I am an urban researcher and planner and work as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster’s School of Architecture and Cities.
My work at university – among other things, I act as Course Leader of the School’s Master in Urban and Regional Planning – occupies a lot of my time (for more information about my academic work, see my academic homepage, my Google Scholar profile or my curriculum vitae).
However, I am also active outside academia, for example as a freelance writer, consultant, and occasional (but enthusiastic!) tour guide. Although the boundaries between academic and non-academic activities are of course by no means clear-cut, it was mainly because of these facets of my work, which can often fall by the wayside amidst day-to-day university life, that I set up this website.
Born and raised in Cologne into a family with strong ties to – and roots in – Vienna and Berlin, I have studied and/or worked in the US, Italy, and Austria, among other places, and these days consider London and Berlin my home.
Whether you are in these cities or elsewhere, if you would like to get in touch with me, you can do so here!