The School of Spatial Planning is one out of 16 schools at the TU Dortmund University. It is subdivided into 16 units. Each unit is conducted by a professor who is supported by academic, non-academic and student staff members.
Below is a list of all units, in alpabetic sequence, and their scope of duties.
Prof. Dr. Ruth Becker
Theory and practice of space-related women’s and gender studies; concepts of feminist planning; social, economic, political and planning aspects of housing
Prof. Dr. Dietwald Gruehn
Ecological foundations of sustainable development; goals and principles of landscape planning and instruments and methods of implementation
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Davy
Land law; property theory; concepts of land policy; plan implementation by land management; land value estimation; cartography
Prof. Dr.Franz-Josef Bade (provisional), Dr. Hermann Bömer
Analysis of modern capitalism; alternative economic and regional policy; policy in the Ruhr Area
Prof. Dr. Michael Nadler
Controlling of residential and commercial real estate developments in the urban life cycle; especially project development, location and feasibility studies, real estate investments and finance, corporate and public real estate management
Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Bade
Basic economics in spatial planning; spatial and economic restructuring; municipal and regional economic policy
PD Dr. Klaus Joachim Grigoleit
Theory and practice of German and European planning, construction, environmental and regulation law
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann
Theories, methods and practice of spatial planning on national and regional levels; governance and development of urban areas; restructuring strategies
Dr. Frank Othengrafen (interim chair)
Supranational dimension of spatial planning; comparison of international planning systems and planning cultures; Europeanization of spatial planning; European sector policies
Prof. Dr. Einhard Schmidt-Kallert
Sustainable spatial development in developing countries; models for spatial distribution of population and capital; informal urban development and economic systems
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thinh
Processing of spatial data; geographic information systems; system analysis and models in the context of spatial planning
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Tietz
Interdependencies between technical infrastructure, spatial structures and environmental quality; appraisal of locations and routes; environmental protection
Prof. Dr. Sabine Baumgart
Initiation and realisation of plans and programs at municipal and regional levels with focus on methods and procedures; preparatory land-use planning
Prof. Dr. Susanne Frank
Sociological background to planning; quantitative and qualitative methodology in the context of spatial planning; spatial organisation of social processes
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christa Reicher
Urban concepts and design; legally-binding land-use planning; historical development of cities; urban renewal
Prof. Dr. Christian Holz-Rau
Interdependencies between transport and land-use structures; integrated transport planning and policy; methods for traffic surveys and simulation