Professor Dr. Rudolf Juchelka

Academic education

1988-1993
Study of Geography, Economic Geography, German Language and Literature, Educational Science, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH Aachen University) and University of Bonn

1993
Master of Arts, Aachen

1994
First State Examination, Aachen
Final thesis: Euregio Maas-Rhein and its public transport system. Transboundary bus transportation: Current state of affairs and possible progression approaches

1997
Ph.D., Aachen
Dissertation thesis:  Aachen city center. Visitor patterns, range analyses and the influence of traffic-controlling methods. (Aachen Geographical Papers Volume 33)

1993-2004
Institute of Geography, RWTH Aachen

2000
Research stay at Vienna Economic University, Department of Applied Regional and Economic Geography

2004                    
Habilitation: Aachen, Faculty of Mining, Metallurgy and Geo Sciences
Habilitation thesis: : Inner city location sites – added value through reshaping

2004-2007
Institute of Geography of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Interim professorship

since 2007
Full university professor (chair) & head of department: University of Duisburg-Essen Department of Geography, "Economic Geography, esp. Transport and Logistics"

Memberships, academics and executive functions

  • Vice president of the German Society for Geography (DGfG)
  • Board Member of the German Association for Applied Geography e.V. (DVAG)
  • Academic Ambassador of Germanys Academy for Spatial Research and Land Use Regulation (ARL)
  • Member of the Society of Geography at German speaking universities and research centers (VGDH)
  • Member of the Austrian Society for Geography (ÖGG)
  • Member of the Essen Society for Geology and Geography (EGG)
  • Member of the BMW-Scientific-Award-Forum
  • Member of the Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV), University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Member of the Research Cooperation "Urban Systems" at University of Duisburg-Essen

Awards

  • Winner of the BMW Scientific-Award 1995
  • Winner of the Teaching Award, Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of Duisburg-Essen 2008
  • Diversity Award of University Duisburg-Essen, 2017

Research subjects

  • Economic geography, esp. economic regional transformation processes & their governance, economic site development, cross border regional development
  • Transport geography, esp. urban mobility, air transportation
  • Urban Geography, esp. city center development
  • Applied Geography
  • Regional research areas; Germany, esp. Northrine-Westfalia, BeNeLux region, Alpine countries Austria und Switzerland, North-East megalopolis of the United States of America, Caucasian countries Armenia & Georgia, United Arab Emirates

Research Projects (selection)

  •  INVITING: incentivation initiatives of improving sustainable mobility concepts in industrial estate areas
  •  TransRegio: implementation of regional added value in the Lower Rhine Region
  •  Realisation of an urban cable connection in the city of Essen
  •  Urban logistics in the city of Aachen
  •  Fair trade as a site factor in regional economic promotion activities
  •  European Rail Freight Line System on the Rhine-Alpine Corridor
  •  Development of a Next generation European Inland and Waterway Ship and logistics system
  •  Strengthening the development of sustainable connectivity in NWE for freight and logistics with the support of ICT
  •  Code 24 Corridor Developmen tCreation, development and evaluation of impacts of logistic clusters
  •  Regional banking branches: transformation in their location spread
  •  Essen as European Capital of Culture 2011: evaluation of local and regional effects
  •  Airport logistics parks - End-of-runway logistics sites
  •  Visitors to the Aachen city center: Number, range and choice of means of transportation
  •  Railway station building complex in relation with center generation in Vienna
  •  Railway stations: rail infrastructure, intersection points, economic sites
  •  Retail structure in Heimbach (Eifel)
  •  Transboundary railway traffic: „Euregiobahn" grid expansion towards Belgium
  •  Frankfurt Airport as office location – capability analysis

Publications (selection)

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