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Regular consultation appointments are available again in March and will be announced in advance.
If required, a consultation appointment can be arranged by e-mail between 3rd and 7th of February 2025.

My research focus is on cities, with a special interest in urban sustainability transformations, urban vulnerability and urban adaptation. Global environmental change as well as the impacts on, and the challenges and opportunities for cities, are central to my work. I work both conceptually and empirically to better link theory and practice for sustainable urban transformations. My aim is to develop integrative approaches through inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation. This includes for example the interaction and localization of the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) or the socio-ecological-technical interactions in cities.

I studied environmental sciences and received my PhD from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and did my habilitation at the University of Leipzig, both in geography. My main regional geographic focus is in Latin America.

At University of Vienna I am, among others, acting as Climate Chair for the CircleU. alliance, member of the  Environment and Climate Research Hub and Co-Principal Investigator of the Research Platform The Challenge of Urban Futures.