Economic Geography

• determinants and impact of economic transformation processes
• significance of hard and soft location advantages for site selection, site effects of industrial and service companies
• clusters, their regional impacts, network and management
• regional development and regional economic promotion
• geographic retail research
• spatial analysis of real estate sector

Transport Geography

• traffic, mobility, transport, logistics from spatial approach
• traffic turnaround, mobility management, sustainability and efficiency in traffic
• combined transport and freight villages
• freight traffic centers with added value concepts at logistics sites
• urban transport: accessibility, public transport and urban logistics, urban cable cars
• airports, especially regional airports, airport cities, air networks, low-cost airlines
• seaports and inland ports as transport and business location sites, inland shipping
• traffic in border regions

Regional Development and Urban Geography

• urban systems, planning
• functional transformation and subsequent uses in urban spaces
• real estate locations and temporary use concepts
• urban location systems and inner urban center structures
• planning-oriented urban geography
• regional management, urban district & neighborhoods management
• regional development of peripheral or rural regions
• border region research

The research areas contain theory development, empirical classroom research and the development and evaluation of teaching and learning environments. Current research projects include the following topics:

• Digitalization, digitization, digital media and technologies
• Geoweb and (geo)media
• Education for Spatial Citizenship, spatial appropriation and socio-spatial practices
• Education for Innovativeness ("Bildung für Innovativität") and participation
• Reflection and reflexivity
• Teacher training and professional development of prospective teachers
• Human-environment research in didactic valorization and out-of-school learning