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Department of Spatial Planning
Welcome to the IPS research group!

Find out more about our teaching and research dealing with urban change and planning across the globe!

At the International Planning Studies (IPS) research group, we emphasise diverse perspectives on urbanization and spatial planning across the world. IPS focuses on infrastructure, mobility, housing, and governance. 

Headed by Prof. Dr. Sophie Schramm, IPS is also responsible for the international Master's degree program SPRING.

News and events

02/16/2024

new publication by Raffael Beier and Amandine Spire

In the context of resettlement, this article aims at conceptualising the relationship between the city and resettled citizens

Housing in Casablanca, Morocco (2022)
11/29/2023

Invitation to guest lecture by Geoffrey Payne on 12 December 2023

Housing and urban development expert Geoffrey Payne will give a guest lecture on tenure security and property rights

Several small huts in the area of Khayelitsha in Cape Town
11/04/2023

New article by Raffael Beier

Examining the changes of Morocco’s national housing programme to the nature and dynamics of social conflicts around access to adequate housing

 

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10/31/2023

New publication by Raffael Beier and Hassan Elmouelhi

The chapter critically examines the City branding of "slum-free" cities in Egypt and Morocco

An outside perspective of Casablanca’s Er-Rhamna shantytown
10/12/2023

List of Thesis Topic Proposals updated

You don't have a topic for your Bachelor's or Master's thesis yet?

Then let yourself be inspired by our list of Thesis Topic Proposals!

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10/09/2023

New article by Raffael Beier

In Urban Planning, Raffael Beier deals with methodological challenges for the study of people who depart from state-subsidized housing

Several small huts in the area of Khayelitsha in Cape Town
07/26/2023

Invitation to the exhibition "Momentaufnahme" by Nick Nowara

The exhibition and symposium deal with the challenges in cities of the Global South.

Poster for the event "Momentaufnahme" dealing with the challenges of cities in the Global South
07/05/2023

Joint Article by Katrin Gliemann and Hanna Seydel

The article addresses the common assumption that people with migration histories are underrepresented in urban development participation processes.

Book cover of Kursbuch Bürgerbeteiligung (2023)
06/14/2023

Joint Article by Sophie Schramm, Moritz Kasper and Simon Bohlen

The article focuses on changes in urban (water) governance and government water projects in Nairobi since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

Many people queuing at a newly errected free-water point in the Kibera area in Nairobi