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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Knippschild
Head of the IZS
Professor at IHI Zittau
Phone (Dresden): +49 351 4679 216
Phone (Görlitz): +49 3581 7924791
R.Knippschild[im]ioer.de
Research interests
- Strategies and instruments for sustainable urban development
- Border cities
- Quality of life in cities and regions
- Inter-municipal and cross-border cooperation, urban and regional governance
Professional experience
- Since July 2016
Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ecological and Revitalizing Urban Transformation (IZS) in Görlitz and professor at the International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Central Academic Unit of TU Dresden
- 2015–2016
Senior researcher at the IOER, Department Strategic Issues and Perspectives
- 2010–2014
Interim professor for Spatial Planning at Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
- 2009–2012
Visiting professor and interim professor at Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
- 2007–2015
Freelance consultant for European Urban and Regional Development
- 2001–2010
Researcher at the IOER
- 2008–2009
Lecturer at Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences
- 2007–2008
Lecturer at University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Faculty of Architecture
Academic training
- 2008
Technische Universität Dortmund, doctorate, Dr.-Ing. Spatial Planning
- 1994 – 2001
Technische Universität Dortmund, diploma degree, Spatial Planning
John-Moores University Liverpool
University of Warsaw
Memberships and reviewer activities
- External reviewer for DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
- External reviewer for Robert Bosch Stiftung (funding area: science)
- External reviewer for the European Commission (HORIZON 2020)
- External reviewer for Slovenian Research Agency - ARRS
- Member of the Graduate Academy of Technische Universität Dresden
- Member of the Leibniz Academy of Spatial Research and Planning – ARL (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thüringen)
- Peer reviewer for various scientific journals (disP – The Planning Review, European Planning Studies, Journal of Borderland Studies, Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Regional Studies
Teaching
Module Ecological and Revitalizing Urban Transformation (Master course Spatial Development and Natural Resources, UWMRN 2.6)
Peer-reviewed articles in journals and anthologies 2011-2015
- Pyschny, Andreas / Wilde, Erik / Knippschild, Robert (2012): Auf dem Weg zur Stadtregion? Einordnung des Fallbeispiels der interkommunalen Gewerbeflächenentwicklung in der Region Halle/Leipzig in die Debatte um Regional Governance. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 6/2012, p. 531-544.
- Knippschild, Robert / Wiechmann, Thorsten (2012): Supraregional Partnerships in Large Cross-Border Areas – Towards a new category of space in Europe? In: Planning Practice and Research, Vol. 27, No. 3., p. 297-314.
- Knippschild, Robert (2011): With 'Regional Territorial Agendas' towards territorial cohesion? The emergence of supra-regional coalitions in Europe and their future role in Cohesion Policy. In: Studies in Agricultural Economics, volume 113, number 2., p. 133-137.
- Knippschild, Robert (2011): Cross-border Spatial Planning: Understanding, Designing and Managing Cooperation Processes in the German-Polish-Czech Borderland. In: European Planning Studies 19(04), p. 629-645.