Professional focus

Planning in developing countries/ Global South, focus on South Africa & China, urban shrinkage & revitalization approaches, Smart City

Scientific career

Since 04/2019 PhD studies  ”Spatial and Environmental Planning” at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

Since 02/2018 Research fellow at the Department for "International Planning Systems" at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

10/2015- 02/2018 Master course ”Urban and Regional Development” at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

10/2011 - 01/2016 Bachelor course “Spatial and Environmental Planning” at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

Awards

08-10/2021 DAAD Short-term scholarship for PhD students in the USA
(Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – German Academic Exchange Service)

05/2019 Award of the Alumni Association Spatial and Environmental Planning: Award on the Master Thesis

Member organisations

AAG - American Association of Geographers   

Alumni-Vereinigung „Raum- und Umweltplanung in Kaiserslautern"

ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners

Forum Nachwuchs der ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft 

Publications

Schackmar, Jakob; Fleschurz, René und Pallagst, Karina. 2021. "The Role of Substitute Industries for Revitalizing Shrinking Cities". In: Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 16 (August-2 2021).

Jakob Schackmar. 2020. „Smart Cities – a New Revitalisation Approach for Shrinking Cities?”. In: Reviewed Conference Paper: REAL CORP 2020 Aachen- Proceedings.

Jakob Schackmar, Patricia Hammer. 2019. “Region Saarland: City of Völklingen”. In: Karina Pallagst; José Vargas-Hernández; Patricia Hammer (Eds.). 2019: The Role of Green Innovation Areas in Revitalizing German and Mexican Cities. Fondo Editorial Universitario, Guadalajara, 38-47.

Jakob Schackmar, Patricia Hammer. 2019. “Bio-Economy and best-practice examples of Green Innovation Areas. Food sector Fresh GmbH in Völklingen: Aquaculture”. In: Karina Pallagst; José Vargas-Hernández; Patricia Hammer (Eds.). 2019: The Role of Green Innovation Areas in Revitalizing German and Mexican Cities. Fondo Editorial Universitario, Guadalajara, 120-130.

Schackmar, Jakob. 2018. “Substitute industries and economic change as a chance for cities to become more sustainable- A case study examination of the City of Völklingen, Germany”. In: Congress Paper: ISOCARP Congress Bodø 2018.

Schackmar, Jakob; Fleschurz, René und Pallagst, Karina. 2018. „The Role of Substitute Industries for Revitalizing Shrinking Cities”. In: Conference Paper: IGU Conference 2018, Moscow.

Pallagst, K; Vargas-Hérnandez, J; Hammer, P; Said, S; Schackmar, J 2017. Green Innovation Areas and sustainable planning approaches as drivers for urban and regional development? In. PlanIt Vol 1/2017 ISSN (online) 2198-4514

Schackmar, Jakob. 2016. "22 Years of Post-Apartheid Urban Change in South Africa. Done enough? Analysis of the Development of the South African Community of Mdantsane." In: Pallagst (ed.). 2016. "PlanIt!" Global South - urban development in emerging economies. VOL. 1/2016. Kaiserslautern.

Schackmar, Jakob. 2016. "22 years of Post-Apartheid Urban Change in South Africa. Done enough?" In: Conference Paper: ISOCARP Congress Durban 2016.

Lectures at conferences

01.07.2022: ARL-Congress 2022 - Künftig alles SMART?: The smart shrinking city? Possibilities and limitations of smart and digital approaches for revitalizing shrinking cities

03.06.2021: 27^th Annual Conference of the European Real Estate Society (ERES) 2021, lecture in the session: Urban and Regional Analysis; with Karina Pallagst and René Fleschurz: „Strategies for Revitalizing Shrinking Cities“.

07.04.2021: American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2021 Annual Meeting, lecture in the session: Reviving shrinking cities - innovative paths and perspectives towards livability for shrinking cities: "Smart Cities - A new topic for shrinking city research".

16.09.2020: Real Corp 2020, lecture in the session Real Smart Cities: "Smart Cities - a New Revitalisation Approach for Shrinking Cities?"

15.09.2018: ISOCARP Congress Bodø 2018, Lecture in the Session Climate-Proof Cities: Planning for Weather, Water, Food and Energy to “Substitute industries and economic change as a chance for cities to become more sustainable- A case study examination of the City of Völklingen, Germany”.

06.06.2018: IGU Conference 2018 Moscow, lecture on „The Role of Substitute Industries for Revitalizing Shrinking Cities".

19.09.2017: GIAGEM Workshop 2017 Kaiserslautern, lecture on "GIAGEM criteria grid - classification and evaluation of case study projects".

15.09.2016: ISOCARP Congress Durban 2016, Lecture in the Session Transformation of Human Settlements to "22 Years of Post-Apartheid Urban Change in South Africa - Ready enough?".

Workshops

12.-13.09.2019: Simualtion Game on the topic "Borders and planning cultures" of the working group "spatial planning" of the Center for Border Studies of the University of the Greater Region, in Otzenhausen.

27.-30.09.2018: Young Planning Professionals Workshop 2018 in Bodø, Norway: “COOL AND CONNECTED Planning Bodø through Urban Flows- The Case study of Den arktiske ånd”.

19.04.2018: GIAGEM Workshop 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexico: „GIAGEM- International Student Workshop: Connecting Urban Planning to Marketing".

14.-21.04.2018: GIAGEM Workshop 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexiko: „GIAGEM- The Role of Green Innovation Areas in Revitalizing German and Mexican Cities“.

18.-22.09.2017: GIAGEM Workshop 2017 in Kaiserslautern: "GIAGEM - The role of green innovation areas in the revitalization of German and Mexican cities".

08.-11.09.2016: Young Planning Professionals Workshop 2016 in Durban, South Africa: "A Study of the RURBANIZATION: Folweni Valley, Durban".