Risk Habitat
Megacity

Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megacities and Urban Agglomerations

A Helmholtz Research Initiative 2007 - 2011

Scientific Advisory Board

A scientific advisory board, consisting of twelve internationally renowned experts in the field of megacity research and policy, acts in an advisory capacity to the programme. The board, which meets annually, advises on the scientific quality of research. It has likewise the experience and mandate to assist in matters of intercultural cooperation. The constitutive meeting took place on 29th November 2006, at which a first draft of this research plan was reviewed and discussed with the members of the research consortium.