Martin Stuber

About the Author

Martin Stuber is a historian whose research focuses on the dynamic relationships between human societies and natural environments from the eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Drawing on extensive archival sources, he examines how scientific practices, territorial expansion, and ecological knowledge shaped early modern landscapes. His work highlights the emergence of natural history as both an intellectual pursuit and a tool of governance, offering nuanced perspectives on the cultural and political dimensions of environmental change. Stuber's scholarship bridges environmental history and the history of science, illuminating the ways in which people understood and transformed the natural world during a period of profound global transformation.