Postgraduate Network

The postgraduate network is composed of those UA Ruhr PhD candidates and postdocs who examine transformation processes in metropolitan areas and foster inter- and transdisciplinary exchange. The periodic gatherings are cooperatively arranged by our team of organisers and the KoMet coordination office. If you are interested in joining the Postgraduate Network, please get in touch with one of the persons listed below.


Organisers at the UA Ruhr Partner Universities

  • Janek Becker, M.Sc. 
    TU Dortmund University
    Department of Social Sciences
    Institute for Interdisciplinary Didactics
    Research Group “Economic and Social Geography”
    E-mail: janek.becker_at_tu-dortmund.de
  • Kerstin Kopal, M.Sc.
    University of Duisburg-Essen
    Faculty of Engineering
    Department of Civil Engineering
    Institute for Mobility and Urban Planning (imobis)
    E-mail: kerstin.kopal_at_uni-due.de
  • Yannick Strasmann, M.Sc.
    Ruhr-University Bochum
    Faculty of Geosciences
    Institute of Geography (GI)
    Research Group “Mobility and Demographic Change”
    Email: yannick.strasmann_at_ruhr-uni-bochum.de  
  • Sina Diersch, M.A.
    University of Duisburg-Essen
    Faculty of Engineering
    Department of Civil Engineering
    Institute for Mobility and Urban Planning (imobis)
    Email: sina.diersch_at_uni-due.de
  • Tom Meyer, M.Sc.
    Ruhr-University Bochum
    Faculty of Geosciences
    Institute of Geography (GI)
    Research Group “Mobility and Demographic Change”
    Email: tom.meyer_at_ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Contact Person in the Coordination Office

  • Markus Gornik, M.Sc.
    Ruhr-University Bochum
    Faculty of Geosciences
    Institute of Geography (GI)
    Research Group “Urban and Metropolitan Studies”
    Email: markus.gornik_at_rub.de

Further Information

Past events and activities.

An overview of ongoing and completed doctoral projects within the Postgraduate Network.

Further offers for UA Ruhr PhD students and postdocs can be found at the Research Academy Ruhr