Research Projects

Fields of Research

In the Working Group North America & Urban Geography, current aspects of urban development are analyzed from a theoretical-conceptual,and an applied perspective on an international level. Particular intrerest lies in inequalities in- and between cities, sustainable action in urban society, as well as authority and trust as factors of urban development. Aspects of housing, digitalization, mobility and migration are examined from an international, critical and comparative perspective with the aim of viewing cities as a mirror of societal developments and at the same time emphasizing their role as central actors in societal transformations.

SFB 1671 Heimat(-en): Phänomene, Praktiken, Darstellungen

DFG (2024-2028)

Prof. U. Gerhard, Shasha Lin, Dr. E. Marquardt

C-Newtral Doctoral Network

Horizon Europe MSCA (2024-2027)

Prof. U. Gerhard, N.N.

Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics

DFG (2017–2026)

Prof. U. Gerhard, Judith Keller, Lauren Rever, Anthony Meluso, Julia Schinnenburg (together with HCA)

Real-world Lab “Urban Office Heidelberg” - Sustainable Urban Development in Knowledge Society

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg (2015–2018), IBA Heidelberg (2019–2020)

Prof. U. Gerhard, Dr. E. Marquardt

Mittendrinnenstadt: Zukunftsfähige Innenstädte und Zentren

Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat (2022-2025)

Prof. U. Gerhard; AG Stadtgeographie

Unequal Access to Public Transportation and Restrictions on Equal Mobility

Dissertationsproject

Hamid Abud Russel

Community Building in Mixed-Use Areas of Toronto

Dissertationsproject (2020 - 2023)

Bariah Altaf Qadeer

Migration Across the Americas

Forschungsprojekt in Kooperation mit HCA und HCIAS (2021-)

Prof. U. Gerhard, Yaatsil Guevara Gonzáles

Flagship 1 “Urban Health and Demographic Change” / 4EU+ Alliance

European Union (2018-2026)

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gerhard, Dr. Editha Marquardt