Activities

In November 2020, the collaborative research project “Social (De-)Mixing in Neighborhoods and Schools: Segregation Dynamics in the Context of Parental School Choice” was launched under the leadership of KoMet researchers Prof. Dr. Andreas Farwick (RUB) and Dr. Heike Hanhörster (ILS), as well as Dr. Isabel Ramos Lobato (University of Helsinki). Conducted as a collaboration between … Read more

Paths to a Beautiful City – Stakeholders, Experiences, Action Strategies How Do You Build a Beautiful City? Volume 25 of *Planungsrundschau* presents a variety of perspectives and interpretations from city users, planners, investors, and architects, as well as from the fields of historic preservation and urban renewal. The book’s chapters and interviews with experts from … Read more

Prof. Dr. Dieter Haller (RUB) concludes a metropolitan project with the monograph “Tangier/Gibraltar – A Tale of One City” – An Ethnography (Transcript, Bielefeld 2021). The project examined the political, demographic, economic, and, above all, cultural relationships between the two cities. The cultural-historical section is based primarily on material from earlier, multi-year field research in … Read more

This new English-language publication analyzes the latest reforms and changes in the administration of urban regions in France, Germany, and Italy. It addresses topics such as the impact of austerity measures, territorial development, planning, and the modernization of the state. The book was published in 2021 by Routledge as an e-book via the open access … Read more

KoMet researchers Prof. Dr. Joachim Scheiner and Prof. Dr. Susanne Frank (both from TU DO), in collaboration with the German Institute for Urban Studies (difu, Uta Bauer), have secured funding for a project to study everyday mobility in neighborhoods across three metropolitan regions with distinct spatial and socioeconomic characteristics (Berlin, Munich, and the Ruhr region). … Read more

At the Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research (ILS) in Dortmund, a new research cluster focused on arrival neighborhoods has formed around KoMet researcher Dr. Heike Hanhörster. In collaboration with international partners, the ILS is conducting three studies to analyze the potential and challenges of arrival neighborhoods, using Dortmund’s Nordstadt district as a case … Read more

To fulfill their social responsibility for the preservation and advancement of democracy, 16 university faculty members from five departments at TU Dortmund University have come together to establish the interdisciplinary Initiative Center for Political Education and Local Democracy (IZBD). Among them are KoMet researchers Prof. Dr. Thomas Goll, Prof. Dr. Barbara Welzel, and Prof. Dr. … Read more

The project “Stadt Bauten Ruhr: Research, Teaching, Participation” (TU Dortmund, Baukunstarchiv NRW, Museum Folkwang; funded by the BMBF) examines objects from the collections of the Baukunstarchiv NRW with a view to their potential to tell the story of the Ruhr region—beyond industrial culture—as a multifaceted urban history. The exhibition “And Something Like This Stands in … Read more

It has long been clear that climate change is such a far-reaching problem that all academic disciplines must play a part in addressing it. However, it may not be immediately obvious what literary studies can contribute in this regard. To address this, Prof. Dr. Julia Hoydis (English literature scholar, currently at the University of Graz), … Read more

The Handbook of the European Commission “Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions” it was released in the beginning of may, to help decision – makers:inside and practitioners:the interior in the development of scientifically valid Monitoring and evaluation plans for the evaluation of nature-based solutions (NbS). 17 of the EU-funded NbS projects and cooperating institutions have contributed to … Read more