Thomas Schuch, M.A.

Thomas Schuch has worked as a scientific employee at the Chair of Economic and Social Geography of the Department of Geography in Heidelberg since 2008. He studied Geography with the subsidiary subjects Sociology and Political Sciences at the universities of Mannheim, Stockholm and Heidelberg. He wrote his master’s thesis on the topic: „Stagnation or upgrading? Socio-economic, functional, structural and symbolic change in the Wrangelkiez (Berlin-Kreuzberg)“.

Research Interests

• Urban Geography / Urban Sociology / Urban research / Urban Development
• Berlin, Skandinavia

Publications

SCHUCH, T. (2007): Stagnation oder Aufwertung? Sozioökonomischer, funktionaler, baulicher und symbolischer Wandel im Wrangelkiez (Berlin-Kreuzberg); Unpublished master’s thesis; Heidelberg.

Professional Career

07/ 2000 – 10/ 2001: Couchette attendant for the Deutsche Bahn AG, Frankfurt/Main
07/ 2002 – 08/ 2002: Student assistant at the Department of Geography of the University of Mannheim
03/ 2004 – 12/ 2004: Student assistant at the Department of Legal Medicine of Heidelberg University
11/ 2007 – 01/ 2008: Freelancer at the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH, Mannheim
02/ 2008 – 05/ 2008: Freelancer at GIM – market research, Heidelberg