Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Knippschild

Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) at the IOER

Phone (Dresden): +49 351 4679 216
Phone (Görlitz): +49 3581 7924791
R.Knippschildioer@ioer.de

Research interests

Revitalisation of shrinking cities
Urban and regional transformation processes
Transdisciplinary research and real world laboratories
Urban and regional planning
Governance in multi-level systems and cross-border contexts

Professional experience

Since July 2016: Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) in Görlitz and
Professor at the International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Central Academic Unit of TUD Dresden University of Technology
2015–2016: Senior researcher at the IOER, Department Strategic Issues and Perspectives
2010–2014: Interim professor for Spatial Planning at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
2009–2012: Visiting professor and interim professor at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
2007–2015: Freelance consultant for European Urban and Regional Development
2001–2010: Researcher at the IOER
2008–2009: Lecturer at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
2007–2008: Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Faculty of Architecture

Academic training

2008: Technische Universität Dortmund, doctorate, Dr.-Ing. Spatial Planning
1994 – 2001: Technische Universität Dortmund, diploma degree, Spatial Planning
John-Moores University Liverpool
University of Warsaw

Memberships and reviewer activities

Member of the Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung (DASL)
Member of the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association – ARL (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen)
External reviewer for Federal Ministry of Education and Research/Projektträger Jülich (BMBF/PtJ), German Research Foundation (DFG), Robert Bosch Stiftung (funding area: science), European Commission (HORIZON 2020), Slovenian Research Agency - ARRS
Peer reviewer for various scientific journals (disP – The Planning Review, European Planning Studies, Regional Studies, Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Journal of Borderland Studies

Teaching

Module Ecological and Revitalising Urban Transformation (Master's programme Spatial Development and Natural Resource Management, Master's programme Ecosystem Services)

Publications (IOER)

The Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development is jointly funded by the federal government and the federal states.

This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.