Karutz, Raphael - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Raphael Karutz

M.Sc. Raphael Karutz
Researcher

Department Stadt- und Umweltsoziologie
Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig

Tel.: +49 341 / 235 4771
Email: Raphael Karutz

Research Interests

Food-Water-Energy Nexus in the urban context
Simulation fo urban spatial growth dynamics
Urban informality
Green Infrastructure

since 11/2021

since 07/2018

Researcher in the Lebendige Wände project, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, UFZ

Researcher in the FUSE project, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, UFZ

02/2018 - 06/2018

Research Assistant in the project INTERACT-Bio, Department Environmental Politics, UFZ

11/2017

Master Thesis „Sustainable roofing concepts – a multi-criteria evaluation of their contribution to key action fields of urban transformations”

01/2017 - 12/2017

Research Assistant in the Integrated Project Urban Transformations , Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, UFZ

10/2015 - 11/2017

Master’s degree “Joint International Master Programme in Sustainable Development“ (M.Sc.), Universities Leipzig and Graz.

10/2011-11/2014

Bachelor’s degree “Renewable Energy Engineering“ (B.Sc.) Stuttgart University

Integration plattform

Societal Transformations
towards Sustainability

News

New project on resilience planning in German municipalities

In December, the one-year project “Resilience in municipal practice – How about resilience?” started with the collaboration of Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke, Prof. Dr. Dieter Rink, Janine Pößneck und Anika Schmidt. Financed by and in close exchange with the German federal association on housing and urban development, called vhw, the team will elaborate a survey of debate, knowledge and planning related to urban resilience in German municipalities. Based on literature analysis and interviews a synthesis report will be published at the end of the project. The overall goal is to further refine the concept of urban resilience and elaborate suggestions for municipal planning. The project is part of the platform project „Transformations towards resilient cities".

New project “Heat Stress” launched

In January 2022, the DBU-funded research project “Planetary Health Model for the Reduction of Heat Stress at the Neighborhood Level” started. In collaboration with partners from the City of Leipzig, it will run under the leadership of the UFZ until May 2023. By combining micrometeorological simulations and social science survey results, the new research field “Planetary Health” will be further developed for the neighborhood level in order to identify key factors for heat stress and to be able to provide practical recommendations for reducing the individual exposure of the population.

More information: Project “Heat Stress”
Contact: Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch, Prof. Dr. Uwe Schlink

Uwe Schlink as a fellow at Durham University (UK)

At the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), he presents his current research and establish academic connections during his research stay from October - December 2022.

Uwe Schlink as a fellow at Durham University (UK)

more News & Highlights

Publications

Fully revised new edition:

Groß, M.; McGoey, L.: Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies. 2nd edition 2022.

New article online:

Banzhaf, E.; Anderson, S.; Grandin, G.; Hardiman, R.; Jensen, A.; Jones, L.; Knopp, J.; Levin, G.; Russel, D.; Wu, W.; Yang, J.; Zandersen, M. Urban-Rural Dependencies and Opportunities to Design Nature-Based Solutions for Resilience in Europe and China. Land 2022, 11, 480.

Current publications