Institut für Raumplanung
Scientific Staff
GIFFINGER Rudolf | Head of Research Unit
policy and planning-relevant issues of urban and regional development, urban development planning, city competition and competitiveness of cities, smart city strategies
Supervision and implementation of courses on methods of regional analysis and location assessment, introduction to regional science, regional and structural policy, urban competition and marketing, housing and urban development policy, migration and integration, settlement and regional development in Central Europe
Corresponding Member of the ARL, Member of the EAG Central and South-Eastern Europe and Head of the ARL - Working Group 'Competition of Cities: Opportunities and Risks of Cooperation', 3rd Vice-Chairman of the Senate
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BANABAK Selim
Quantitative methods of regional analysis, spatial econometrics, regional economic development and inequality, housing market and policy, global value chains, political economy and financialisation; dissertation on Housing Affordability, Rental Markets, Housing Policy Evaluation, Vienna, Spatial Econometrics
contributing to lectures and research projects on methods of regional statistics as well as economics and other social sciences contents
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FEILMAYR Wolfgang
Formal methods of regional analysis and regional economics (decision theory, simulation, applied statistics), regional statistics, location evaluation, regional development of rural areas, real estate economy and real estate evaluation; research activities in the fields of statistics, real estate and location assessment, supervision and implementation of courses on mathematical and statistical methods and models for spatial planning, real estate, rural areas
Faculty representative for performance evaluation (intellectual capital statement, project database and publication editor)
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FISCHER Georg
Modeling property price development, macroeconomic factors influencing the property market, profitability forecasts for property portfolios
Aim of the projekt is to develop a holistic economic model that uses a set of macroeconomic input parameters to provide the broadest possible predicition function for the profitability of real estate investment.
KALASEK Robert
Computer Aided Decision Support in planning, geographical information systems, evaluation and simulation models, technological change in the telecommunications sector
Supervision and implementation of IT-related courses, development and maintenance of spatial databases, scientific collaboration in the research focus of 3D laser scanning
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KÖSSLDORFER Mila
Content and organisational support for IT-oriented courses
general support in teaching, research and administration
KOSTANSEK Klara
Content and organisational support for IT-oriented courses
general support in teaching, research and administration
KRAMAR Hans
Economic geography, regional economics, quantitative spatial analysis, regional development and cohesion policy in Europe, innovation in space
Chairman of the curriculum committee for spatial planning
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PÜHRINGER Florian
Geographic information systems, spatial analysis and visualisation of large amounts of data, digital transformation processes, user-generated data, mobility research
supervision and implementation of GIS- and EDP-related courses
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SUITNER Johannes
urban development policy, strategic planning, culture & city, Vienna urban development & planning history, imaginaries, bricolage, social innovation | policy field, discourse and regional analysis; research on metropolisation, cultural planning, planning history, bricolage, social innovation | teaching on urban development policy, research design, academic writing and publication strategies
guest professorship at the Department of Geography and Regional Science at the University of Graz (2017-2018) | coach in project acquisition & management, scientific writing & publication strategies
Academic Writing & Publishing Coach (TU Wien, WU Wien, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Gesellschaft, u.a.)
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ZHANG Yanli
Sustainable urban and regional development and transformation, sustainable transformation of mining areas, urban and regional planning, quantitative and qualitative methods in human geography, spatial analysis in urban and regional development, application of GIS in urban and regional planning
Courses on spatial development strategies: transformation process for sustainable urban and regional development,
sustainable urban development in theory and practice, planning and development in agglomerations
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Support
KÄSTNER Sabine
Head of the secretary's office of the research area, administrative and procurement matters,
financial management, German and English correspondence
PANZIRSCH Robert
System administration of the IT equipment of the research unit, setup and support of servers and network, procurement of hardware and software, troubleshooting and consulting for IT problems
BEYER Clemens
Structuring and administration of the research units library, general support in teaching and research operations
Project staff
Arno Brugger (PBM_integrativ)
Philipp Kerschbaum (PBM_integrativ)
External PhD Students
BOGADI Antonija
Working title of the dissertation:
How can knowledge matter? Using network perspective for enhancing environmental knowledge utilisation in adaptive governance networks.
Keywords:
urban green infrastructure, governance networks, knowledge management, social network analysis
CZECH Alexander
Working title of the dissertation:
"The Spatial Interrelation of Space and Information"
LYU Hui
Working title of the dissertation:
Urban Living Labs as a Smart City approach: How socio-technical innovation transforms urban development
Keywords:
smart cities, socio-technical innovation, urban living labs, urban transition
SANCHEZ GUZMAN Santiago
Working title of the dissertation:
Social Infrastructure systems weaving together urban tissues: Strategical Interventions in unequal urban contexts and vulnerable neighborhoods
Keywords:
Social Infrastructure systems, Strategic Planning, Urban Tissues, Inequality, Neighborhood Vulnerabilities, Territorial Capital, Urban Sustainability
Tutors (Term 2020S and 2020W)
ANDRONIC Cristian (Spatial Analysis with GIS) CONNOLY Virginia (Computer Assisted Data Analysis) GORANOVA-BANOVIC Gabriela (Spatial Analysis with GIS) HAIDER Melanie (Methods of Regional Analysis) HOFSTÄDTER Magdalena (Spatial Analysis with GIS) KAMMERHOFER Arthur (Methods of Regional Analysis) KLAMMER Paul (Computer Assisted Data Analysis) SANDNER Jakob (Spatial Analysis with GIS) STUR Florian (Methods of Regional Analysis)
Former Head of Resaerch Unit
em.o.Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter BÖKEMANN [1971 - 2004]
ao.Univ.Prof.i.R. Proj.Ass. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang FEILMAYR [2004 - 2006]
Former staff (selection)
Aurelia Kammerhofer, BSc. [2016-2019], DI Dr. Johannes Suitner [2010-2019], Martha Ecker, MSc. [2015 - 2019], Mag. Sara Krauze [2018 - 2019], Hui Lu, MSc. [2015 - 2017], Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Latzer, Bakk.techn. [2013 - 2017], MMag. Dr. Gudrun Haindlmaier [2006 - 2017], DI Dr. Florian Strohmayer [2012 - 2016], DI Kurt Weninger [2012 - 2015], Justin Kadi, MSc. PhD [2010 - 2014], DI Herbert Hemis [2013 - 2014], DI Roman Seidl [2009 - 2012], DI Leopold Riedl [1983 - 2011], Mag. Philipp Reinhart [2009 - 2011], DI Roland Hackl [1996 - 2010], DI Verena Riedl [2009 - 2010], DI Dr. Daniela Müller [2001 - 2009], DI Andreas Hocevar [2001 - 2005], DI Sebastian Reinberg [1997 - 2001], DI Andrea Mann [1997 - 2001], DI Dr. Stefan Kollarits [1992 - 1996], DI Dr. Günther Knötig [1988 - 1992], DI Dr. Josef Steinbach, DI Gerald Wödl, DI Dr. Kurt Puchinger