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Kathes WorkshopINTL
Exciting scientific exchange with partners from Thessaloniki

A total of 120 scientists intensified their international cooperation between KIT and its Greek partners AUTh, CERTH and Thess INTEC from February 19-21, 2025. We would like to thank the INTL team and especially Prof. Michael Janoschka for the successful workshop on "Sustainable Buildings, Circular Construction and Sustainable Urban Development" and the opportunity for inspiring exchange!

GRACE scholarship
Urban mobility team wins PhD scholarship

Our team is very excited about the new PhD researcher, who will be funded by the Dr Hartwig Blume Foundation and GRACE to support interdisciplinary research into pressing environmental problems. Candidate Ke Lu impressed the jury with her achievements to date and her ambitious PhD-research project "Navigating Trade-offs in Green Renovation for Areas Vulnerable to Green Gentrification: Exploring the Future Transformation of Green Infrastructure in Urban Communities".

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Franziska Meinherz is new TT Professor for Urban and Mobility Geography at the IfGG

The Institute welcomes Franziska Meinherz and her team for the winter semester 2024/25! The new working group strengthens human geography and examines mobility in the city and surrounding areas with a view to the challenges of the mobility transition and how these are related to social and spatial structures.