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    • Juliane Borosch, M.A.
    • Prof. Dr. Barbara Buchenau
    • Florian Deckers, M.A.
    • Prof. Dr. Kornelia Freitag
    • Prof. Dr. Walter Grünzweig
    • Prof. Dr. Randi Gunzenhäuser
    • Prof. Dr. Jens Martin Gurr
    • Elisabeth Haefs, M.A.
    • Chris Katzenberg, M.A.
    • Johannes Maria Krickl, M.A.
    • Prof. Dr. Josef Raab
    • Hanna Rodewald, M.Ed.
    • Dr. Maria Sulimma
    • Prof. Dr. Michael Wala
    • Katharina Wood, M.A.
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PhD Projects:

Artsy Rust Belts: Narratives of the Creative Class in Post-Industrial Cities from a Transatlantic Perspective

Green Metropoles: Conserving Whose World? Sustainability Standards in the U.S. and Germany

Social Change for Engaging Cities: Translating Urban 'Collective Impact' Initiatives between the Rust Belt and the Ruhr

Jazzing Up the Climate-Friendly City: Scripts for Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Rehabilitation in Detroit and the Ruhrgebiet

Scripts of Diversity Gardening: The Inclusive Green City Plot in Portland (Oregon) and Essen

Raising Ethnic Voices: Counter-Discourses in the Contemporary Cultural Scenes of New York City and Los Angeles

Waterfront Reconquista: Conflicting Scripts for Waterfront and Port Developments in Inland Harbor Cities

 

Postdoctoral Project:

Trivial Pursuits: The Practices and Politics of Prioritization in Postindustrial Urban Spaces

Upcoming Events

January 25-29: Theme week "Scripting Urban Space during COVID-19" in cooperation with In Media Res

January 28: Talk by Joern Langhorst in Scripts Colloquium

February 11: Talk by Florian Freitag in Scripts Virtual Colloquium

February 15: (Virtual) Book Launch for Charting Literary Urban Studies (Jens Martin Gurr)

March 8-12: RUDESA Spring Academy "Transatlantic City: Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender"

May 20: Talk by Barbara Buchenau at KU Eichstätt

September 9-12: City Scripts Symposium “Transatlantic Rust Belts” in Detroit

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