I am a historian intrigued by the intersections of modern European colonial, environmental, and African history. Geographically, I focus on the history of colonial Southern Africa, specifically Namibia. My most recent monograph titled Environing Empire: Nature, Infrastructure, and the Making of German Southwest Africa (2022, open-access) employs the concept of “environmental infrastructure” (Emmanuel Kreike) to better understand the making of Germany’s first and only settler colony; I am also questioning narratives of transformation and development still haunting the historiography and public debates. My current research remains focused on colonial ecologies, maybe best described as the study of how colonial power shapes and transforms ecosystems, and vice versa.