Type
Lecture with exercise
Time and location
Summer semester
Tuesday, 13:45 – 15:15 pm
Building 1, Room U 34
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Karina Pallagst
Course description
This course is intended as an “eye-opener” and is particularly suitable for students who want to look beyond the boundaries of German spatial planning. The course uses selected examples to teach current and relevant aspects of urban development and critical urban research in an international context. In any case, it provides insight into trends, challenges, and plans that are new to students, sometimes unusual, and often contrast with familiar developments in our “familiar” spatial context. The focus is on growth and decline in comparison, with the topic of decline being examined in depth in the context of transformation research. In addition, students will learn to reflect on German urban development and view it from a different perspective, which will be extremely important for future management tasks, whether in academia or practice.
The course is part of the module “International urban development and planning cultures”.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course.
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
German
Performance record
Module exam (graded)
Type
English-language seminar as part of the compulsory elective module International Planning Systems
Time and location
Winter semester
Thursdays, 10:15-11:45 am
Building 1, Room U-24.1
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Karina Pallagst
Course description
The aim of this innovative seminar is to provide students with scientific methodological skills for a structured international comparison of spatial planning processes. Best practices in comparative planning and comparative research designs (including EU projects) will be presented and discussed. Using selected examples of spatial planning and development, students will learn to classify planning types and select appropriate indicators. Among other things, they will practice planning culture- and situation-specific actions and learn about the possibilities and limitations of knowledge transfer in planning. This course is closely linked to current IPS projects.
In the winter semester 2025/26, the project “Planshrinking² - shrinking cities in the USA, Japan, and Germany in comparison” will be examined in depth.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
English
Performance record
Seminar paper (graded)
Type
Planning project work
Time and location
Summer semester
Wednesdays, 8:15–11:30 a.m.
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Dr. Beate Caesar or Dr. René Fleschurz
Course description
The compulsory module in the Master's program in Urban and Regional Development deals with current internationally relevant topics in planning. In changing case study regions, students work in groups to practice the application of various research methods in spatial planning, thereby further developing their methodological, analytical, and social skills. At the beginning of the semester, there is an excursion to the case study region. Students then develop a project on a real planning problem and work on corresponding planning tasks. The module concludes with a final presentation and a project report.
The module can also be chosen as an elective in the other Master's programs.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
German
Performance record
Planning project work (graded)
Type
Lecture with exercise
Time and location
Summer semester
Mondays, 10:15–11:45 a.m.
Building 1, Room U-24.1
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Karina Pallagst
Course description
The lecture deals with cross-border cooperation between cities, regions, and states in Europe and worldwide. The focus is on presenting the development and current status of policies, concepts, strategies, and trends in cross-border cooperation between different states. The course is closely coordinated with selected projects and topics of the ‘Spatial Planning’ working group of the Center for Border Studies at the University of the Greater Region and the ‘Border Futures’ and ‘Beyond Borders’ working groups of the Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Association. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cross-border cooperation will also be discussed.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
German
Performance record
Oral examination (graded)
Type of event
Lecture with exercise
Time and place
Summer semester
Tuesdays, 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Building 1, Room 073-2/5
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Karina Pallagst oder Dr. René Fleschurz
Course description
Sustainable development – sustainability – is a concept that has had a significant influence on global action in recent decades. Spatial planning has also been influenced by sustainability in various areas and at various levels. Does this change planning culture, and if so, to what extent, and what does this mean? The aim of the course is to introduce and critically examine concepts, processes, and examples of sustainability and planning culture. In addition, processes of change and development trends in spatial planning will be examined using sustainability as an example. The discussions will also distinguish between the topics of transformation and resilience. Case studies from Germany and other countries will be used for this purpose.
The course is part of the module “International urban development and planning cultures".
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching materials will be handed out in class.
Language
German
Performance record
Module exam (graded)
Type
English lecture with exercise as part of the compulsory elective module International Planning Systems
Time and Location
Winter semester
Thursdays, 12:15 - 13:45 am
Building 46, Room 267
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Karina Pallagst
Course description
The range of topics covered in this class and exercise is based on current planning issues in an international context and will include urban shrinkage, inner city development, participatory planning and suburbanization processes in an international comparison. Under the guidance of Prof. Pallagst, students will be able to carry out research-based learning. Selected project examples serve as input to enable students to carry out their own scientific work. Insights into the practice of spatial planning are provided e.g. through video documentation on public participation. Particular emphasis is placed on not presenting students with prefabricated solutions, but rather allowing them to engage in their own analytical reflection within an open learning process.
The class of 2025/26 will concentrate on the US city of Cleveland/Ohio, its processes of shrinkage and the respective strategies which are currently applied.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
English
Performance record
Seminar paper (graded)
Time and Location
Winter semester
Wednesdays, 10:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Please refer to the KIS for exact dates..
Contact
Dr. Beate Caesar or Dr. René Fleschurz
Course description
The compulsory module in the Master's program in Urban and Regional Development deals with current relevant topics in planning and serves as an introduction to the study program. In changing case study regions, students work in groups to practice the application of various research methods in spatial planning, thereby further developing their methodological, analytical, and social skills. At the beginning of the semester, there is an excursion to the case study region. Students then develop a project on a real planning problem and work on corresponding planning tasks. The course concludes with a final presentation and a project report.
Materials
- A website will be set up for the course (OLAT).
- Additional teaching material will be handed out in class.
Language
German
Performance record
Seminar paper (graded)