Fachgebiet Stadt- und Regionalökonomie

Laura Clemens, M. Sc.

Academic background

 

  • Since March 2025: Research Associate at the department of Urban and Regional Economics, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
  • 2022 - 2025: M.Sc. Environmental Planning and Law, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
  • 2024 - 2025: Research Assistant at the department of Urban and Regional Economics, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
  • 2023 - 2024: Research Associate at the Department 1 – Life Sciences and Engineering, Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences, Projects: Greening compass for municipalities, Company-related emissions calculator for viniculture
  • 2018 - 2022: B.Sc. Environmental Protection, Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences

Interests

  • Environmental economics
  • Municipal ressources
  • Climate protection and climate adaptation

Main focus

  • Teaching

Publications

  • Müller, P., Clemens, L., John, M., Junk, P., Manz, F., Schons, L., and Henninger, S.: Climate Twins – Cities with Similar Climates – Challenges and Potential of an Integrated Planning Approach to Urban Climate Change Adaptation. In: Publications of the Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Studies Working Group, Vol. 25, pp. 6–38.

  • Henninger, S., Clemens, L., John, M., Manz, F., Müller, P., and Schons, L.: Urban Climate, Climate Twins, and Artificial Intelligence—A Contribution to an Integrated Planning Approach to Local Climate Resilience. In: American Meteorological Society, 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation, 5.1, Urban Climate, Climate Twins, and Artificial Intelligence—A Contribution to an Integrated Planning Approach to Local Climate Resilience

Presentations

  • May 22, 2026: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Smart City 2026 (IPSC) in Kaiserslautern, presentation: “Municipal Climate Protection Financing: Potential, Challenges, and Determinants”
  • January 30, 2026: 8th Geography of Innovation Conference 2026 (Geoinno) at Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), Presentation: “Local Policy Between Crisis Management and Shaping the Future: Financing Climate Protection in German Municipalities”

Committee activities

  • Since 2026 Member of the Department Council of the Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning

Contact

Laura Clemens, M. Sc.

Pfaffenbergstraße 95
Building: 3, Room: 004
67663 Kaiserslautern

laura.clemens(at)ru.rptu.de

Office hours by appointment