RE-CITY TEAM
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany
Name: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karina Pallagst
Affiliation: RE-CITY Project Coordinator, Professor for International Planning Systems
Contact Email: karina.pallagst[at]ru.uni-kl.de
Research Focus: International comparative urban development, shrinking cities, urban growth, planning cultures, planning theory, and border studies.
Name: Dipl.-Ing. MSc. René Fleschurz
Affiliation: RE-CITY Project Manager, Department International Planning Systems
Contact Email:rene.fleschurz[at]ru.uni-kl.de
Research Focus: Shrinking cities, participatory planning, comparative analyzes, regional governance
Name: Dipl.-Ing. Patricia Hammer
Affiliation: RE-CITY Project Assistent, Department International Planning Systems
Contact Email:patricia.hammer[at]ru.uni-kl.de
Research Focus: Bio-economy, Eco-technologies, Road Safety and Mobility in international urban fields
Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd. (CAR), United Kingdom
Name: Dr. Helen Mulligan
Affiliation: Director, Cambridge Architectural Research Limited
Contact Email:helen.mulligan[at]carltd.com
Research Focus: Climate responsive design, shrinking cities, innovative low-carbon materials, client consultation techniques, energy policy in the built environment
Name: Dr. Steve Platt
Affiliation: Director, Cambridge Architectural Research Limited
Contact Email:steve.platt[at]carltd.com
Research Focus: Disaster resilience and recovery
École Normale Supérieure Paris (ENS), France
Name: Prof. Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot
Affiliation: École Normale Supérieure
Contact Email:sabot[at]ens.fr
Research Focus: Urban dynamics, urban planning and governance
Spatial Foresight GmbH (SPF), Luxemburg
Name: Dr. Kai Böhme
Affiliation: Spatial Foresight GmbH
Contact Email:kai.boehme[at]spatialforesight.eu
Research Focus: European regional and territorial studies, policy anaysis, international comparative studies, territorial impacts of sector policies
Technische Universität Dortmund (TUDO), Germany
Name: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann
Affiliation: TU Dortmund
Contact Email:thorsten.wiechmann[at]udo.edu
Research Focus: Theories, methods and procedures of spatial planning; Restructuring strategies of cities and regions undergoind demographic change; Governance and development of polycentric metropolitan areas.
Name: Dr. Letizia Imbres
Affiliation: TU Dortmund
Contact Email:letizia.imbres[at]udo.edu
Research Focus: 1) Industrial restructuring and spatial change in the automotive industry (primarily in North America, Europe and East Asia); 2) Spatial, demographic and social change in "motor city-regions"; 3) Industrial location theories and policies; 4) Theories, models and methods for comparative metropolitan research.
University of Amsterdam (UVA), Netherlands
Name: Dr. Marco Bontje
Affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, Programme Group Urban Geographies
Contact Email:M.A.Bontje[at]uva.nl
Research Focus: Shrinking cities, creative knowledge cities, urban geographies of grwoth and decline, populaton geography
Name: Prof. Dr. Rivke Jaffe
Affiliation: University of Amsterdam
Contact Email:r.k.jaffe[at]uva.nl
Research Focus: Urban studies, crime and insecurity, environmental studies
University of Porto (UPORTO), Portugal
Name: Prof. Paulo Pinho
Affiliation: CITTA - Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Contact Email:pcpinho[at]fe.up.pt
Research Focus: Low carbon cities, urban metabolism, accessibility, shrinking cities
Name: Prof. Paulo Conceicao
Affiliation: CITTA - Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, FEUP, University of Porto
Contact Emailac:psc[at]fe.up.pt
Research Focus: Housing Policies, Urban Policies, Spatial Planning System, Evaluation
Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU), Poznan, Poland
Name: Prof. Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz
Affiliation: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland), Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management
Contact Email:tadek[at]amu.edu.pl
Research Focus: Socio-economic geography, regional and local development, urban and regional policy, contemporary urban transformations
Name: Prof. Krzysztof Stachowiak
Affiliation: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland), Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management
Contact Email:krst[at]amu.edu.pl
Research Focus: Economic geography, creative economy (the role of culture and creative industries in economic development and urban regeneration), creative cities, knowledge-based economy (innovative regions, clusters), institutions in economic development
RE-CITY PARTNERS
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, Germany
Name: Petra Klug
Contact Email:petra.klug@bertelsmannstiftung.de
Name: Tobias Bürger
Contact Email:tobias.buerger@bertelsmannstiftung.de
Kent State University, USA
Name: Terry Schwarz, Director
Affiliation: Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Contact Email:tschwarz[at]kent.edu
Research Focus: Urban design, vacant land reuse, urban ecology
Energy Agency Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Name: Benjamin Herrmann
Contact Email:benjamin.herrmann@energieagentur.rlp.de
Name: Mathias Orth-Heinz
Contact Email:mathias.orth-heinz@energieagentur.rlp.de
Fresh Völklingen GmbH, Germany
Name: Dr. Andreas Mäck
Affiliation: CEO, Fresh Corporation
Contact Email: andreas.maeck[at]freshcorporation.com
Name: Eric Hernandez
Contact Email:eric.hernandez[at]freshcorporation.com
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
Name: Dr. Annegret Haase
Affiliation: UFZ Department Urban and Environmental Sociology
Contact Email:annegret.haase[at]ufz.de
Research Focus: Sustainable urban development, urban shrinkage, regrowth/reurbanization, urban land use, socio-environmental processes in cities, housing, socio-spatial differentiation and heterogenenity in cities, urban governance, policy-making and participation
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Japan
Name: Tetsuji Uemura, PhD.
Affiliation: Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
Contact Email:t-uemura[at]nri.co.jp
Research Focus: Sustainable infrastructure development and management in the process of population decline.
Netherlands Expert Centre on Demographic Change (NEIMED)
Name: Maja Rocak
Contact Email:maja.rocak[at]neimed.nl
Research Focus: Socio-cultural aspects of shrinking cities, social capital, social transformation
Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henriquez Unidad Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico
Name: Prof. José G. Vargas-Hernández
Affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henriquez Unidad Zapopan
Contact Email:jvargas2006[at]gmail.com
Research Focus: Organizational economics
UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA (UDG), Mexico
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 813803