Zeitz, Jana Friederike
Jana Friederike Zeitz, M.Sc. Geography
(area of specialisation: Urban and Regional Development Management)
Studied Geography with specialisation on Urban and Regional Development at the Department of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum.
Research interests:
- The right to the city
- Social and spatial inequality
- Urban and neighbourhood development planning
- Housing market and allocation strategies
Contact:
Phone: + 49 (0) 231 9051-244
E-Mail: jana.zeitz@ils-research.de
Job advertisement: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Researcher (Transport/Mobilities Research)
The ILS research group “Mobility and Space” is looking for a “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d) (Transport/Mobilities Research)” from September 1, 2025. We invite applications for a full time, fixed term position (36 months) as a Doctoral Researcher at the ILS Research gGmbH, Dortmund, Germany. This position is one of 13 doctoral researchers being recruited as part of a European funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ‘TRANSFORM: Urban mobility cultures in transition: socio-spatial implications of transformative practices’. To the job advertisement
Stadt und Bildung
Isabel Ramos Lobato, ILS researcher in the research group „Urban Social Space“ has written a contribution to the „Handbuch Stadtsoziologie“. The article illustrates the extent of social segregation in German elementary schools, the potential consequences of de-mixing in schools and which factors contribute to school segregation. This includes residential segregation patterns, individual education choice and institutional factors, such as admission regulations and school profiling. It uncovers that mixed neighborhoods do not lead automatically to mixed elementary schools: Children with different socio-economic backgrounds are even stronger segregated in school than in the quarters they grow up in. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42419-0_30-1. Further current selected papers can be found here.
Kommunen als (Zwischen-)Investoren im Innenstadtumbau. Rahmenbedingungen und Handlungsansätze am Beispiel der Transformation früherer Warenhäuser.
Nina Hangebruch, researcher in the research group Spatial Planning and Urban Design, has published an article on the transformation of former department stores as a key task for inner city redevelopment. Therein, starting with current challenges in inner city centres and the conditions of municipalities as real estate market actors, the results of an empirical analysis of the role of municipalities in the repurposing of former department stores is described and reflected. The article was published in Issue 230 of the journal “RaumPlanung”. Further current selected papers can be found here.
In kommunaler Verantwortung. Innenstadtumbau durch Transformation früherer Kauf- und Warenhäuser
A recent article in the journal „pnd – rethinking planning“ by ILS researcher Nina Hangebruch and a colleague from TU Dortmund covers vacant department stores as key buildings in the use change of inner city centres. Based on a theoretical model of transformation capacity, two current case studies from Lübeck and Hanau are used to illustrate how municipalities promote the transformation of inner city centres by reactivating former department stores. Therefore, the article presents key elements for the development of adequate utilization concepts and discusses stakeholder-related issues for municipal transformation capacities.
https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-2025-03382. Further current selected papers can be found here.
Lösungen für nachhaltigere Städte: BMBF veröffentlicht Ergebnisse aus den SURE-Projekten
Der BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt »SURE« (Sustainable Development of Urban Regions) unterstützt praxisnahe Forschung. Projektteams aus Wissenschaft, Zivilgesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik und Verwaltung entwickeln dabei gemeinsam praxistaugliche Lösungen für nachhaltigere und resilientere Städte und Regionen in Südostasien und China. Das BMBF stellt die zehn Forschungsprojekte des laufenden Programms nun in einer Broschüre vor. Darunter ist auch unser Projekt IMECOGIP in dem wir gemeinsam mit der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, der Tongji-Universität (Shanghai) und der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Beijing) Methoden zur Messung des Mehrwerts von grüner Infrastruktur in der Stadtplanung entwickeln.
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