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Research for the Environment

Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch

• Head of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
• Speaker of the Research Theme "Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life" 2003-2008 (POF 1, Topic 1)
• Speaker of the Cluster "Impact of Urban Dynamics on Land Use Options" 2009-2013 (POF 2, Topic 1)

Link internLink internDivision of Social Sciences
Link internLink internDepartment of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Link internLink internWorking Group Urban and Regional Research

Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1237
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 1836

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Link internLink intern21. IAPS Conference, 27 June-2 july 2010, Leipzig, Germany "Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Cahnge on Human Habitats"

Curriculum Vitae

2009

Professor in Urban Geography at the University of Leipzig

2006-2008

Associate Professor for Urban Geography at the University Leipzig

since 06/2004

Head of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology

2000-2004

Deputy Head of the Department of Economics, Sociology and Law

1997-1999

Head of the Department of Ecological Economics and Environmental Sociology

1994-1996

Deputy Head of the Department of Landscape Ecology

since 1992

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

1982-1991

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute for Sociology, University Leipzig, Germany

1982

PhD in Urban Sociology, University Leipzig, Germany

1979-1982

Research fellow at the Institute for Sociology, University Leipzig, Germany

1974-1978

Diploma in Economics/Sociology at the Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Current Projects

Link internLink intern"Urban Woodlands", (2009-2010, Bundesamt für Naturschutz)

Link internLink intern"Future chances of large housing estates considering climate change - an international comparison" (POF II)

Link internLink intern"Mega-Trend Urbanisation: Vulnerability and Environmental Risks", (2009-2013, POF II)

Link internLink intern"Risk Habitat Megacity", Research subject "Socio-spatial differentiation" (2007-2010, Helmholtz-Initiative)

Link internLink intern"Social and spatial consequences of demographic change for East-Central European cities" (2006-2009, supported by the VW-Foundation)

Link internLink intern"Housing and living conditions in the large housing estate Leipzig-Grünau" - 9. Survey within the long-term study, started in 1979, (2009-2010, supported by the City of Leipzig)

Link internLink intern"Peri-urban land use relationships – Strategies for urban-rural linkages" (PLUREL), in cooperation with Dept. Computational Landscape Ecology (2007-2010, EU-Project)

Link internLink intern"Socio-demographic change in neighbourhoods of post-socialist European cities", (ongoing since 1992, HGF)

Completed Projects

Link internLink internMonitoring of sustainability in shrinking cities
Link internLink internUrban Restructuring and Reduction of Land Consumption
Link internLink internSocial Atlas of the City of Leipzig (UFZ/HGF)
Link internLink internReduction of Housing Vacancy and Improvement of the Quality of Life - Sociological Investigations in the City of Weißwasser and in Leipzig-Grünau
Link internLink internRe Urban Mobil; Reurbanisation on Condition of Demographic Change
Link internLink internSocial- and Environmental Atlas of the Region of Gran Concepcion, Chile
Link internLink internImages of the City of Johanngeorgenstadt from inside and outside
Link internLink internCharacteristics and Perception of Urban Quality - Examples from Argentina and Germany (The Rising Number of Barrios Cerrados in Gran Mendoza)
Link internLink internChances for Sustainable Development of the Housing Stock in big and smaller Cities in Saxony; Future Scenarios for Selected Residential Areas
Link internLink internInterdependencies between Social, Built and Natural Factors in Residential Areas
Link internLink internRevitalisation Strategies for Declined Communities adjacent the Open Mining Pit Espenhain

Activities in the Scientific Community

• Member of the board of the Link externLink externIAPS - International Association for People-Environment Studies

• Member of Link externLink externGerman Sociological Society:

Link externLink externSection Urban and Regional Sociology,

Link externLink externSection Environmental Sociology

• Member of the Link externLink externGerman Geographical Society

Publications

PDFPDFPublications - Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch (41.41 kB)
PDFPDFWorkshop zum Nachhaltigen Stadtumbau (Dokumentation) (1583.89 kB)
PDFPDFNEUE STADTLANDSCHAFTEN IM ZEICHEN DER SCHRUMPFUNG (Wissenstransfer zwischen Forschung und Praxis) (1137.6 kB)
PDFPDFGrünau 2009 - Einwohnerbefragung im Rahmen der Intervallstudie „Wohnen und Leben in Leipzig-Grünau“ (2.28 MB)