Come see me discuss sustainable urban development on May 26th at the Urania.
Tag: Integrated Urban Development
I’m excited to share our final network product, which summarizes three years of work on the GenderedLandscape Action Planning network into just nine minutes.
Great news! The GenderedLandscape URBACT Action Planning Network has been approved for phase 2, which will run from May 2020 until September 2022!
Today’s post is a short recap of the Bundeskongress für nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik (Federal Congress for National Urban Development Policy) 2019, which took place in Stuttgart on the 18th to 20th of September.
The sun is shining in Sweden! Looking forward to the kick-off meeting for the GenderedLandscape…
My talk from the conference “Interface to Place: Remaking divisive lines into shared spaces” is now online. Click on the image in this post to watch the whole talk (about 24 minutes).
Exciting news! I have been selected for the role of lead expert for the Gendered Landscape URBACT Action Planning Network, which will be led by the city of Umea.
I was in Belfast last week for the conference “Interface to Place: Remaking divisive lines into shared spaces.” Today’s post shares some insights and photos from that trip.
I have more results coming out! The second and final blog post for the Reactivating…
Hey all, I have been working hard all winter, which means I am going to…
What aspects does one need to consider when speaking about affordable housing and what role could commons-based housing provision play?
Today’s post is the third and final chapter in my three-part series about the development of Berlin’s housing market from the city’s division to today. To get some background for today’s episode, housing in the reunified city, you should check out episode one and two, housing in the divided city and housing the reunified city!
A short recap of my recent fabulous and inspiring trip to New England and Detroit (with lots of pictures)!
Two and a half years in the making – my first book in German!
Cultural innovation and preservation are both necessary for vital and authentic cities. In this post, I examine the interplay between cultural heritage and cultural innovation and present a few insights from my recent research on urban development through culture.
How can we get a more diverse group of people involved in shaping the future of the city? This post identifies the main challenges to diversity and suggests some possible solutions.
Today’s post examines concrete policy measures which could work against gentrification and the displacement of commons and creative projects.
So August is now over and most people are back from their summer vacations, which means that it’s time to turn our attention to the (very busy) conference season just around the corner. This year, I’ll be doing a whirlwind tour of four countries in four weeks, with topics from urban commons to EU urban policy.
Does describing vacant buildings as “blight” doom them to demolition? In my newest post, I examine the consequences of framing and consensus in urban policy through the example of the term “blight.”
In this post, I review the highlights of the Bundeskongress für nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik 2017, which took place on June 12th & 13th in Hamburg.
In this post, I summarize and briefly explain the ins and outs of urban policy, using examples from Boulder’s growth boundary to prestige pricing.
What do Bremen and Bologna have in common? They both used administrative restructuring to address their citizens’ needs and desires and boost civil society’s involvement in urban development – with great results! In this post, I explore administrative restructuring’s potentials for growth in peripheral and rural areas.
My first full-length work since my dissertation will be coming out in German this summer.…
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