Maximilian Rünker is a member of the DFG Research Training Group Medienanthropologie and academic coordinator of the interdisciplinary research project “Dimensionen des ruhenden Verkehrs” at the Bauhaus University Weimar. His dissertation deals with current Portuguese and Brazilian novels and films from an anthropological perspective. Further research interests include the intersection of Media and Mobility Studies, Infrastructure Studies and cultural production in the lusophone world. Latest publication: Hasebrink, Felix, and Maximilian Rünker. “Ausgeliefert. Liefern und Care-Arbeit als filmische Infrastrukturkritik in Sorry We Missed You.” Navigationen – Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften 24, no. 2 (2024): 103–119.