Dr. Matthias Bernt
Division of Social Sciences
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Working Group Urban and Regional Research
Working Group Governance & Institutions
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone.: ++ 49 - 341 - 235 1792
fax: ++ 49 - 341 - 235 1836
Dr. Matthias Bernt
Areas of Expertise & Research
Urban Governance, Urban Renewal, Shrinking Cities, Gentrification
Curriculum Vitae
since 05/09
Research Fellow at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ , Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Project "Shrinksmart"
since 09/08
Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Dept. Urban Regeneration, Erkner near Berlin
02/08-08/08
Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University of New York City
08/01-08/08
Research Fellow at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ , Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
10/97-07/01
Ph.D. Student at the Free University of Berlin
05/97-09/97
Researcher at the University of Rostock, Institute for Sociology
10/90-09/96
Diploma Student of Political Science at the Free University of Berlin
Current Projects
Shrinksmart: The Governance of Shrinkage within an European Context
Stadtkarrieren in peripherisierten Räumen. Entwicklungsdynamiken und Handlungsoptionen (
Leitprojekt 01/2009-12/2011)
Completed Projects
From Kreuzberg to Prenzlauer Berg. Power and Politics in Berlin's 'careful urban renewal' (Dissertation)
Living and Housing – Survey in Rostock 1997
Teaching Activities
2009
Gentrification (Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder, Cultural Studies)
2007/2008
Introduction into Urban Sociology (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2006/2007
Introduction into Urban Sociology (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2005/2006
Introduction into Urban Sociology (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2004/2005
Shrinking Cities (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2003/2004
Festivalisation and Urban Politics (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2003/2004
Social Situations, Institutions and Processes (together with H. Nuissl / TU Berlin, Urban and Regional Planning)
2002/2003
Gentrification (University of Leipzig, Cultural Studies)
2001
Between "Gentrification" and "Slum" – Local Politics in Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg (together with W. Fehse / Free University of Berlin, Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Sciences)
2000/2001
Berlin – diminishing the "tenant city"? (together with W. Fehse / Free University of Berlin, Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Sciences)
2000
Gentrification in Berlin (together with W. Fehse / Free University of Berlin, Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Sciences)
1999/2000
Urban Politics and Neighbourhood Development (together with W. Fehse / Free University of Berlin, Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Sciences)
1999
Urban Renewal in Berlin (together with W. Fehse / Free University of Berlin, Otto-Suhr Institute for Political Sciences)
