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

Call for two special issues - extended until April 30th, 2022 - and conference documentation:
www.urp2020.eu

The international conference URP2020 − Sustainable and Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships took place in Leipzig, Germany, 26-27 November 2020, under the German EU Council presidency.

News

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

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Publications

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.

Grünau 2020: Results of the Resident Survey

Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch and Janine Pößneck

The development of the large housing estate Leipzig-Grünau has been accompanied sociologically since 1979 as part of the interval study “Housing and Living in Leipzig-Grünau”. At the center of this long-term study is the residents’ perspective on their living conditions and the social environment. Between 1979 and 2015, ten resident surveys were conducted. The 11th survey took place in early summer 2020.
Final research report and further information

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch

The Material Basis of Energy Transitions

Edited by Dr. Alena Bleicher and Dr. Alexandra Pehlken

The Material Basis of Energy Transitions explores the intersection between critical raw material provision and the energy system from social scientific, engineering, and natural scientific perspectives. The book provides a comprehensive overview of key issues related to the nexus between renewable energy and critical raw materials and discusses critical strategies to address the nexus from a practitioner’s perspective.
Read more..

Contact:
Dr. Alena Bleicher

Current publications