Dr. rer. pol. Markus Egermann

transition theory, transition governance, transformative change, transdisciplinary and transformative research, real world laboratories,
regional and metropolitan governance, planning systems and instruments, evaluation in spatial planning and cooperation, urban-rural-partnerships, European territorial cooperation, European spatial development, collective action theory

since 2020

Head of research area at IOER

2013-2019

Senior researcher at the IOER

2013

Dissertation: Local actors between competition and cooperation – analyzing collective action of municipal actors in regional cooperation processes using the example of the Metropolitan Region Central Germany (University of Dortmund)

2011-2013

German National Contact Point for the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme (INTERREG IVB) of the European Union

Since 2010

Lecturer at the Technical University Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Chair for Spatial Development

Since 2005

Junior researcher and PhD student at the IOER

 

1998-2004

Geography at the Technical University Dresden

2002-2003

Geographie at the Universita di Pisa, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra

2001-2002

Common Study Programme on 'City and Regional Development' of the TU-Dresden and the Ohio State University supported by the Dresdner Bank and the Huntington Bank

 

Member of the Management Board of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research.

Member of the coordination group of the Network of Real World Laborarties for Sustainability.

Co-Coordinator of the international working group Urban Transitions and Transformations (UTT) of the Sustainability Transition Research Networks (STRN).

Member of the Leibniz Research Network Knowledge for Sustainable Development.

Member of the international working group "Resilient Metropolitan Regions – Spatial Planning and Management for Urban Transformation”.

Member of the Standing Working Group of the Federal States of Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt/Thuringia of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)

Interview with foodaktuell on the transformation of the food system in the run-up to the opening lecture of the 10th conference on trends, markets and management: Focus on food  'Act responsibly - strengthen the food system'

Podcast: Trialogical Contacts in Urban Development. With Tatjana Veith, Sven Macdonald and Dr. Markus Egermann, February 27, 2024, produced by Prof. Agnes Förster and Laura Brings

ARD Alpha Campus Talks: Wie schaffen wir den Wandel zur Nachhaltigkeit?. Broadcast from 27.03.2023

2023-2024

Member of the advisory board of the research project "Integrated administrative action - structural approaches in urban development to shape urban transformation"

2022-2023

Member of the "Scientific Advisory Board for the Integrated Energy and Climate Protection Concept 2050 of the City of Dresden"

 

Evaluator for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Reviewer for the EU Framework Programm for Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020)

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST) (ISSN: 2210-4224)
Urban Transformations (ISSN: 2524-8162)
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (ISSN 15227200)
Regional Environmental Change (ISSN: 1436-3798)
GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (ISSN 0940-5550)
Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050)
Ecology and Society (ISSN: 1708-3087)
Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ISSN: 0040-1625)
Urban Research & Practice (ISSN 1753-5069)

First place at the 24h workshop for the contribution "Transformation to a sustainable and community-based urban economy" as part of the Robert Bosch Stiftung's focus on "Sustainable living spaces"/"Shaping urban transformation".

SWITCH: Building community-driven economies, transform society. Lead partner and coordinator. Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (2024-2027).

German Center for Astrophysics (DZA). Co-Lead of Transformation Research. Coordination by Prof. Günther Hasinger (scientific director at the European Space Agency ESA). Funded by the federal government and the Free State of Saxony in the course of structural change in Lusatia/Saxony. (construction phase 2023-2025).

TRUST - Transfer of Urban Sustainability Transition Knowledge: Towards Climate-Neutral Cities 2030 - The City of Görlitz as a Pilot. Coordination by IOER. Project funded by the Leibniz Association (SAW). (Term 2022-2025).

ATRAKTIV - Building transformative capacities to activate regional innovation systems. Coordination by IOER. Project funded by the BMBF as part of Regions.innovative (duration 2022-2025).

TransFOODmation - Prospects for Future Food: A Paradigm Shift towards Sustainable, Resilient and Fair Food Systems. Project in Cooperation with the Permanent Representation of Switzerland to FAO, IFAD and WFP, Rome, Italy. (Duration 2020-2021)

Empowering citizens, transform cities! City of the Future, Dresden, Phase III / real world laboratories. Coordination of scientific partners.
funded by BMBF. partner: TU-Dresden and City of Dresden (mayer office) (2019 - 2022)

Transformation to a sustainable urban mobility system in Dresden and St. Petersburg (TransVer-DD-SPB)
Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Duration 10/2018– 9/2020)

New partnerships for sustainable urban development? Potentials of Transition-Town-Initiatives.
funded by vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V. (2018 - 2019)

Environmental policy and strategies to support socio-ecological ways of living and common welfare
German Environment Agency / Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (Duration: 2016-2019)

Transition to a sustainable and community based urban economy, Robert Bosch Foundation (Duration: 2016-2017)

Open City Dresden - Common responsibility for sustainable urban development, "Future City Initiative" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Duration: 2015-2018)

ARTS - Accelerating and Rescaling Transitions to Sustainability, FP7-project lead by the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT) (Duration: 2013-2016)

Intermunicipal cooperation on industrial land in the Region Halle/Leipzig; Study and process moderation in the frame of the INTERREG IVB Project 'Via Regia plus' (Duration: 2009-2010)

Supra-Regional Partnerships - Innovative Projects on City-Region Collaboration, Linkage and Common Large-Scale Responsibility. Demonstration project research in the research programme of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Duration: 2008-2010)

PolyMETREXPlus – Polycentricity and better European territorial balance; project supported by METREX, the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas under the INTERREG IIIC programme of the European Union (Duration: 2006-2008)

Metropolitan Regions – Chances for spatial development through polycentricity and regional cooperation. Project in the research programme 'Reconstructing East' of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Duration: 2005-2006)

LUDA - Improving the quality of life in Large Urban Distressed Areas; FP5-project of Key Action 4 "City of Tomorrow & Cultural Heritage" of the programme "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" (Duration: 2005-2006)