Elena Beregow

Elena Beregow is a junior professor at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities at the Ruhr-Allianz in Essen. She specializes in the societal and cultural significance of sweating, advocating for a recognition of sweat as a natural bodily function rather than a source of embarrassment. Her research highlights the importance of sweating for health, especially during hot weather, and challenges the negative perceptions surrounding it, which have led many to seek ways to conceal this natural process.