Research

Current research projects

The diversity of research at the Department of Spatial Planning covers all spatial levels and a wide range of different topics. Here you will find a selection of current research projects and their assignment to the main research areas of the Department. Further information on research at the Department can also be found on the pages of the departments.

Current research projects in key research area

Design of Metropolitan areas

Cover from "Piano Strategico Metropolitano di Bologna 2.0"

Changing Governance & Planning in Metropolitan Regions

Opencast mining

DAZWISCHEN: Stadt - Land - Plus

East Africa, Daressalam

© Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikipedia

GOPLAREA: Governance and Resilient Cities in East Africa

A small town surrounded by green spaces.

IMPULS

Dome scaffolding made of wood on research festival.

INTERPART: Interkulturelle Räume der Partizipation

Commercial/industrial buildings

Klimawandelangepasste Gewerbe- und Industriegebiete

Shack settlement with beach and palm trees.

LIRLAP: Disaster Risk Governance and Land-Use Planning

Photo collage of a nature area and city views.

© :rak/Regionaler Arbeitskreis Bonn/Rhein-Sieg/Ahrweiler

NEILA: Interkommunales Landmanagement

A field and a big city in the background.

© Regional Disparities

Regional Disparities & Economic Policy

Gravel road at the small garden with green plants.

Sozialer Wandel & alltäglicher Umgang mit Differenz in der Stadt

A colourfully decorated city.

SPRING.fluence: Change Agents in Ghana und Nepal

Sustainable Water and Land Use for the Mekong Delta in Vietnam

Wortwolke mit Begriffen zum Fachgebiet SRP.

© SRP/Fakultät Raumplanung

VALPLAN: Werte und Bewerten in politischen Raumplanungsprozessen

ZUKUR: Zukunft Stadtregion Ruhr

Ludwigsburg from a bird’s eye view.

© Stadt Ludwigsburg

ZURES II: Klima- und Vulnerabilitätsszenarien

Current research projects in key research area

Challenges of spatial development

Dry sandy ground is torn open.

ANFO: Anpassung an die Folgen von Trockenheit

A shopping street full of people.

Bundle Up: Stadt- und klimagerechte Lösungen im Bestand

Residential area is flooded with muddy water.

ESPON-TITAN: Territorial Impacts of Natural Disasters

A collage of several pictures of nature.

Evolving Regions: Regionale Klimaanpassungsprozesse

A fast-paced train at a subway station.

Gender, Pendeln, Aktivitätsmuster

Überflutete Straßen und kaputte Häuser.

KAHR - Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Wiederaufbauprozesse nach der Flutkatastrophe in Rheinland-Pfalz und Nordrhein-Westfalen: Impulse für Resilienz und Klimaanpassung

Grafik der Zusammenhängenden Netzwerke von LoKoNet.

LoKoNet

Plane in the sky.

Long-Distance Society

A tractor pulls a trailer on which people stand.

MiTra-WA - Migration und Translokalität in West Afrika

Black-and-white photograph of a train that has entered the station.

mobil ans #werk - Gemeinsam mit Unternehmen mobil

Photo collage of cyclists.

Move Me: Transformation zu nachhaltigem Mobilitätsverhalten

A café in a side street.

Offene Stadt: Theorien, Perspektiven, Instrumente

Riding trains in urban areas.

PendelLabor - Wege zu nachhaltiger Stadt-Umland-Mobilität

Great work of art in Hinterhofcafe.

© Anastasiya Matyushkinka/Department of Spatial Planning

RE-CITY ITN: Reviving shrinking cities in Europe

Rain drops fall off a ledge.

RESI-extrem II

Straße mit Fahrradfahrer vor roten Häusern

STAWAL - Stadtstruktur, Wohnen, Mobilität

Bird’s eye view from a city outskirts with railway tracks, green spaces and a river.

SysKa - Integration systemischer Kritikalität in die Katastrophenschutzplanung

Sign “Entry forbidden.”

TransMiT: Misch- und Trennentwässerung in Bestandsquartieren

Im Hintergrund fährt eine Straßenbahn und im Vordergrund sind E-Scooter platziert.

© Philipp Böhme

Wirksamkeit strategischer Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrspolitik

Calendar

06-24 | 05:00 pm

"Faculty Day" 2022

06-25 | 08:00 am

Alumni meeting 2022

07-15 | 11:55 pm

End of lecture period SoSe 2022

09-21 – 09-24 | start 10:48 am

Seminar place allocation Master for WiSe 2022/23

09-30 | 12:08 pm

End of semester SoSe 2022

Location & approach

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The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".

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