes of land system change

Remote sensing of land system change

sustainable land use | underuse

patterns, drivers and implications of agricultural development

farmland abandonment

multifunctional use of landscapes

Dr. Sarah Robinson

External ZEU member

 Senior researcher
SDGNN Pro
ject

 

Pastoral Land Tenure

Livestock production systems

Rangeland ecology and management

Central Asia and the Caucases

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Prof. Archana Raghavan Sathyan

 

External ZEU Member

Climate Change Vulnerability &

Adaption Studies

Participatory Approaches
in Agricultural Extension & Rural Development

Agricultural knowledge & Information System

Prof. em. Dr. Peter Schmidt

External ZEU Member

Structural Equation |

Theory of Planned Behavior |

Values

Dr. Sandra Schwindenhammer

Member of ZEU

Senior researcher 

Sustainability Transformation

(Urban) Agricultural Systems of the Future

Theories and Conflicts of Global Norms & Regimes

Governance in International Organizations

Agency & Political Authority of Private Organizations

Governance through Standards

Global Sustainability, Food
and Agricultural 
Governance

Dr. Irina Solovyeva

Post Doc

 BIOVALUE Project 

Ecological-Economic Interactions

Environmental Efficiency

Land Governance

Data Envelopment Analysis

Structural Equation Modelling

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Katrin Strobehn


Doctoral Candidate

Water-energy-food nexus

Environmental governance

Global governance

Critical norm research

Prof. Dr. Ramona Teuber

Member of the Board

Agricultural Economics

Food Economics

Consumer Research 

Applied Econometrics

Dr. Elena Xoplaki


Member of ZEU

 Climate variability and change 

Extreme weather & climate events past,
present & 
future

Atmospherics circulation dynamics process 

Understanding climate-society interactions 

Climate services 
 
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Climate and Environmental Change

Focus area "Climate and Environmental Change" 2024

 

     
Dr. Iskandar Abduallaev

Guest Professor

SDG NN Project

Water institutions

Water allocation & distribution

Irrigation | drainage management

  Dr. Aliya Assubayeva

Post Doc

SDG NN Project

 Water security  | Public Policy

Agricultural economics |

Critical Thinking

 

Lorine Behr


Doctoral Candidate

Compound Extremes

Mediterranean Ocean &
Overflow Water

Climate Modelling | Climate Change

  Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer

Spokesman of the Board

Landscape, Water &

Biogeochemical Cycles

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 Jazmin Campos Zeballos

Scientific Assistant

HydroCrowd Project

Energy Transition | Land Use Scenarios

Climate Projections 

Integrated Water Resources Management.

Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change

  Dr. Bente Castro Campos

Member of ZEU

Post Doc

 Society & Culture | Health & Food

Environment & Natural Resources

Agricultural Markets

 
 Dr. Alicia Correa

Post Doc

SDG NN Project

Water - Energy - Food | NEXUS |

SDGs | Water Security

  Prof. Dr. Andreas Dittmann

Member of ZEU

 Human Geography | Development

Geography | Cultural Geography

Population & Urban Geography

Human-Environment-Relations

Geographic Conflict Research

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Prof. Dr. Michael Düren

External member of ZEU

 Renewable Energies

 

Prof. (apl) Dr. Rolf-Alexander Düring


Member of ZEU

 Environmental Chemistry,

Fate and Analysis of Pollutants in

 Soil-Water Systems | Ecotoxicology 

 

Dr. Edgar Espitia


Post Doc

DAKI FWS Project

Applied hydrometeorology

Water quality monitoring
and Modelling

 

Yanet Díaz Esteban


Post Doc

DAKI FWS Project 

Projection of risks for
extreme events

Assessment of the impact of
extreme events

 Strengthening resilience

Adaptation and mitigation of
climate change impacts

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 Kalina Fonseca


Doctoral Candidate

SDGNN Project

 Water Quality

Nature-based solutions for water treatment

Water pollution

Water alternative treatments
in key ecosystems

 

Dr. Christoph Funk


Post Doc

SDGNN Project

 Climate Change Vulnerability

Adaption Strategies

Energy Economics

Econometric Modelling

 
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger

Member of ZEU

 

Organic Farming Systems

Soil Functions

Greenhouse Gases

Eco-Functional Intensification

Agro-Ecology

 
 Dr. Jorge Gómez-Paredes

Post Doc

IVAC Project

Ecological Economics

Industrial Ecology

Political Ecology

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Dr. André Große-Stoltenberg

Member of ZEU

Post Doc

Remote Sensing | GIS | Landscape

Ecology | Ecophysiology |

Biological Invasions

  Dr. Fatemeh Heidari

Senior Scientist

DAKI FWS Project

 Developing Machine
Learning Models

Big Data Processing

Deep Learning Techniques

  Dr. Michael Hübler

Member of ZEU

Senior Scientist

Climate & Energy Policy

Renewable Energies

Sustainable Resource Use

Technology Diffusion

  Dr. Suzanne  Jacobs

Post Doc

HydroCrowd Project

Environment

Water Quality Monitoring

Water Sampling

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Nadja Kasperczyk


Research assistant

BIOVALUE Project

Sustainability assessments of Agrosystems

greening of agriculture, urban biological gardening

biodiversity in food value chains

nature education

  Prof. Dr. Till Kleinebecker

Member of ZEU

Biodiversity - Ecosystem Functioning

Ecology of South Patagonian Bogs

Ecological Application of Near Infrared

Spectroscopy | Nature Conversation,

Restoration, Monitoring | Land use &

Climate Change in West Siberia

  Dr. Birgit Kleinschmidt

Post Doc

 Ecology of Waterbirds

Migration Patterns | Movement Ecology

Nutrition Ecology of Waterbirds

  Prof. Dr. Andreas Klinke

External ZEU Member

(Memorial University of Newfoundland)

 Governance Research

Public Policy Analysis 

International Environmental Politics

International Relations & Global Governance

Social Science Risk
Research 
Risk Governance

Political Theory & Philosophy of Risk & Uncertainty

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Prof. i. R. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser

External ZEU Member

 Nutrition & Consumer Behaviour

Food & Nutrition Security &

Evaluation Research

  Dr. Qing Lin

Post Doc

DAKI FWS Project 

Machine Learning Models

Flood Forecasting

Climate Modelling

  Prof. Dr. Iván Lizarazo 

External ZEU Member

(Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

 Earth Observation | Land Change

Remote Sensing | GIS

 

Prof. Dr. Jürg Luterbacher, PhD


External ZEU Member

(WMO Chief-Scientist)

 Climatology, Climate Dynamics

Climate Change

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Niklas Luther


Doctoral Candidate

CLINT Project 

Compound Events | Concurrent Extremes |

Extreme Value Theory |Artificial Intelligence

& Machine Learning | Time Series Analysis

Long Memory | Structural Change

Climate Change | Climate Variability

  Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn

Member of ZEU

 Public Law

International Law

  Dr. Janne Mende

External ZEU Member
(Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht)

 Human Rights

Global Governance &

Transnationalization

International Institutions

 

 Pavlina Miteva-Bölter


Doctoral Candidate

 Environmental Governance | Regional

Environmental Organisations |

Ecosystem Approach to Marina

an Coastral Governance

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Fabian Mitze

Doctoral Candidate

HydroCrowd Project

GIS

Hydrology

Remote Sensing

 

Dr. Seyedhamidreza Mojtabavi


Post Doc

NUKLEUS2 Project

GlaciologyClimate Modeling

Climate Science & Dynamics

Climate Reconstruction

Data Assimilation | Radar

Airborne Geophysics

Machine Learning

Inverse ModelingGlacier

 

Dr. Vladimir Otrachshenko


 Post Doc

SDG NN Project

Environmental & Resource
Economics | 
Climate Change |

Health & Population Economics

Quality of Life | Non-Market Valuation

Field Experiments  | Tourism Economics

Applied Micro-Econometrics

 

Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters


Member of ZEU

 Latin America | Peace & Conflict

Research | Natural Resource

Based Development Models |

Social Inequalities

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Viviana Quezada

Member of ZEU

Scientific assistant

Fluid Mechanics

Quality and Treatment and Environmental Engineering

Data analysis, Hydrology

 

Prof. Alexander Prishchepov 


External ZEU Member
(University of Copenhagen) 

Causes of land system change
remote sensing of land system change
sustainable land use 
patterns, drivers and implications of agricultural development
underuse | farmland abandonment
multifunctional use of landscapes

 

Prof. Petra Quillfeldt


Member of ZEU

 Wild Populations of long-lived

Birds & their Responses to Changes

in Marine & Terrestrial Ecosystems

 

Prof. Dr. Archana Raghavan Sathyan


External ZEU member
(Kerala Agricultural University)

 Climate Change Vulnerability &

Adaption Studies | Participatory Approaches in

Agricultural Extension & RuRal Development |

Agricultural Knowlegde & Information System

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Dr. Sarah Robinson

External ZEU member

Pastoral Land Tenure

Livestock production systems

Rangeland ecology and management

Central Asia and the Caucuses

 

Prof. em. Dr. Peter Schmidt


External ZEU Member

 Structural Equation

Theory of Planned Behavior

Values

  Prof. Dr. Lea Schneider

Member of ZEU

 Paleoclimatology Climate

Reconstruction

Dendrochronology

Volcanism & Climate

  Julia Schwab

Member of ZEU

 Extractivism

Energy transition

Post-fossil futures research

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Dr. Irina Solovieva


Post Doc

BIOVALUE Project

Ecological-Economic Interactions

Environmental Efficiency

Land Governance 

Data Envelopment Analysis

Structural
Equation Modelling

  Katrin Strobehn

Member of ZEU

Doctoral Candidate

Water-energy-food nexus

Environmental governance

Global governance

Critical norm research

  Dr. Odysseas Vlachopoulos

Post Doc

CLINT

 Computer Engineering 

Remote Sensing and
Earth Observation

Precision agriculture
and food security

Machine Learning algorithms

Data processing pipelines

 

Prof. (apl) Dr. Rainer Waldhardt


Member of ZEU

 Spatio-Temporal Scales in

Vegetation and Landscape Ecology |

Sustainable Land Use &

Rural Development

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Dr. Björn Weeser

Project Manager

SDG NN Project 

HydroCrowd Project

 

Hydrology

Geoinformatic

  Prof. Dr. Peter Winker   

Member of ZEU

 Statistics

Econometrics

    Dr. Elena Xoplaki

Member of ZEU

 Climate Variability & Change

Extreme Weather & Climate Events
Past, Present and Future

Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics,

Process understanding
Climate-Society Interactions

Climate Services

Interdisciplinary & International
Collaboration

   
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Alumni

Overview of ZEU Alumni 1999 - 2022


Name

Position

Employer

Ahmed, Nomman Mirza, Dr. Executive Director (Global Trend Research & Analytics) Kynetec
Aslanov, Ilhom Assistant teacher  Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
Behailu, Daniel, Dr. Senior Land Governance Policy Advisor International Institute for Environment and Development (iied)
Bourquain, Knut, Dr. Judge at the District Court Landgericht Berlin
Chkoidze, Nino, Dr. Scientific Officer Internationales Büro, Östliche Partnerschaft, Russland, Zentralasien
Claasen, Nicole, Dr. Adivsor Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn
Dernedde, Yvonne GIS Analyst TNL Umweltplanung
Demydas, Tetyana, Dr. Inside Sales EMEA Automotive, München
Diehl, Isabell Quality Manager CSL Behring
Dreschl- Bogale, Susanne, Dr. Project Manager CLIFOOD Universität Hohenheim
Duishonakunov, Murataly, Dr. Assistant Professor Kyrgyz National University
Ellsässer, Florian; Dr. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Natural Resources (NRS) University of Twente
Fedoseeva, Svetlana, Dr. Researcher Universität Bonn
Forkutsa, Irina, Dr. Junior Researcher Center for Development Research, University of Bonn (ZEF)
Gast, Michael, Dr. Policy Officer, European Semester European Commission
Gemmer, Marco, Dr. Counsellor, Head of Cooperation European Union Delegation to Nepal
Goibov, Manucher, Dr. Regional policy and Finance advisor The Palladium Group, Americas Partnership group, Central Asia
Gojenko, Boris, Dr. Monitoring and Evaluation Manager USAID Uzbekistan
Gönsch, Iris, Dr. Statistisches Bundesamt
Günther, Martin Mitglied des Landesvorstandes Brandenburg Die Linke
Hanauer, Thomas, Dr. Geschäftsführer Büro für Hydrogeologie und Umwelt GmbH
Hasanov, Shavkat, Dr. Associate Professor Samarkand branch of Tashkent State University of economics
Heiny, Jennifer, Dr. Referentin Strukturentwicklung, Forschung und Transfer Philipps Universität Marburg
Hong, Zhong, Dr. Management Coach Self-employed
Hüller, Sarah, Dr. Koordination Netzwerk TASSO-Haustierzentralregister für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V.
Jordan, Irmgard, Dr.   CIM
Kenjabaev, Shavkatjon, Dr. Deputy Director  Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (SIC ICWC) 
Khakimov, Parviz, Dr. Research Collaborator IFPRI Washington D.C.
King, Eliso, Dr. Researcher Anthropogeographie und Geographische Entwicklungsforschung JLU
Koch, Tina Junior Advisor „Knowledge for Nutrition“ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Kötschau, Kerstin, Dr. Project Manager  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Kramb, Marc Christopher, Dr. Senior Consultant Harmonic Drive SE, Limburg
Kretzer, Michael, Dr. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB)
Kruse, Karl-Wilhelm Statistiker und Datenanalyst TNS Infratest
Lemke, Stefanie, Dr. Professorin Institut für Entwicklungsforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien
Lüdering, Jochen, Dr. Referent Kapazitätsmanagement DB Netz AG
Magiera, Anja, Dr. Sachbearbeitung Regionalplanung Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg
Mahoozi, Hosnieh, Dr. Lehrbeauftragte Macroeconomics International Economics Frankfurt University of Applied Science
Mamniashvili, Giorgi, Dr. Assistant Professor Caucasus University
Merhof, Katrin, Dr. Federal Chancellery Berlin
Mönnich, Christina, Dr. RSU Rating
Möser, Anke, Dr. Research Director Genactis, Feldatal
Müller, Steffen, Dr. Legal Advisor self-employed
Niehoff, Katharina Referat Wirtschaft Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt
Nugumanova, Lyazzat, Dr. Referentin ACQUIN
Pawlowski, Ira, Dr. Research Officer Hochschule Offenburg
Piquer-Rodriguez, Maria, Dr. Junior-Professorin FU Berlin
Ponterlitschek, Lars, Dr. Chief Insurance Officer Schweizerische Exportrisikoversicherung SERV
Sabitova, Saltanat, Dr. Innenministerium Kasakhstan
Sahito, Jam Ghulam, Dr. Associate Professor Sindh Agriculture University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Sattarov, Doniyor, Dr. Marketing und Vertrieb Salmet GmbH
Schäfer, Michael High school teacher Goethe Schule Wetzlar
Schmitz, Palina, Dr. Speaker, study advisor Universität Marburg
Schneider, Katrin, Dr. PostDoc Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Schoepffer, Chadidscha, Dr. Legal Requirement Engineer
SINC GmbH
Seeber, Christopher Project Leader Data Analysis NDT Global
Sehring, Jenniver. Dr. Associate Professor IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Siehl, Achim Climate Protection Officer Stadt Marburg
Staudigel, Matthias, Dr. Scientific Officer Technical University of Munich, Office for Research and Innovation
Storfinger, Nina Contact person at the Bavarian location Forschungsdatenzentrum der Statistischen Ämter der Länder, Standort München/Fürth
Sydygalieva, Zhamilia Owner Fat Cat Karakol Restaurant
Theissen, Tim; Dr. Nature conservation authority Landkreis Lüchow-Danneberg
Tilekeyev, Kanat, Dr. Research Fellow University of Central Asia
Tedoradze, Giorgi, Dr. Researcher Institute of Botany at Ilia State University
Umirzakov, Gulom, Dr. Post Doc Department of Hydrology, National University of Uzbekistan
Wang, Run, Prof. Dr. Vice Director Institute of Urban Environment Educational Institution at Hubei University in China
Werner, Laura, Dr. Post Doc FernUniversität in Hagen
Wiesmair, Martin, Dr. Data Analyst parcIT GmbH, Köln
Wortmann, Martin, Dr. Partner Anwaltskanzlei Jones Day in Frankfurt / Main
Wortmann-Kolundzija, Eli, Dr. Former Senior Researcher ZEF, University of Bonn
Zhunusova, Eliza, Dr. Scientist, Forestry Thünen Institut
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Senckenbergstraße 3
D - 35390 Giessen

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http://www.uni-giessen.de/zeu

 

Originally, the elongated building in the style of the German Renaissance was a functional military building, which even to this day is called “Zeughaus”. The arsenal was erected at right angles to the Neue Schloss (New Castle) from 1586-90. The Neue Schloss itself had been built as a smaller but representative residence half a century before.
The ensemble surrounding the courtyard was completed by a stable and the revenue office. Senckenbergstraße, today’s address of the Neue Schloss, was only built around 1900, long after the ramparts had been demolished.
The symmetrical “Zeughaus” with its mighty saddleback roof and high gables with their typical scrollwork and pellets still impresses today. The little annexe next to the main portal hails from the university’s founding days in 1609: it used to be the detention room, in which rowdy and drunk students were incarcerated.
This monumental building also burned out after the bombing in December 1944. During reconstruction from 1960-1961, the state of Hesse preserved the old outline und reconstructed the facade. Windows and rooms were modernised according to their new use. Both the Neue Schloss and the Zeughaus were conveyed into the ownership of the JLU in 1957.

 

Managing Director

 

Project Assistant

 

Project Assistant

 

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+49 641 99 12700

 

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+49 641 99 12703

 

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360° Zeugaus Building