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Department of Spatial Planning
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We are a state-of-the-art research centre specialising in spatial and place-based scholarship and teaching.

11/20/2024

Invited joint RGS-GISRUK webinar

René Westerholt held an invited webinar jointly organised by the Royal Geographical Society and GISRUK.

Logos of the Royal Geographical Society and GISRUK
10/17/2024

Walking interviews in Marzahn, Berlin

Liudmila Slivinskaya has conducted a round of walking and photo-elicitation interviews with long-term residents of Marzahn housing estate in Berlin.

09/03/2024

Participation at the Environmental Justice Conference 2024, Switzerland

Víctor Cobs-Muñoz presented insights on using critical realism to address environmental justice in sacrifice zones at the 3rd International…

08/30/2024

International Society for Spatial Methods was launched

René Westerholt joins the newly established International Society for Spatial Methods as Executive Committee member.

Logo of the International Society for Spatial Methods
08/25/2024

Involvement in summer school on sustainability

The TU Dortmund Summer School of Sustainability took place from August 12 to 16, bringing together students, academics, and experts to deepen their…

Víctor Cobs-Muñoz presenting during the 2024 Summer School on Sustainability
08/25/2024

Talk and research stay at the University of Hong Kong

Jun.-Prof. René Westerholt spent two weeks as a guest at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.

René Westerholt during his talk at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
07/23/2024

Dr Fillipe Oliveira Feitosa joins the team

We are growing! Dr Fillipe Feitosa has joined our lab on 1 July and will work towards implementing a DFG project until 2027.

Portrait photo of Fillipe Oliveira Feitosa
07/19/2024

Presentation at the 16th EDULEARN Conference – Palma, Spain

Víctor Cobs-Muñoz and Christoph Marci-Boehncke presented a joint paper on integrating the DPSIR framework for sustainability education in spatial…