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.