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RE-CITY Team

RE-CITY BENEFICIARIES

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

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

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

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

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.

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