Ulrike Gerhard Curriculum Vitae

Academic CV

  • Since 2011: Professor for Human Geography of North America & Urban Geography, Geography Department & Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Heidelberg University
  • Since  2016: Adjunct Professor University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
  • 1998 - 2010: Postdoc researcher, research associate and associate professor at the Universities of Würzburg, Köln, Marburg, and Munich (LMU),
  • 2005: Habilitation, University of Würzburg
  • 1998: Dissertation, University of Marburg
  • 1994: Diploma Geography, University of Marburg

Academic Leadership

  • Since 2024: Principal Investigator of the MSCA-EU Horizon Doctoral Network C-Newtral (2024–2027)
  • Since 2023: Speaker DFG-Research Training Group 2244 „Authority and Trust in American Society, History and Culture”
  • Since 2023: Speaker AK Stadtzukünfte
  • Since 2019: Coordinator Flagship 1 Urban Health in der 4EU+ Alliance
  • Since 2018: Deputy Director Heidelberg Center for American Studies
  • Since 2018: Advisory Board Hamburg HafenCity GmbH
  • Since 2015: Director of the Real-world Lab “Urban Office Heidelberg – Sustainable Urban Development in Knowledge Society”
  • Since 2014: Editorial Board Sozialgeographie Kompakt