Experiences & References

 

Conception, application, implementation of projects:

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Conception and implementation of research projects:

University Bremen

    • Ghanaian Diaspora in the City of Bremen (Bremen – Germany)
    • Pan-Africanism as an opportunity for political and economic development (literature-based)

Humboldt University Berlin

    • Ecological standards in agricultural value chains (Nairobi & Mount Kenya Region – Kenya)
    • Politicization of urban planning in conflict zones (Jerusalem/Ramallah – Israel/Palestinian Territories)
    • Religion in public urban spaces (Guayaquil – Ecuador)
    • Gentrification as a component of ethnic social inequalities (Tel-Aviv – Israel)
    • Gentrification and social resistance (Madrid – Spain)
    • Political separatism/regionalism (Barcelona – Spain)
    • Governance, social and cultural impacts of mass tourism (Berlin – Germany)

Free University Berlin

    • Transit migration from Central America to the USA (San Cristobal de las Casas/Chiapas – Mexico)

University Warsaw

    • Housing policy and housing market in European comparison (Berlin – Germany)

 

 

Conception and implementation of educational measures:

University seminars

    • Aufgenommen – Migration und Integration neu denken – Wise 21/22 SRH Berlin School of Popular Arts
    • Geographien der Differenzierung – Sose 2019 Free University Berlin
    • Regionale Themen der Anthropogeographie – Sose 2019 Free University Berlin
    • Geographien der Globalisierung – Wise 18/19 Free University Berlin
    • Seminar im Gelände – Wise 18/19 Free University Berlin
    • Politische Geographie – SoSe 2018 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie – WiSe17/18 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Hauptexkursion Spanien – SoSe 2017 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Politische Geographie – WiSe 16/17 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie WiSe16/17 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Politische Geographie SoSe 2016 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie WiSe15/16 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie WiSe14/15 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Hauptexkursion Israel WiSe13/14 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie WiSe13/14 Humboldt University Berlin
    • Einführung in die Kultur- und Sozialgeographie WiSe12/13 Humboldt University Berlin

Adult education

Train the Trainer

Professional Training

    • Vocational training in the social sector. Training for integration assistants.

 

 

Publications

 
 

 

Conferences and lectures

Lectures/interviews

Organization of scientific and professional conferences

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Supervision of student research projects

    • Urban Governance – Opportunities and limits of cooperation between actors in urban development.
    • Public space and its political relevance – How does the degree of publicity of spaces affect the exercise of fundamental rights?
    • Temporary housing in Berlin – What socio-cultural characteristics can be assigned to the users of temporary housing in Berlin and is this a housing concept that is changing the Berlin rental market in the long term?
    • Non-places and the compatibility with a relational conceptions of space
    • Open space planning and reality of use – A case study on the planning and use of urban open spaces using the example of Nauener Platz in Berlin Gesundbrunnen
    • Stabilization of Berlin Neighborhood Management Areas – A Critical Investigation
    • Transnational activism of people of Turkish origin in Berlin in the course of the Gezi protests in Turkey in 2013
    • Space for children? – A mental maps study using the example of a polarizing neighbourhood in Berlin’s Mitte district
    • The significance of techno clubs as places of gay life
    • ‘Subversive Affirmation’ as a Method of Emotional Geography – A Field Experiment in the Context of Meat Consumption
    • Usage of Online Dating Applications among Non-Hegemonic Sexualities in Berlin, Germany
    • Fear is the death of every city – On the connection between gated communities, fear of crime and their effects on everyday urban life in São Paulo
    • Open Borders: an alternative concept for dealing with global migration?
    • ‘Let’s go outside’ empowerment through lesbian space production using the example of sex in public space 
    • Kurdish women and the struggle for freedom – the significance of women in the history of the Kurdish resistance and their current position in the fight against the terrorist militias
    • Germans with an Afghan migration background, or second-generation Afghans?
    • The construction of imaginary geographies and their role in the conflict between the Naxalites and the Indian state
    • Separation movements within the European Union, a comparison between Catalonia and Scotland
    • Tempelhofer Feld – A balancing act between citizen participation and neoliberal urban policy
    •  Spatial Fix – Are there connections between cultural and economic capital in contemporary urban development? An examination of the real estate markets since 2008 using the example of Berlin and the London Docklands
    • ‘No en mi barrio’ – The extent to which the population of Madrid is resisting gentrification: the case of Lavapiés
    • Social stability or segregation – The Thermometer housing estate in Berlin after the end of funding
    • Potentials and risks of a high and freely accessible data density of particulate matter measurements in a smart city – the example of Berlin
    • The contribution of the Berlin Mobility Act to the traffic turnaround
    • Sustainable mobility technologies in the city – mobility management and neighborhood development in Neukölln’s Körnerkiez district
    • Social urban development in a post-socialist context: The Magdolna Quarter Program, BudapestIslands in the big city? 
    • Perception of gated communities in Berlin
    • Appropriation practices of skaters in public urban space using the example of Berlin
    • Living with a simplified lifestyle – a satisfaction analysis in serviced residential facilities in Berlin
    • Public or private? Urban services of general interest from the perspective of the Berlin population, presented on the basis of a survey, 6 years after the remunicipalization of Berliner Wasserbetriebe
    • The extension of the S-Bahn station Berlin Köpenick – An evaluation of local economic and traffic potentials
    • Fat B – Urban Identities in Berlin-based German rap
    • What impact does the growing tourism sector have on sustainable development in Cuba?
    • Psychiatry and hotspot: “We are the new patients” – An analysis of the involuntary placement of people on the Greek island of Leros as a dispositive
    • Gender-specific perceptions of safety in urban areas using the example of Berlin-Kreuzberg