Urban Systems

The institutes, centres and academics involved in the Main Research Area of Urban Systems cooperate with various universities and institutions in Germany and around the world. Here is a selection:

  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Ruhr University Bochum
  • Hochschule Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
  • Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ), Duisburg
  • Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology e. V. (IUTA), Duisburg
  • IWW Water Centre, Mülheim
  • Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen
  • Rhine Ruhr Institute for Social Reserarch and Political Consultancy (RISP), Essen
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Dortmund
  • Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
  • Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Berlin
  • Koc University Istanbul, Turkey
  • Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
  • Tongji University Shanghai, China
  • Jordan University for Science and Technology, Jordan
  • Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  • University of Oregon, Portland
  • Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • ConRuhr New York
  • Questor Centre Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Qingdao Technological University, China
  • Jianzhu University Shenyang, China
  • Indian Institute of Science, Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Urban Planning, Bangalore, India
  • University of Oregon, Portland UrbanArchitecture Research Laboratory, Portland, Oregon USA
  • University of South Australia, School of Art, Architecture and Planning, Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour, Adelaide, Australia
  • University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne, Australia
  • Fayoum University, Egypt.

 

Within the framework of these and further collaborations, the following guest researchers were in residence at the University of Duisburg- Essen in 2010/11:

  • Dr. Akinsehinwa Akinlua, Department of Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria (DAAD) (2010)
  • Alessandro Capati, Terni, Italy (2010)
  • Prof. Dr. Dieter Hassenpflug, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, guest professor of the Main Research Area of Urban Systems (2009/2010)
  • Prof. Hajo Neis, Ph.D, Portland Urban Architecture Program, University of Oregon, USA (2010)
  • Dr. Safwan M. Obeidat, Basic Sciences Department, Philadelphia University, Jordan (DFG) (2010)
  • Dr. Ana Perez del Olmo, Biological Sciences Faculty, University of Valencia, Spain (Alexandervon Humboldt Fellowship) (2009/2010)
  • Prof. Dr. Qamar Rahman, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Center, Integral University, Lucknow, India (2011).