Curriculum Vitae - WWW-Docs for TU
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Curriculum Vitae - WWW-Docs for TU
Curriculum Vitae Family and first name: Novy, Johannes Date of birth: 22/07/1977 Place of birth: Cologne, Germany Waitzstraße 11 10629 Berlin phone: #49-(0)176-81171800 e-mail: [email protected] Current Position & Affiliation Since 2013 Professor/Chair ‘Theory of Planning’ (interim). Faculty for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning, Brandenburgische Technische Universität CottbusSenftenberg Education 2006- 2011 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Urban Planning. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York. Supervisors: Prof. Susan Fainstein and Prof. Peter Marcuse. 2007-2008 European Master of Arts in Comparative Urban Studies. Universities of Urbino and Milano-Bicocca. 2003-2006 Master of Philosophy in Urban Planning. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (Urban Planning). 2001 Vordiplom (Pre-Diploma, equivalent to BSc), Stadt- und Regionalplanung (Urban and Regional Planning). Institut für Stadt- und Regionalplanung (ISR), Technical University Berlin. Previous Employment 2011-2014 Senior Researcher. Technical University Berlin. Faculty VI: Planning - Building Environment. Institute of Architecture - Habitat Unit. 2013 Visiting Professor (March-September 2013). Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU). Politecnico di Milano, Italy. 2008-2011 Researcher. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. 2003-2006 Teaching Assistant. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. Other Appointments and Affiliations 2012-ongoing Coordinator ‘International Network of Urban Laboratories - Urban Lab+’. Urban Design and Research Laboratory. Institute for Architecture. Technical University Berlin. 2010-ongoing Member ‘Research Group Participation’. Center for Technology and Society (ZTG). Technical University Berlin. 2008-ongoing Associated Fellow. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. Awards and Fellowships 2012 ‘Zukunftsbrücke: Chinese-German Young Professional Campus’, Stiftung Mercator/ Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). 2005 Research Training Network ‘Urban Europe’. Summer School Fellowship. University of Urbino, Italy 2003 PhD Fellowship. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. 2002 ‘Humboldt Urban Studies Exchange’ Fellowship. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Memberships (selection) International Network of Urban Research and Action (INURA) American Association of Geographers (AAG)" 1 (Research) Grants successfully obtained 2014 2012 2008 International Symposium Grant. German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). International Network of Urban Laboratories - Urban Lab+. With Dr. Paola Alfaro D’Alencon, Daniala Konrad and Josefine Fokdal (all Technical University Berlin). Successfully submitted to the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus program (Action 3). Urban Design Week - Proposal submitted to Rockefeller Foundation‘s ‘City Cultural Innovation’ Fund. Project Conceptualization and Grant Writing Assistance for the Institute for Urban Design, New York Teaching Experience (selection of modules taught) ‘Vermittlung von Planung / Planungstheorie’ (Conveying/Communicating Planning (Theory). Twosemester semester-based module. Fall/Spring 2013/2014; Fall/Spring 2014/2015. BTU Cottbus ‘Wissenschaft und Kultur der Stadt’ (Science and Culture of the City). Two-semester lecture-based module. Fall/Spring 2013/2014; Fall/Spring 2014/2015. BTU Cottbus ‘Urban Paradigms. Readings and Debates in International Urbanism’. One-semester module. Fall 2012 & 2013. Technical University Berlin ‘Planning for Culture and Consumption-based Urban Development’. Annual module with Dr. Claire Colomb (UCL London), Master in International Cooperation and Urban Development, Technical University Darmstadt (taught annually since 2006) ‘The Tourism - (Urban) Development Nexus’. One-semester research module. Spring 2013. Technical University Berlin. ‘Contemporary City: Descriptions and Projects’. One-semester lecture-based module. Spring 2013. Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU). Politecnico di Milano ‘Urban Redevelopment Politics in the United States’. One-semester module. Spring 2012. Technical University Berlin. ‘Culture and the Arts as Means of Urban Development’. One-semester module. ‘Raumstrategien’ Master in Spatial Tactics. Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee ‘Wem gehört die Stadt’ (To whom does the city belong). Planning Studio (project-based module). Technical University Berlin (with Dr. Sandra Huning). ‘Tourist City-Social City’. Planning Studio (project-based module). Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (with Dr. S. Schaller). Academic Publications (selection) 1) Articles in peer-reviewed journals (English) Novy, J. and D. Peters (2012). Railway Station Mega-Projects as Public Controversies: The Case of Stuttgart 21. Built Environment, 38(1): 128-145. Novy, J. and C. Colomb (2013). Struggling for the right to the (creative) city in Berlin and Hamburg. New urban social movements, new ‘spaces of hope’? International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 37(5), 1816-1838 2) Edited books Colomb, C. and J. Novy (forthcoming). Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City. New York/London: Routledge Peters, D. and J. Novy (2012). Railway Station Mega-Projects and the Re-Making of Inner Cities in Europe. Special issue of Built Environment, 38/1 Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil (2009). Searching for the Just City. New York/London: Routledge. 2 3) Book Chapters (in English) Novy, J. (2013). ‘Berlin Does Not Love You’ – Notes on Berlin’s ‘tourism controversy’ and its discontents. In: Bernt, M., B. Grell and A. Holm: The Berlin reader: a companion on urban change and activism. Berlin: Transcript–Verlag Novy, J. and D. Peters (2013). Railway Megaprojects As Catalysts For the Re-Making of Post-Industrial Cities? The Case Of ‘Stuttgart 21’ In Germany. In: del Cerro, G. (ed.): Urban Megaprojects: a worldwide view. Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing, Research in Urban Sociology Series Novy, J. (2011). Urban Ethnic Tourism in New York City’s Neighborhoods - Then and Now. In: Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds.): Gateways to the Urban Economy: Ethnic Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption. New York/London: Routledge Novy, J. (2011). Kreuzberg’s Multi- and Intercultural Realities. Are they Assets? In: Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds.): Gateways to the Urban Economy: Ethnic Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption. New York/London: Routledge. Novy, J. and S. Schaller (2010). New York City’s Waterfronts as Strategic Sites for Analyzing Neoliberalism and its Contestations. In: Desfor, G. et al. (eds.): Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfront Change. New York/London: Routledge.Novy, J. (2010) Novy, J. (2010). What’s new about new Urban Tourism? And what do recent changes in Travel imply for the ‘Tourist City’ Berlin? In: Richter, J. (ed.): Tourist City Berlin. Berlin: Braun Publishing Potter, C. and J. Novy (2009). Walking toward the Just City: Summing Up, Moving Forward. In: Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil, Searching for the Just City. New York/London: Routledge Novy, J. and M. Mayer (2009). As ‘Just’ as it Gets? The European City in the ‘Just City’ Discourse. In: Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil, Searching for the Just City. New York/London: Routledge Novy, J. and S. Huning (2009). New Tourism Areas in the ‘New’ Berlin. In: Maitland, R. and P. Newman (eds.): World Tourism Cities. New York/London: Routledge Novy, J. (2008). Status Quo Sustainability. In: Byles, J. and O. Kazi (eds.): The New York 2030 Notebook. New York: Institute for Urban Design 4) Book Chapters (in German) Novy, J. (2014). Die eroberte Stadt. In: Holm, A. (ed.): Reclaim Berlin. Soziale Kämpfe in der neoliberalen Stadt. Berlin: Assoziation A. Novy, J. (2013). Städtetourismus, Stadtteiltourismus und der Mythos Städtischer Steuerung. Das Beispiel Berlin. In: Wöhler, K. (ed.): Destination Governance. Berlin: ESV-Verlag Huning, S and J. Novy (2009). Stadtteiltourismus als Hoffnungsträger für benachteiligte Quartiere? In: Altrock, U., et al. (eds.): Städte im Aufbruch. Stadtentwicklungspolitische Handlungsoptionen in Krisenzeiten. Planungsrundschau 16. Berlin: Altrock Verlag Huning, S. and J. Novy (2008). Von der Realität des Mythos: Kreuzberg und Harlem. In: Stemmler, S. and S. Arnold (eds.): New York Berlin. Kulturen in der Stadt. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag Huning, S. and J. Novy (2008). Stadtteiltourismus als Entwicklungsmotor? Die Beispiele Harlem, New York und Berlin Kreuzberg. In: Freytag, T. and A. Kagermeier (eds.): Städtetourismus zwischen Kultur und Kommerz. Berlin: Profil Verlag. Novy, J. and S. Schaller (2005). Gemeinwesensorientierte Stadtteilerneuerung in Washington DC, In: Kessl, F. et al. (eds.): Handbuch Sozialraum. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 5) Book Reviews Novy, J. (2013). Book Review of ‘The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy. Global Perspectives’ by Carl Grodach and Daniel Silver (eds.). In: Urban Affairs Review (Online first). Novy, J. (2013). Book review of ‘Justice and the American Metropolis’ by Clarissa R. Hayward and Todd Swanstrom (eds.). In: Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), 79(2). Novy, J. (2012). Jane Jacobs’ Tod und Leben großer amerikanischer Städte (Book Review). In: Leggewie, C. et al. (eds.): 101 Schlüsselwerke der Kulturwissenschaften. Berlin: Transcript-Verlag. 3 6) Other Publications Novy, J. (2012). ‘Just Architecture’’- Just Now! Notes on a Trajectory for Change. ERA21 Magazine, 1/2012: 33-35. Peters, D. and J. Novy (2011). Stuttgart 21: weder ’einzigartig’ noch ’beispielhaft’. In: Planung Neu Denken (PnD Online), 3/2011. Novy, J. (2009). Homemade Urban Industrial Decline. In: CITIES. The Magazine. Issue 00 – Industrial Renewal. Autumn 2009. Novy, J. (2008). Die Entdeckung der ‘Mannigfaltigkeit’ - Wie Jane Jacobs ‘Tod und Leben großer amerikanischer Städte’ die Stadtforschung veränderte. In: Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, 4 (2007). Huning, S. and Novy, J. (2006). Tourism as an Engine of Neighborhood Regeneration? Some Remarks Towards a Better Understanding of Urban tourism ‘beyond the Beaten Path’. CMS Working Paper Series, 06/2006. Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University Berlin. Organisation of International Conferences/Meetings 2014 2013 2013 2009 2007 2006 Steering & program committee member. ‘Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City. International Symposium (sponsored by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)). Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Cottbus (forthcoming) Panel session organization ‘Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City’. International Sociology Association (ISA) RC 21 conference ‘Resourceful Cities’, Berlin, Germany (08/2013) Steering & program committee member. ‘Rethinking the City, Rethinking built environment education. The Urban Laboratory Approach’. International Symposium, Technical University Berlin. Berlin, Germany (03/13). Steering & program committee member. International Symposium ‘Railways, Real Estate & the Re-Making of Cities in the 21st Century’, Technical University Berlin. Berlin, Germany (10/09). Advisory activity & Panel session organization. ‘New York - Berlin – Cultural Diversity in Urban Space’ Conference. House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, KKW). Berlin, Germany. Steering & program committee member. ‘Searching for the Just City’ Conference. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Columbia University. New York, USA (04/06). Lectures, Conference Presentations & Talks (selection) 2014 ’Urban Tourism. The end of the Honeymoon?’ (Keynote). Global Summit On City Tourism. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Barcelona, Spain (12/2014) 2014 ‘Ansatzpunkte und Stossrichtungen kritischer Stadtforschung und emanzipatorischer Praxis’. Veranstaltung ‘Das Recht auf Stadt’. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung NRW. Köln, Germany (04/2014) 2014 ‘The Quest for Inclusion and the Case for Intercultualism’. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) Workshop ‘Intercultural Learning’.Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) , Mumbai, Índia (02/2014) 2013 ‘The Quest for Inclusion and the Case of Interdisciplinarity’. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) Workshop ‘Integrated Public Spaces as Inclusion Strategy’. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago de Chile, Chile (12/2013) ‘New Tourism in the ‘New’ Berlin? Contemporary trends in tourism and place consumption and their implications for urban scholarship’. DAStU Urbanistica '13' Lecture series. Politecnico di Milano, Italy (06/13) ‘Transformation on the Edges: the Cases of Jersey City and Vienna’s Donau City’. Paper Presentation with Prof. Susan Fainstein. Authors‘ symposium ‘Explaining Metropolitan transformation; Politics Functions and Symbols’. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (01/13) ‘The Struggle surrounding Stuttgart 21. New form of protest or old wine in new bottles?’. 2013 2013 2012 4 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2nd Forum of Sociology of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Paper Presentation. Buenos Aires, Argentina (08/12) ‘New Tourism and the Challenge of Sustainability’. Lecture at ‘Sustainable Tourism in Urban Environments. A Symposium’. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong (04/12) ‘Wer plant hier? Methodencheck: Demokratie und Stadtplanung’. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur. Discussant/Panelist. Vienna, Austria (03/12) ‘Urban Regeneration in Berlin’. Lecture at the School of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading. Reading, UK (11/11) ‘Current Trends in Urban Tourism and what they (might) mean for Nicosia’. Lecture at the Public Workshop ‘Place Branding for Nicosia, Cyprus’ of the City of Nicosia and the Reconstruction and Resettlement Council. Nicosia, Cyprus (11/11) ‘Struggling for a Right to the (Creative) City’. Lecture at ‘Private/Public - Events in private and public space’. Skopje, Macedonia (06/11) ‘The Uprising of the ’Creative Class’ in Berlin and Hamburg. New urban social movements, new ‘spaces of hope’?’, Lecture at St. Lucas University’s ‘Fragile’ Conference. Ghent, Belgium (04/11) ‘Potenziale der ethnischen Ökonomie und ihrer kulturellen Vielfalt für die Tourismuswirtschaft im Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’. Fachforum, Interkulturelle Wochen Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (11/10) Grüner Wirtschaftstag Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (10/10) Arbeitskreis Linke Metropolenpolitik. Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (04/10). Symposium ‘Re-Imagining Berlin from Los Angeles?’. Technical University Berlin. Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (03/10). Symposium ‘Beyond Planwerk’. Technical University Berlin. Lecture & Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (01/10) Symposium ‘Railways, Real Estate & the Re-Making of Cities in the 21st Century - Rail Station Area Redevelopment Mega-Projects in Europe & Beyond’, Technical University Berlin. Paper Presentation. Berlin, Germany (10/09) Arbeitskreis Nordamerika, Deutscher Geographentag. Discussant/Panelist. Vienna, Austria (09/09) Deutscher Geographentag. Paper Presentation. Vienna, Austria (09/09) ‘What’s new about new urban tourism?’, Public Lecture at the Department of Architecture, Technical University of Darmstadt. Darmstadt, Germany (07/09) City Futures, Joint Conference of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Paper Presentations. Madrid, Spain (06/09) ‘Social Polis’ Conference. Institute for Environment and Regional Development University of Economics, Vienna. Vienna, Austria (05/09) International Conference ‘Marketing Cities: Place Branding in Perspective’. Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies, Humboldt University & Association for Place Branding & Public Diplomacy. Paper Presentation. Berlin, Germany (12/08) International Conference ‘The Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfronts’. Hafen City University. Paper Presentation. Hamburg, Germany (10/08) Second Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Graduate College New York-Berlin. Paper Presentation. New York, USA (09/08) Symposium ‘Architecture & Tourism’. Technical University Berlin. Discussant/Panelist. Berlin, Germany (02/08) International Workshop on ‘Ethnic Neighborhoods and Tourism’. University of Amsterdam, IMES. Paper Presentation. Istanbul, Turkey (01/08) ‘Wir bekommen Besuch. Tourismus in Berlin’, Stadtforum Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin. Invited Lecture. Berlin, Germany (12/07) Seminar ‘Institutionen und Sozialraumstrukturen: Die Stadt im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert – Metropole, Megastadt, Global City’, Technical University Berlin. Lecture. Berlin, Germany (07/07) International Workshop on ‘Ethnic Neighborhoods and Tourism’. University of Amsterdam, IMES. Paper Presentation. Rabat, Morocco (05/07) ThinkCity Event Series. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. Lecture with Dr. Sandra Huning. Berlin, Germany (11/06) Second Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Graduate College New York-Berlin. Paper Presentation. New York, USA (10/06) 5 2006 2006 2006 2006 2004 2004 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 World Congress of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Paper Presentation with Dr. Sandra Huning. Durban, South Africa (07/06) ‘Was ist die gerechte Stadt’ Conference. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. Panel Facilitation/Moderation. Berlin, Germany (05/06) ‘Searching for the Just City’ Conference. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University. Panel Facilitation/Moderation. New York (04/06) Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Paper Presentation. Montreal, Canada (04/06) Symposium ‘Tourist City. Die Neuerfindung des Ortes’. Lecture. Bremen, Germany (04/04) Symposium ‘Backstage Tourism’. Technical University Graz. Paper Presentation. Graz, Austria (01/04) ‘The Quest for Inclusion and the Case for Intercultualism’. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) Workshop ‘Intercultural Learning’. Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA), Mumbai, Índia (02/2014) ‘New Tourism in the ‘New’ Berlin? Contemporary trends in tourism and place consumption and their implications for urban scholarship’. DAStU Urbanistica '13' Lecture series. Politecnico di Milano, Italy (06/13) ‘Transformation on the Edges: the Cases of Jersey City and Vienna’s Donau City’. Paper Presentation with Prof. Susan Fainstein. Authors‘ symposium ‘Explaining Metropolitan transformation; Politics Functions and Symbols’. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (01/13) ‘The Struggle surrounding Stuttgart 21. New form of protest or old wine in new bottles?’. 2nd Forum of Sociology of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Paper Presentation. Buenos Aires, Argentina (08/12) ‘New Tourism and the Challenge of Sustainability’. Lecture at ‘Sustainable Tourism in Urban Environments. A Symposium’. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong (04/12) Deutscher Geographentag. Paper Presentation. Vienna, Austria (09/09) City Futures, Joint Conference of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Paper Presentations. Madrid, Spain (06/09) International Conference ‘The Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfronts’. Hafen City University. Paper Presentation. Hamburg, Germany (10/08) Second Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Graduate College New York-Berlin. Paper Presentation. New York, USA (09/08) International Workshop on ‘Ethnic Neighborhoods and Tourism’. University of Amsterdam, IMES. Paper Presentation. Istanbul, Turkey (01/08) Second Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Graduate College New York-Berlin. Paper Presentation. New York, USA (10/06) World Congress of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Paper Presentation with Dr. Sandra Huning. Durban, South Africa (07/06) ‘Was ist die gerechte Stadt’ Conference. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. Panel Facilitation/Moderation. Berlin, Germany (05/06) Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Paper Presentation. Montreal, Canada (04/06) Consulting, Knowledge Transfer & Advisory Activities (selection) 2014-ongoing 2012-2013 2012 2011 2011 Consulting activity for Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH (’visitBerlin’) Advisory/consulting activity for the regional association of Bündnis 90/The Greens (‘Bündnis90/Die Grünen’) in Berlin. Research Report on ‘Social Inclusion – A ‘New’ Paradigm for Urban Governance and Development Policy?’ Prepared (with Prof. Dr. Herrle) for the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) on behalf of the OIKOS Human Settlements Research Group. Research Study ‘Besucher der Karl-Marx-Straße’ (potential visitors for the Karl-MarxStrasse, Berlin). Mikroprojekt Lokales Soziales Kapital (LSK Berlin), spearheaded by INPOLIS UCE GmbH. Research Study ‘Quartierstourismus Schöneberg’ (Neighbourhood Tourism in Schöneberg, Berlin). Mikroprojekt Lokales Soziales Kapital (LSK Berlin), spearheaded by INPOLIS UCE GmbH. 6 2006 Advisory Activity. ‘Partizipative Planung Stadt Bontang, Kalimantan Indonesien’ (Participatory Planning in Bontang, Indonesia). German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) Other activities 2001-ongoing 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2005 Numerous reports as a freelance journalist on urban issues for German Public Radio Stations (e.g. WDR 3, WDR 5) as well as newspapers and other print publications (including die tageszeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Zeit Online, Arch+). Guest Critic. ’Heritage and Design. Architectural Preservation, Design and Planning in World Heritage Cities and Landscape’. Mantua International PhD Summer School. Politecnico di Milano, Mantua Campus (09/2013). Guest Critic. ‘Spatial Justice Assessment’ Workshop. Organized by Prof. Johannes Fiedler (Technical University Braunschweig). Technical University Vienna / Academy for Fine Arts Vienna. Vienna, Austria (10/12). Moderation. ‘Ideenaufruf Spreeufer’. Urban Design Charette and Competition. Experimentdays 2011. Berlin, Germany (09/11). Panel Facilitation/Moderation. Panel Discussion ‘Welche Strategien für Nord-Neukölln?’. Berlin, Germany (08/11). Scientific Committee Member. Second International Place Branding Conference. Bogota, Colombia (01/11). Workshop Co-Organization & Moderation. ‘Überflieger’. Roundtable Discussion on present and future developments in Berlin-Neukölln. Berlin, Germany (09/10). Guest Critic for MSc Project Work (International Planning Project). The Bartlett School of Planning, University College of London. London, UK (03/10). Studio Guest Critic. School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. City College of New York (Prof. Ali Hocek). Languages German Mother tongue. English Fluent orally and written (postgraduate and doctoral studies carried out in English). French Basic knowledge. 7