Projects of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology

Current projects

Theme

Contact
Text-Mining approach to mapping equitable and community-driven urban adaptation to extreme events
Supervisors: Dr. Mariana de Brito, Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke 		Sruti Modekurty
Urban resilience through urban greenery. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Uwe Schlink Niels Wollschläger

Completed projects, PhD and habilitation theses

KlimaKonform: joint project RegIKlim: Joint platform for climate-compliant action at community and district level in low mountain range regions – subproject 4: Green infrastructure at community level 
(BMBF, 05/2020 – 09/2026)

Urban resilience in practice – Preparation of a municipal implementation project
(08/2025 – 02/2026)

ESD Competence Centre for Process Support and Process Evaluation (BiNaKom) 
(BMBF, 7/2020 – 6/2025)

RadFuß+ UmweltTracker
(2021 – 2024)

Resilienz in der kommunalen Praxis − RESI-vhw
(12/2022 – 06/2024)

RECONECT – Regenerating Ecosystems with Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction 
(EU Horizon 2020)

REGREEN – Fostering nature-based solutions for equitable, green and healthy urban transitions in Europe and China (EU)

ClimAlert: Climate Alert Smart System for Sustainable Water and Agriculture
(10/2017 – 05/2021)

ANYWHERE – EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events
(06/2016 − 12/2019)

Monitoring of Commercial and Residential Brownfields in the City of Leipzig (COREBRO) – Potentials to renaturalize and to revitalize urban brownfields (City of Leipzig)
(every 5 years)

Lebendige Wände – Living Walls: Green facades for multifunctional climate adaptation in the city
(12/2022 – 06/2024)

Heat Stress: Planetary Health Model for the Reduction of Heat Stress on the Neighbourhood Level
(12/2022 – 06/2024)

uVITAL − User-Valued Innovations for Social Housing Upgrading through Trans-Atlantic Living Labs 
(BMBF, 12/2022 – 06/2024)

The Housing-Integration-Nexus: shaping exchange and innovation for migrants’ access to housing and social inclusion – House-In
(6/2021 – 11/2022, JPI Urban Europe)

Obsolete Stadt − Raumpotentiale für eine gemeinwohlorientierte, klimagerechte und koproduktive Stadtentwicklung in wachsenden Großstädten
(01/2020 – 12/2021)

MigraChance: Migration-related conflicts as challenge and chance for institutional change in large cities and small towns
(04/2018 – 09/2021)

KoopLab: Integration through cooperative development of open spaces – real-world labs strengthening the socio-ecological development of arrival neighbourhoods
(01/2018 – 09/2021)

RegioZukunft:Wärme – Wärmeversorgung der „Stadt der Zukunft“ und der Region im Kontext von Transformation und Adaption
(09/2020 – 05/2021)

Food-water-energy for Urban Sustainable Environments (FUSE)
(04/2018 – 03/2021)

GORmin – Governance Options for acceptable primary and secondary Scarce-Resource mining in Germany
(03/2015 – 09/2020)

Urban Woodlands
(10/2009 – 12/2018)

EnRoute – Enhancing Resilience of Urban Ecosystems through Green Infrastructure
(12/2016 – 11/2018)

DiverCities – Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities
(03/2013 – 02/2017)

Energy-efficient Delitzsch (BMBF)
(2011 – 2016)

CLIST – Climate change response at the local level in Istanbul – Mutual learning among cities and actors (BMBF German-Turkish Year of Research, Education and Innovation 2014)
(06/2014 – 02/2016)

CLAVE – Climate change adaptation options in Santiago de Chile and other Latin American megacities - Urban vulnerability on local level (HGF/FONDECYT)
(04/2013 – 03/2016)

ADVOCATE – Advancing Sustainable In Situ Remediation for Contaminated Land and Groundwater (Marie-Curie Initial Training Network)
(2011 – 2015)

CLIMP – Implementation of climate change adaptation measures in Santiago de Chile (Federal Foreign Office)
(07/2014 – 12/2014)

TIMBRE – Tailored Improvement of Brownfield Regeneration in Europe
(2011 – 2014)

EU – Network of Excellence LIAISE: Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise
(11/2009 – 04/2014)

Urban land use conflicts and options
(01/2009 – 12/2013)

Mega-Trend Urbanisation: Vulnerability and Environmental Risks
(01/2009 – 12/2013)

CLUVA – Climate Change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa
(12/2010 – 11/2013)

Leipzig Weiter Denken – Auf dem Weg zur nachhaltigen Stadt (BMBF)
(06/2012 – 06/2013)

Evaluating Environmental and Life Quality to analyse Urban Vulnerability in Santiago de Chile (BMBF/CONICYT)
(2011 – 2013)

Polish and German large housing estates yesterday, today and tomorrow
(DPWS, 02/2011 – 12/2012

ClimateAdaptationSantiago (CAS)
(BMU, 12/2009 – 11/2012)

CapHaz-Net – Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Toward More Resilient Societies
(EU, 6/2009 – 5/2012)

Climate Policy Integration, Coherence and Governance
(PEER network climate initiative)

Die Zukunft ostmitteleuropäischer Großwohnsiedlungen zwischen Akzeptanz und Abwertung
(Helmholtz-Association, 04/2007 – 03/2009) -German only-

ALTER-Net – A Long-term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network
(EU, 04/2004 – 03/2009)

Socio-demographic change in neighbourhoods of post-socialist European cities
(long-term project)

rECOmine: Ressourcenorientierte Umwelttechnologien für das 21. Jahrhundert − Startprojekt 3 "Analyse von Entscheidungsstrukturen und Konflikten und Entwicklung eines Methodenbaukastens für die transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit im rECOmine Netzwerk" (BMBF, WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region)
(01/2020 – 10/2022)

TEACHENER – Integrating Social Sciences and Humanities into Teaching about Energy
(09/2016 – 08/2019)

TACTIC – Tools, methods and training for communities and society to better prepare for a crisis
(05/2014 – 04/2016)

emBRACE – Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe
(10/2011 – 09/2015)

CATALYST - Capacity Development for Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation
(10/2011 – 09/2013)

Shrink Smart – The Governance of Shrinkage, Analyse von Politik- und Governance-Systemen in unterschiedlichen Typen von schrumpfenden Stadtregionen
(EU, 5/2009 – 4/2012)

RISK MAP – Improving Flood Risk Maps as a Means to Foster Public Participation and Raising Flood Risk Awareness: Toward Flood Resilient Communities
(BMBF, 9/2009 – 8/2011)

Interval-study Leipzig-Grünau – empirical long-term study on housing satisfaction in a large housing estate
(5/2009 – 4/2010)

Risk Habitat Megacity (RHM)
(Helmholtz Association, 2007 – 2011)

Die Zukunft ostmitteleuropäischer Großwohnsiedlungen zwischen Akzeptanz und Abwertung
(Helmholtz-Association, 04/2007 – 03/2009)

Integrated assessment of land use change in urban regions
(003/2007 – 12/2008)

conDENSE – Social and spatial consequences of demographic change for cities in East Central Europe (Volkswagen Foundation)
(Volkswagen-Stiftung, 5/2006 – 4/2009)

SAFIRA II – Revitalization of Contaminated Land and Groundwater at Megasites
(04/2006 – 12/2012)

Sustainability monitoring in shrinking cities
(2006 – 2008)

FLOOD-ERA – Flood risk management strategies in European Member States
(BMBF/Defra – United Kingdom/Lebensministerium – Austria, 10/2006 - 04/2008)

Accountability and Legitimacy of Governance Institutions that support Viable Environments (ALIVE)
(EU, 01/2006 – 12/2007)

Risk perception, community behaviour and social resilience (Task 11 of Integrated project FLOODsite – Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies)
(EU, 03/2004 – 02/2009)

Urban climate Leipzig: Vulnerability to heatstress
(HGF, pilot stuy 2010)

Urban Restructuring and Reduction of Land Consumption
(01/2003 – 12/2008)

Sociological observations on the implementation and execution of demolitions, aiming at the reduction of housing vacancies and the improvement of environmental conditions and the quality of life
(BMBF, 08/2002 – 08/2005)

Reurbanisation of inner-city residential areas with respect to demographic change (Re Urban Mobil)
(EU, 11/2002 – 10/2005)

Binnen- und Außenimage von Johanngeorgenstadt (Zentrales Erzgebirge)
(BMBF, IÖR, Land Sachsen, 11/2002 – 12/2004)

Aufbau einer integrierten regionalen Umwelt- und Sozialberichterstattung unter dem Leitbild einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung (BMBF)
(BMBF, 6/2002 – 01/2006)

URBS PANDENS – Urban Sprawl – European Patterns, Environmental Degradation and Sustainability
(EU, 01/2002 – 03/2005)

Reduction of Housing Vacancy and Improvement of the Quality of Life – Sociological Investigations in the City of Weißwasser
(BMBF, 07/2001 – 06/2005)

Umwelt- und Sozialatlas der Region Gran Concepcion, Chile
(BMBF, 04/2001 – 12/2004)

Quality of Urban Life – Characteristics and Perception of Urban Quality - Examples from Argentina and Germany (The Rising Number of barrios cerrados in Gran Mendoza)
(BMBF, 03/2001 – 12/2003)

Umweltmentalitäten, Naturvorstellungen und Lebensstile in Ostdeutschland
(03/2000 – 03/2003)

Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
(08/2000 – 07/2001)

Quality of Life in the Post-mining Landscape in Central Germany – Usage Preferences at Mine Lakes
(09/1999 – 08/2002)

Nachhaltige Entwicklung des Wohnungsbestandes in sächsischen Groß- und Mittelstädten (SMI)
(03/1999 – 04/2001)

Interdependenzen von gebauter, sozialer und natürlicher Umwelt und deren Einfluß auf die Umsetzung quartiersbezogener Umweltqualitätsziele
(05/1997 – 12/2000)

Revitalisierung von Tagebaurandgemeinden im Braunkohlerevier Südraum Leipzig – Bewertung sozioökonomischer Folgen und Zukunftschancen der Randlage von Anliegerkommunen des Tagebaus Espenhain
(BMBF, 07/1996 – 06/1999)

Socio-economic and Demographic Factors Relevant for Differentiation of Urban Spaces
(BMBF, 1996 – 1998)

Social Atlas of the City of Leipzig
(04/1994 – 12/1997)

Potenzialanalyse zur Beeinflussung von Landnutzungssystemen und deren biogeochemischen Kreisläufe zur Erreichung der Treibhausgas-Reduktionsziele
(BMBF)

DigiMon − Digital Monitoring of CO2 Storage Projects

GeRohTrans – Public Engagement in Raw Materials Research in the Ore Mountains: Transdisciplinary Cooperation and Global Responsibility

Ambivalent segregation patterns considering spatial and temporal dimensions of social integration – the case of Santiago de Chile
(Juliane Welz, 2012)

Political Participation in the context of periurban megaprojects in Santiago de Chile
(Michael Lukas, 2011)

Public transport governance in the light of decentralization – the cases of Santiago de Chile and Bogotá
(Carolin Höhnke, 2011)

Flood Risk Assessment in Santiago de Chile
(Annemarie Ebert, 2011)

Analyzing multi-sectoral drought impacts: a mixed-methods approach combining knowledge- and data-driven insights.
(Jan Sodoge, 2024)

Technology development and administration – expertise and practices in secondary mining.
(Henriette Rutjes, 2024)

Assessing socio-spatial impacts on health of children in urban environments.
(Juliane Schicketanz, 2024)

Novel 3D characteristics of urban building morphology as indicator for urban heat environments.
(Fengxiang Guo, 2024)

Urbanization-related Sustainability Challenges of the Emerging Megacity of Pune, India - an Interdisciplinary Analysis. 
(Raphael Karutz, 2023)

Perceptions of nature-based solutions in the context of floods – Understanding the complexity of people and places at risk. 
(Sungju Han, 2022)

Optimization of urban heat adaptation measures. 
(Daniel Hertel, 2022)

Multifunctional trade-offs for a sustainable green infrastructure in smart urban growth. The European blueprint as options for more resilient Chinese cities.
 (Jingxia Wang, 2020)

Individual-specific exposure to environmental stressors in terms of action spaces in urban regions – a time-geography study applying handheld sensors in Leipzig.
(Maximilian Ueberham, 2019)

Uneven urban Dynamics. The Role of urban shrinkage and regrowth in Europe.
(Manuel Wolff, 2018)

Schulpolitik in Städten mit Schülerrückgang. Eine Governance-Analyse am Beispiel von Leipzig und Timişoara
(Anne Walde, 2017)

Climate Adaptation as a Wicked Problem – Institutional Challenges in Urban Planning
(Elisabeth Süßbauer, 2014)

Transdisziplinarität in der Umweltforschung: Eine Analyse integrativer Strategien in der Sanierungsforschung
(Vivien Weiss, 2012)

Abenteuer Altlasten. Vom Umgang mit Nichtwissen in Entscheidungsprozessen am Beispiel der Altlastensanierung
(Alena Bleicher, 2011)

Ignorance and Vulnerability: The 2002 Flood in the City of Eilenburg (Saxony, Germany) (EU)
(Christian Kuhlicke, 2008)

Life-limited neighbourhoods in an ageing society  (Heinrich-Böll-Foundation)
(Andreas Peter, 2008)

Residential Property Rights and Markets in Shrinking Cities. An Institutional Analysis for Urban Research and Planning
(Bertram Schiffers, 2008)

Social Stratification, Environment, and Health (EU)
(Horst-Dietrich Elvers, 2004)

Residential Location Decisions and Environmental Quality. Case Studies of Urban Transition Processes in Leipzig (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic)
(Annett Steinführer, 2002) 

Aktionsräume in dispersen Stadtregionen – ein akteursbezogener Ansatz zur Analyse von Suburbanisierungsprozessen am Beispiel der Stadtregion Leipzig
(Susanne Heydenreich, 1999)

Stadtumbau: Herausforderungen nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung in einer Transformationsgesellschaft
(Sigrun Kabisch, 2006) 

Räumliche Entwicklung im gesellschaftlichen Wandel
(Henning Nuissl, 2006) 

Ignorance and Surprise: Science, Knowledge Production, and the Making of Robust Ecological Design
(Matthias Gross, 2006)