Research - Current

Projects

Simulations for sustainable participation: approaches to the circular economy in the SDG+ Lab Kassel

Project duration: 2025 - 2026
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe and Evelyn Riemer in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Susanne Ritzmann (Kunsthochschule Kassel) within the framework of the SDG+ Lab
Funding: SDG+ Lab funding via „Innovative Hochschule, Bundesministerium für Bildung undForschung (BMBF) and Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK)

Simulations for sustainable participation: approaches to the circular economy in the SDG+ Lab Kassel: Forward

Multifunctional Evolution of Rural Areas in the German and Chinese Metropolitan Hinterland

Project duration: 2023 - 2025
Project team: Prof Dr Anna Growe and Simin Yan in cooperation with Dr Kati Volgmann (ILS) and Prof Chen Chen (College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University)
Funding: National High-end Experts Recruitment Plan (China)

Multifunctional Evolution of Rural Areas in the German and Chinese Metropolitan Hinterland : Forward

From city-regional concept to city-regional governance structure

Project period: 2023 - 2025
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe; Lukas Häfner
Funding: ZFF Project Fund, University of Kassel

From city-regional concept to city-regional governance structure: Forward

Network structures in regional development

Project duration: 2025 - 2026
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe; Lukas Häfner
Funding: Regional management Nordthüringen

Network structures in regional development: Forward

Renaturation and sustainable land use in old industrial regions

Project duration: 2024 - 2025
Project team: Prof Dr Anna Growe and Simin Yan in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Libang Ma and Assoc. Prof. Xiang Wang (Northwest Normal University)
Funding: Department of Science and Technology of Gansu Province, China (No.: 22ZD6WA057)

Renaturation and sustainable land use in old industrial regions: Forward

Regional urbanization in German metropolitan areas: functional, economic and demographic changes in the metropolitan hinterland

Project duration: 2019 - 2025
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe in cooperation with Dr. Kati Volgmann (ILS - Institute for Regional and Urban Development Research)

Regional urbanization in German metropolitan areas: functional, economic and demographic changes in the metropolitan hinterland : Forward
Regiopole Würzburg

Regiopolen - Between Metropolises and Upper Centers in the German Urban System

Project duration: 2022 - 2024
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe in cooperation with Dr. Thomas Terfrüchte (Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund)

Regiopolen - Between Metropolises and Upper Centers in the German Urban System: Forward