Nina Manz completed her Master degree in Urban Design from HafenCity University, Hamburg, with the publication Bodenfrage(n). Eine kritische Analyse des Eigentums in Theorie und Praxis. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Sociology and Philosophy from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. Her work focuses on (urban) land, property relations and common ownership models. She is one of the initiating members of the project WERK – Haus Neuer Arbeit that develops collective ownership structures in Hamburg Hammerbrook. She works for the local initiative HALLO: Verein für raumöffnende Kultur e.V., which functions as a co-productive intersection between art and urban development. As co-founder of Urban Knowledge Collective, she is interested in the international transfer of city-specific knowledge pools. Nina Manz consults Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen on initiating a cooperative process for the inner city development of Hamburg.