Urban Management
Team & Contacts
Our team comprises local TU Berlin staff (the coordination team), the advisory board and the teaching staff. Teaching staff includes both TU Berlin and external teachers. The Program is closely linked to the Habitat Unit (Chair of International Urbanism and Design, TU Berlin).
Advisory Board
| Dr. Alexander Jachnow | Lead of the Urban Development Technical Facility at EU Commission |
| Prof. Günter Meinert | Head of Department Urban and Municipal Development (em) at German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) |
| Prof. Dr. Kristin Wellner | Chair of Planning and Construction Economics/Real Estate, TU Berlin |
| Dr. Gabriele Wendorf | Scientific Manager of Center for Technology and Society (CTS), TU Berlin |
| Dr. Bettina Silbernagl | Head of Project 'Dialogues for Urban Change' at German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) |
Teaching Staff
The course takes advantage of the wide range of expertise in different fields provided by the teachers and researchers at TU Berlin, many of whom work as consultants for international and bi-lateral development organizations. Experts from other institutions and countries with international reputation in their respective fields are also involved.
| Dr. Wulf-Holger Arndt | Center for Technology and Society, Head of Research Area Mobility and Space |
| Prof. Dr. Mathias Barjenbruch | Institute of Civil Engineering, Chair Urban Water Management |
| Dr. Andreas Brück | Institute of Urban and Regional Planning, Head of ‚K-Lab’ |
| Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig | Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Chair Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements |
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel | Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies, Chair Work Studies |
| Dr. Christian Haid | Institute of Architecture, Chair Habitat Unit |
| Dr. Angela Jain | Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies, Chair Work Studies |
| Prof. Dr. Birgit Kleinschmit | Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Chair Geoinformation in Environmental Planning |
| Dipl.-Ing. Nathalie Korf | Institute for Environmental Technology, Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technology |
| Prof. Dr. em. Johannes Küchler | Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Chair History and Theory of Landscape Development |
| Prof. Günter Meinert | Honorary Professor at TU Berlin / German Agency for International Cooperation |
| Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz | Institute of Architecture, Chair Habitat Unit |
| Prof. Dr. Vera Rotter | Institute for Environmental Technology, Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technology |
| Dipl.-Ing. Marco Schmidt | Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning |
| Prof. Dr. Heiko Sieker | Honorary Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering, Chair of Water Resources Management and Modeling of Hydrosystems |
| M.Sc. Alvaro Valera Sosa | Institute of Architecture, Chair Healing Architecture |
| Prof. Dr. em. Uwe-Jens Walther | Institute of Sociology, Chair Urban Sociology |
| Dr. Gabriele Wendorf | Scientific Manager of Center for Technology and Society |
| Prof. Dr. Galina Churkina | Institute of Ecology, Chair Urban Ecology |
| Dipl.-Ing. Michael Abraham | Berlin Senate, Department for the Environment, Transport & Climate Protection |
| Dr. Yasar Adanali | ‘Beyond Istanbul’ Urban Institute, Istanbul |
| Dr. Afia Afenah | University College London, UK |
| Prof. Dr. Paola Alfaro D'Alençon | Fachhochschule Frankfurt |
| Dr. Rosalina Babourkova | Futurium Haus der Zukunft, Berlin |
| Dr. Emily Bereskin | Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| Dipl.-Ing. Katrin Bohn | Bohn&Viljoen Architects, School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton |
| Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Born | Berlin Senate, Department of Urban Development and Housing |
| Dipl.-Geogr. Norman Döge | Berlin Senate, Department for the Environment, Transport & Climate Protection |
| Dr. Venkata Ramana Gudipudi | Plan A Decarbonization Lead |
| Prof. Dr. Gülden Erkut | Technical University Istanbul |
| Dr. Josefine Fokdal | Institute for International Urbanism, Universität Stuttgart |
| Dr. Noa Ha | Center for Integration and Migration Research |
| Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinrichs | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau |
| Dipl.-Ing. Aljoscha Hofmann | Tempelhof Projekt GmbH |
| Dr. Andrej Holm | Institute of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Prof. Dr. Marie Huchzemeyer | School of Architecture & Planning, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg/South Africa |
| Dr. Alexander Jachnow | Lead of the Urban Development Technical Facility at EU Comission |
| Dipl.-Geogr. Sylvana Jahre | Institute of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Jirout | Tempelhof Projekt GmbH |
| Prof. Dr. Ares Kalandides | Chair Place Management, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Kienast | Institute of Urban Development, Universität Kassel |
| Dr. Eduard Kögel | Urban Planner, SKI - Stadtkultur International eV., Berlin-Beijing, Germany-China |
| Prof. Dr. Anupama Kundoo | University of Applied Sciences Potsdam |
| Dr. Michael LaFond | Institute for Creative Sustainability, Berlin |
| Dr. Oliver Lah | Wuppertal Institut (Berlin), Head of Research Unit Mobility and International Cooperation |
| Dr. Rachel Lee | Technical University Delft |
| Prof. Dr. Astrid Ley | Institute for International Urbanism, Universität Stuttgart |
| Dr. Marcela López | “Contested Urban Waterscapes”, Berlin |
| Dr. Christoph Lüthi | EAWAG aquatic research, Head of Sandec Research Department, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| Prof. Dr. Margit Mayer | John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North-America-Studies, Dept. for Political Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Dipl. Ing. Bettina Morgenstern | Deutsche Energie-Agentur |
| Prof. Dr. em. Sonja Nebel | German University of Technology in Oman, Department of Urban Planning and Architectural Design |
| Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Nohn | Consultant, Berlin |
| Dr. Johannes Novy | University of Westminster London |
| Maria Rosa Munoz Barriga | Wuppertal Institut (Berlin), Research Unit Mobility and International Cooperation |
| Dipl. Ing. / Dipl. Jur. Gesa Schöneberg | Stiftung Allianz f. Entwicklung + Klima |
| Dipl.-Ing. Achim Schröer | Landesdenkmalamt Berlin |
| Dr. Claudia Seldin | Hertie School of Governance, Berlin |
| Dr. M. Reza Shirazi | Oxford Brookes University |
| Dr. Maarten Siebel | CEO Enviro-Educa - capacity building for resource management |
| Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann | Universität Regensburg |
| Dr. Babette Wehrmann | Consultant, Munich |
| Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Zehner | Consultant, Berlin |
