Former staff members
Since its foundation, numerous people have contributed to the RER Chair, the former IRPUD, through their work in various areas.
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Formerly research assistant
Fields of work and research interests:
- Climate change and demographic change in spatial planning
- Resilient urban development
- Climate impact and vulnerability analyses
- Spatial modeling (GIS-based)
Former research assistant
E-mail: lisa-marie.beier(at)tu-dortmund.de
Fields of work and research interests:
- Research assistant in the research project
- State and regional planning
- Sustainable regional and urban development
- Equivalent living conditions and services of general interest
- Inter-municipal cooperation
Former research assistant
Formerly research assistant
E-mail: abentler(at)bochum.de
since 01.07.1999:
City of Bochum
District Administration Office Wattenscheid, City Marketing
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 7
44777 Bochum
Tel.: (0234) 910 6211
Fields of work:
- Urban renewal
- Integrated district development
- Local Agenda 21
- city marketing
Former research assistant
E-mail: corinna.berger(at)tu-dortmund.de
Fields of work:
- Research project "The mining and industrial heritage of the Ruhr area"
E-mail: baerbel.bloch(at)tu-dortmund.de
Responsibilities:
- Organizational support for the Research and Documentation departments, the Project Centre, the ReproCentre, the GIS working group and the ICT support unit
- Coordination and processing of administrative tasks
- Assistance to the management
Former research assistant
E-mail: hans.blotevogel(at)tu-dortmund.de
Prof. Dr. Blotevogel was Managing Director of the IRPUD from the beginning of 2005 until the end of 2008.
Formerly research assistant
E-mail: tjark.bornemann(at)tu-dortmund.de
Fields of work and research interests:
- Space and risk
- infrastructure planning
- Climate change adaptation
- GIS-based methods
C
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
Guest researcher and PhD candidate
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Former Research Associate
Areas of Work and Research Interests
- Strengthening the Resilience of Informal Settlements in Disaster-Prone Urban Areas
- Incremental housing strategy for low-income urban populations in the Global South
- Planning theory and the adaptation of planning strategies to rapid urban growth
E
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: elbe(at)sprintconsult.de
F
formerly Research Associates
formerly Documentation
formerly ReproZentrum
formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
e-mail: ivonne.fischer(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: florian.flex(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Vice Executive Director
e-mail: susanne.frank(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: info(at)urbano.de
Formerly Research Associate
Contact information:
E-Mail: ff274@cam.ac.uk
https://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-franz-fuerst
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formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: christina.gollmann(at)tu-dortmund.de
Fields of work and research interests:
- Spatial Risk Management and Climate Impact Research
- Risk Management in Spatial Planning
- Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Use Planning and Regional Planning
- Spatial Planning of Critical Infrastructures in Flood and Coastal Protection
formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
e-mail: ulla.greiwe(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: joerg.grimm(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: pohl.gruessen(at)t-online.de
formerly Repro Centre
e-mail: uwe.gruetzner(at)tu-dortmund.de
H
formerly Documentation
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: tanja.huehner(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: florian.hurth(at)tu-dortmund.de
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ehemals Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit
E-Mail: mathias.kaiser@tu-dortmund.de
Arbeitsfelder und Forschungsinteressen:
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Forschungsprojekt TransMiT
formerly Repro Centre
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: kanafa(at)rp.uni-dortmund.de
formerly GIS Workgroup
formerly ICT Service Unit
e-mail: werner.killing(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Repro Centre
formerly Research Associates
formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
e-mail: volker.kreuzer(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Head
e-mail: klaus.kunzmann(at)tu-dortmund.de
Since its foundation Prof. Dr. Klaus R. Kunzmann has been the Executive Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning. From 1993 - 2006 he was head of department for the chair Spatial Planning in Europe in course of a Jean Monnet professorship. Moreover, he is honorary professor at the universitities of Cardiff und London (UCL).
formerly Research Associates
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formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: lang(at)rem-consult.eu
formerly GIS Workgroup
e-mail: meinhard.lemke(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly research associate
formerly research associate
E-Mail: Alexandra.Lindner@hs-bochum.de
Tel.: +49 234 32-10821
Hochschule Bochum
Dezernat 7 Forschungsförderung
Am Hochschulcampus 1
44801 Bochum
formerly Research Associates
formerly ICT Service Unit
e-mail: reiner.loeb(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: michael.loechl(at)vd.zh.ch
M
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: nadine.maegdefrau(at)bottrop.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: canmalatacik(at)yahoo.de
formerly Documentation
e-mail: ulrike.maerkel(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Documentation
e-mail: lutz.meltzer(at)gmx.de
ehemals Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: rolf.moeckel(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
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formerly Study and Project Center
E-mail: stefanie.oestreich(at)tu-dortmund.de
Main fields of work at the Study and Project Center
Student Advisory Service
- Student Advisory Service M.Sc. Spatial Planning
Study projects
- Organization and supervision of the M projects
- Organization and supervision of the tutorial
Introductory phase
Introductory phase M.Sc.
Teaching
- Supervision in the A-Project (B.Sc. Module 2)
- Training of tutors in the A-project
- Specialization drafts
- Bachelor theses
Research areas
- Participation of children in urban planning
- Urban development in Berlin-Neukölln
Scientific collaboration
Fields of work:
- Climate change, climate adaptation and resilience in spatial planning
- Climate impact and vulnerability analyses
- Flood and heavy rain risk management
- Disaster risks in environmental assessment
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formerly Research Associates
e-mail: s.panebianco(at)lkharburg.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: stefan.peters(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: tana(at)rp.uni-dortmund.de
formerly Documentation
e-mail: petra.pirkes(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: pohl.gruessen(at)t-online.de
formerly Resarch Associate
E-Mail: isabel.post(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: potz(at)location3.de
former Research Associates
e-mail: kathrin.prenger-berninghoff(at)tu-dortmund.de
Guest researcher and PhD candidate
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Former Research Assistant
Email: sven.rannow(at)tu-dortmund.de
Areas of Work:
- Climate Impact Mitigation
- Rural development, particularly the tension between nature conservation and agriculture
- Animal ecology and population management
- Modeling of complex systems, particularly GIS-based multi-agent modeling
Research Projects:
Experimental Housing and Urban Planning (ExWoSt): Climate-Resilient Urban Development – Addressing the Causes and Consequences of Climate Change Through Urban Concepts
- The core of the preliminary study for the ExWoSt research area “Climate-Resilient Urban Development” is the development of an integrated “Municipal Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan” in the form of a decision-support tool and its pilot testing in model municipalities. Areas of responsibility and activities related to climate protection and adaptation strategies are being developed in the form of expert reports.
- Duration: 2009–2010
- Client: BMVBS / BSSR
Spatial Planning Model Projects (MORO): Spatial Development Strategies for Climate Change—Preliminary Study for Model Projects
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The objective of the research project is to prepare model projects in spatial planning for adaptation strategies to the spatially relevant impacts of climate change. To this end, the research project pursues three sub-objectives:
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Spatial typology of climate changes and their consequences, i.e., the identification of regional climate change spatial types and their classification into climate change vulnerability spatial types to identify “spatial hotspots” (climate risk areas).
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Development of specific strategies, i.e., the formulation of region-specific protection, mitigation, and adaptation strategies for regional planning, thereby identifying the need for action in spatial planning and potential strategies (climate change action types), based on a nationwide analysis of existing spatial planning instruments and governance approaches.
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Preparation of regional climate change pilot projects based on the characterization of example regions affected by climate change, incorporating region-specific protection, mitigation, and adaptation strategies.
- Duration: 2008–2009
- Commissioned by: BMVBS / BSSR
Former Research Associate
Email: natalie.riedel(at)tu-dortmund.de
Areas of expertise:
- Urban research from the perspectives of social epidemiology, urban sociology, and urban planning
- “Housing and the City” Research Network
Former Research Assistant
Email: andrea.ruediger(at)tu-dortmund.de
Areas of Work:
- Research Associate in the ZUKUR research project
Former Research Associate
Email: ruiz(at)his.de
Currently:
HIS Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH
Goseriede 9
30159 Hannover
Phone: +49 (0)511/1220-469
Fax: +49 (0)511/1220-439
Areas of Work
- Urban Renewal: Integrated Neighborhood Development, Resident Participation
- Qualitative empirical urban research: Segregation processes, socio-spatial exclusion and integration
- Housing: Housing market studies, occupancy management
Member of the Working Group on Housing Stock Improvement (AGB)
formerly a technical staff member
We mourn the loss of our colleague, who was with us for more than 40 years.
She passed away on March 24, 2026.
Former Research Assistant
Email: jacqueline.runje(at)tu-dortmund.de
Areas of Work:
- European Institutions in Spatial Planning
- Sustainable spatial development policy and territorial cohesion in the EU
- European fiscal policy
- Acquisition of EU funding and projects
- Coordination of EU projects
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formerly Research Associates
Guest researcher
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: hanna.schmitt(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
e-mail: tobias.scholz(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: baeing(at)liv.ac.uk
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: cs(at)brrg.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
Guest doctorand
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: ks(at)spiekermann-wegener.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
formerly Secretariat
e-mail: ina.stoffer(at)tu-dortmund.de
former research assistant in the research project TransMiT
formerly ICT Service Unit
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: anja.szypulski(at)tu-dortmund.de
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Formerly research assistant
E-Mail: atalaat(at)web.de
since 01.06.2003:
GISCON Geoinformatik
Gerberstraße 4
30169 Hannover
Tel.: (02307) 970790
Fax: (0511) 1319557
Fields of work:
Spatial information systems:
- Introduction and use of geographic information systems (GIS) in urban and regional planning;
- Automation of planning processes in urban and transportation planning through GIS-supported procedures.
Planning methods:
- Design and development of spatial decision support systems for urban and transportation planning;
- Analysis and development of GIS applications;
- Planning and management of GIS projects;
- Acquisition, conversion and integration of geodata;
- Design and development of geodatabases and quality control procedures.
Memberships:
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS),
- Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers.
formerly research assistant
E-mail: lars.tata(at)tu-dortmund.de
Fields of work:
- Policy and innovation networks
- Competence field and cluster policy
- Regional knowledge transfer and "municipal university policy"
Scientific collaboration
Fields of work:
- Climate protection and climate adaptation
- Climate-friendly and climate-resilient urban development
- Climate impact and vulnerability analyses
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formerly Documentation
e-mail: yasemin.utku(at)tu-dortmund.de
V
formerly Documentation
formerly Research Associates
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: ursula.petz(at)tu-dortmund.de
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formerly Secretariat
e-mail: kerstin.walter(at)tu-dortmund.de
formerly Research Associates
e-mail: viktoria.waltz(at)web.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Centre for Student and Project Affairs
e-mail: Wasgien(at)rp.uni-dortmund.de
formerly Head
e-mail: mw(at)spiekermann-wegener.de
formerly Research Associates
formerly Documentation
e-mail: gesche.wuerfel(at)tu-dortmund.de
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formerly Research Associates