Ongoing Research Projects

Change of Perspective

Architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture work primarily from an anthropocentric perspective. The PerspekTIERwechsel project challenges this and poses the question of a changed perspective on animals in planning. The research project is testing how animal needs can be integrated into planning theory and how a change of perspective can be achieved.

Planning Animal-Human Relationships in the "Urban Habitat"

Wild animals belong to the big city. Traditionally, they are located in the wilderness and the big city is seen as an exclusive place for human society. However, science and the media are increasingly focusing on wild animals in the city.
But how is the urban coexistence of humans and wild animals organized? What regulatory policies and planning do wild city dwellers initiate?

Mindscape

Mindscape examines how motivation and stress levels change over the course of the semester in the ASL faculty. During the 2025–26 winter semester, students from all three degree programs participated in nine rounds of surveys on various aspects of their mental health.