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Department of Spatial Planning
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Chair

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann

Research

  • Theories, methods and procedures of spatial planning, in particular strategic planning.
  • Strategies for the restructuring of European cities and regions in the context of demographic change
  • Questions of control and development of polycentric conurbations (metropolitan governance)

CV

  • 1988 - 1994    Studies in geography, political science and development sociology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
     
  • 1994 - 1995    Research assistant at the Institute for Urban Planning at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
     
  • 1995 - 1998    Freelance Consultant, ECON Consult GmbH & Co KG, Cologne
     
  • 1995 - 1998    Doctoral scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation
     
  • 1996 - 1998    Lecturer at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
     
  • 1998                 Doctorate on the topic "From plan to discourse? Requirements profile, range of tasks and organisation of regional planning in Germany" at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
     
  • 1998 - 2007     Project Manager for Regional Development and Strategic Planning at the IOER, Dresden; 2000 - 2004 Head of the research focus 'Strategies of Ecological Reconstruction in Cities and Regions'.
     
  • 1999 - 2008     Lecturer at the TU Dresden
     
  • Since 2005          Scientific advisor to the Bertelsmann Foundation in the field of 'Municipalities and Regions in Demographic Change'.
      
  • 2007                   Habilitation (DFG-funded) for the subject area 'Spatial Planning' at the TU Dresden; habilitation thesis on "Planning and Adaptation - Strategy Development in Regions, Organisations and Networks".
     
  • 2007 - 2009      Substitute (cum spe) for the Chair of Regional Planning at BTU Cottbus
     
  • 2008 - 2010      University Professor for Spatial Planning at the TU Dresden
     
  • Since 2010           University Professor for Spatial Planning and Planning Theory and Head of the Department of the same name at the TU Dortmund University of Technology

Publications

2022
Gravert, A.; Wiechmann, Th. (2022): Themenkarrieren in der Wissenschaft – Zur Entstehung wissenschaftlicher Diskurse am Beispiel der Themen ‚Schrumpfende Städte‘ und ‚Klimawandel‘, in: Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde, Themenheft Disziplingeschichte und Wissensproduktionen in der Geographie, Band 95 / 1-2022, S. 73 – 96

2021
Hutter, G.; Wiechmann, Th. (2021): Time, Temporality, and Planning – Comments on the State of Art in Strategic Spatial Planning Research, in: Planning Theory & Practice, published online: 30 Nov 2021, DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2021.2008172

Terfrüchte, Th.; Frank, S.; Wiechmann, Th. (2021): Innerstädtische Disparitäten und Segregation – Messung und Deutung, diskutiert am Beispiel der Stadt Remscheid, in: RaumPlanung, Themenheft ‚Segregation und Disparitäten in Stadt und Region‘, Heft 213 / 5-2021, S. 14 – 21

Terfrüchte, Th.; Greiving, S.; Wiechmann, Th. (2021): Regiopolregionen und gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse – Regiopolindizes als Evidenzbasis der aktuellen Debatte, in: RaumPlanung, Heft 212 / 3/4-2021, S. 47 - 53

Terfrüchte, Th.; Hardt, D.; Wiechmann, Th. (2021): Was wissen wir über Quartiere? Die Verknüpfung und Verräumlichung kleinräumiger urbaner Daten als Chance, in: RaumPlanung, Themenheft ‚Kommunale Geodaten, Geodaten­management, Open Data‘, Heft 211 / 2-2021, S. 52 - 56

2020
Gravert, A.; Günzel, M.; Wiechmann, Th. (2020): Sie können nicht mit- und nicht ohneeinander. Zum komplexen Verhältnis von Planungswissenschaft und Planungspraxis, in: Informationen zur Raumentwicklung, Heft 2/2020, S. 14 – 25 (open access article)

2019
Wiechmann, Th. (Hg.) (2019): ARL Reader Planungstheorie, Band 1: Kommunikative Planung – Neoinstitutionalismus und Governance, Band 2: Strategische Planung – Planungskultur, Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg

Gravert, A.; Günzel, M.; Wiechmann, Th. (2019): Wie entstehen Themen in der Planungswissenschaft?, in: Raumforschung und Raumordnung | Spatial Research and Planning, 77 (3), S. 1– 17, published online 6. April 2019 (open access article)

2018
Wolff, M.; Wiechmann, Th. (2018): Urban growth and decline: Europe’s shrinking cities in a comparative perspective 1990-2010, in: European Urban and Regional Studies, Vol 25 (2), S. 122–139 (open access article)

Schmitt, P.; Wiechmann, Th. (2018): Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place: Extracting Potentials for future Advancements in Planning Research, in: disP - The Planning Review, Vol. 54, Issue 4, S. 21 – 33 (open access article)

Schulze Dieckhoff, V.; Becker, D.; Wiechmann, Th.; Greiving, S. (2018): Raummuster: Demographischer Wandel und Klimawandel in deutschen Städten, in: Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Heft 3/2018, S. 211-228 (open access article)

2015
Wiechmann, Th.; Bontje, M. (2015): Responding to tough times: policy and planning strategies in shrinking cities, in: European Planning Studies, Vol. 23, Issue 1, S. 1 – 11, , DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.820077

2013
Pallagst, K.; Wiechmann, Th.; Martinez, C. (Hg.) (2013): Shrinking Cities: International Perspectives and Policy Implications, Routledge Advances in Geography Vol. 8, New York

2012
Wiechmann, Th.; Pallagst, K. (2012): Urban shrinkage in Germany and the USA – A comparison of transformation patterns and local strategies, in: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 36, Issue 2, S. 261 – 280 (open access article)

2008
Wiechmann, Th. (2008): Errors expected – Aligning Urban Strategy with Demographic Uncertainty in Shrinking Cities, in: International Planning Studies, Special Issue on Demographic Changes and the New Landscapes for Planning, Vol. 13, Nr. 4, S. 431 – 446, DOI: 10.1080/13563470802519097

Wiechmann, Th. (2008): Planung und Adaption - Strategieentwicklung in Regionen, Organisationen und Netzwerken, Dortmund

 

 

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Contact

TU Dortmund University
Department of Spatial Planning
Research Group of Spatial Planning and Planning Theory

August-Schmidt-Straße 6
44227 Dortmund
Germany

Campus South
GBI, 3. Upper floor
Room 1.413

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