PhD Class
All PhD projects at the Professorship of Urban Design are part of the PhD Class. The PhD Class provides opportunity for PhD students to present and discuss their PhD project and anything PhD-related. More information about the PhD Class and contact details in case you're interested in doing a PhD at the Professorship can be found here.
Current PhD projects
- Great Reset - Innovations in Urban Planning, Crisis as Catalyst?
Elena Schirnding de Almeida, since 2020 - Reframing Mobility – Transition Design for the new everyday
Marco Kellhammer, since 2020 - IN BETWEEN. Exploring hybrid planning for redeveloping informal settlements in the Mumbai metropolis
Ayesha Müller-Wolfertshofer, since 2020 - New Pathways: A Study of European Railway Stations from the Perspective of Sustainable Development
Alice Lunardon, since 2020 - Democratization of urban public space – A case study of Turkey‘s „Nation Gardens“
Deniz Köse, since 2021 - Empowerment as a strategy for transdisciplinary urban development in Munich neighborhoods
Mareike Schmidt, since 2022 - Evolutionary geometry in urban landscapes - adaptation, synergies and optimization
Adrian Heinisch, since 2023 - Climate protection and climate adaptation in medium-sized cities: Causes of inadequate municipal action and potentials for future strategies, considering legal and social influencing factors
Vanessa Dörges, since 2023 - Spatial Transformation in the historic district of Centro Habana, Cuba. Understanding Resident Approaches through Architectural Analysis.
Barbara Schudok, since 2023 - City in the Face of Urban Scarcity: A comparative study
Antea Leka, since 2024 - Towards inclusive housing in the context of perceived housing and refugee crises in the DACH region
Caroline Birkner, since 2024 - Tracing Territories: A Cartographic timeline of Northern Istanbul
Elif Simge Fettahoğlu-Özgen, since 2025
