LOCATION-special issue on “the future of cities” The special issue “The Future of City Centers,” published just in time for the German Geography Congress in Frankfurt am Main (2023), was coordinated by Prof. Matthias Kiese and industry partner Heiner Schote from the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. In this issue, 28 authors address questions such as … Read more
On December 7, 2023, the 5th KoMet Day was held on the topic of “Transformative Science – What Role Do Real-World Laboratories Play?”This year’s event was organized by the two KoMet researchers Petra Schweizer-Ries (Bochum University of Applied Sciences) and Renée Tribble (TU Dortmund) jointly undertaken. Regarding the announced content: Urban and metropolitan research is increasingly examining and monitoring the … Read more
Prof. Dr. Marcus Zepf, Professor of Urban Planning and former Dean of the École d’Urbanisme de Paris at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), will be the UDE Aurora Fellow in the Health and Well-being research and teaching cluster of the European Aurora Universities during the summer semester of 2024 (visiting UDE from June 3 to … Read more
Over many decades, the challenges, processes, and results of the structural change and the aligned structural policies have drawn in the Ruhr Region to the attention of space science and planning practice. In particular, strategies and projects to promote a knowledge-based society and economy, as well as the change in the addressing formats, such as … Read more
The award-winning master’s thesis of Leah Blank bears the title “The role of cultural ecosystem services in the planning of urban Tiny Forests – A case study of the elting district in Essen”. It takes an inter – and transdisciplinary urban development perspective. The special value of work is not just to Pick up on cultural ecosystem services … Read more
Transformation Talks – Urbaner Wandel aus Nachwuchsperspektive The Transformation in Metropolitan areas and the control of this change in accordance with the UN sustainability goals is a collaborative task for the future, which affects all areas of society and spatial scale levels. Against this Background, the graduate network of competence in the field of urban … Read more
The RVR and the Competence Field of Metropolitan Research (KoMet) of the Ruhr University Alliance have extended their partnership for another five years. To this end, they signed an agreement on 29. Juli 2024 RVR-Regionaldirektor Garrelt Duin und Vertreter der Hochschulen ein Memorandum of Understanding. Der Vereinbarung liegt ein Arbeitsprogramm zugrunde, das bis zum Herbst … Read more
In this Podcast, berating wants to inform the public about the positive projects and reactions to the questions of the future of the current time, such as climate change, electrification, Housing, etc. Comet Scientist Prof. Dr. Barbara Buchenau – Professor of North American studies, speaks in the 1. A result of the future-podcasts “blue wonder – Ralf … Read more
An English-language RuhrBand is planned. 6. Comet-day-lit experts from the field of competence of urban research of the University Alliance Ruhr, the dynamic processes of transformation and the changing spatial structures in the Ruhr area from different perspectives. The topics were presented in 6 – to 8-minute Elevator Pitches, and then with all those present … Read more
Katja Schimohr receives for her dissertation „Mobility Behaviors and Attitudes as Determinants or Effects of the Spatial Structure of Residential Areas: A Quantitative Panel Analysis of Residential Location Decisions and Daily Mobility“ one of this year’s 2025 KoMet Awards for outstanding dissertations. Her dissertation explores the topic of “causal relationships between spatial structure, attitudes toward mobility, … Read more