Research focus
Dann Grotum is a PhD-researcher at the European University Institute’s Department of History. His doctoral project, “Charting Imperial Climates: Paper-borne Knowledge of Weather and Climate Across the Danish Empire” (working title), explores how imperial infrastructures shaped the production of weather and climate knowledge. Focusing on the paper technologies and institutional networks that sought to collect, standardise, and discipline climate inscriptions across the Danish empire until 1917, his research highlights the material and bureaucratic dimensions of meteorological knowledge-making in an imperial context.
Background
Before joining the EUI, Dann studied intellectual history and science studies at Aarhus University, where he also worked as a teaching assistant and as a research assistant on a project examining the global networks of Danish vegetable oil companies. His recent conference paper, “Paper Technologies of Weather and Climate Inscription Across the Danish Empire”, was presented at the 31st Congress of Nordic Historians.
At KLIMER
As a visiting researcher at KLIMER, he will continue developing his doctoral project and present provisional findings at a seminar on November 12th, 2025. Looking ahead, his research aims to contribute to contemporary discussions on the entangled histories of climate, knowledge, and empire.