Scientific Advisory Board

The scientific advisory board provides advice to research management within the ILS on long-term research and development planning; at regular intervals it evaluates the Institute’s performance in terms of both research and services, and it promotes the work of the Institute.

The scientific advisory board is composed of eminent academics of high international standing:

• Prof. Dr. Christian Albert
  Professor for Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services, Institute of Environmental Planning, Leibniz University Hannover

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Altrock
  Professor of Urban Regeneration and Planning Theory, Institute of Urban Development, University of Kassel

• Prof. Dr. Heike Köckler
  Professor on Health and Place, Department of Health Sciences, Bochum University of Applied Sciences

• Prof. Dr. Martin Lanzendorf
  Professor for Mobility Research, Department of Human Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Meier
  Professor of Social Work and Participation, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, RheinMain University of Applied Science

• Prof. Dr. phil. Cordula Neiberger (Chair)
  Professor of Economic Geography of Services, Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering, Division of Earth Sciences and Geography, RWTH Aachen University

• Prof. Dr. Frank Othengrafen
  Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University

• Prof. Dr. Johanna Schoppengerd
  Professor of Urban planning and Planning law, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

• Prof. Dr. Ramona Voshage
  Professor of Mathematics und Statistics, Berlin School of Economics and Law

• Jun.-Prof. Dr. René Westerholt
  Junior professor of Spatial Modelling, Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University