Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Cultural and Social Geography

Research Projects

The ongoing and completed research projects listed below reflect the research focus of the Department of Cultural and Social Geography at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and are constantly being expanded on.

Ongoing research projects

 

Transformations in Housing and Intergenerational Contracts (THICE).

Project participants: Prof. Dr. Ilse Helbrecht (PI), Prof. Dr. Richard Ronald (Co-PI), Dr. Rowan Arundel (Co-PI), Dr. Ricardo Duque-Calvache (Co-PI), Dr. Stephan Köppe (Co-PI)

Funded by: VolkswagenFoundation

Laufzeit: 2024-2028

project website

 

► CRC 1265 Geographic Imaginations II: Ontological (In)Securities in Rural Areas

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Ilse Helbrecht

Staff: Carl-Jan Dihlmann M.A., Sophie Krone M.A.

Funded by: German Research Foundation (GRF, i.e. DFG)

Duration: 2022-20215

website SFB-1265

 

 

 


Completed research projects
 

 

  • 2018-2021 CRC 1265 Re-Figuration of Spaces - Geographic Imaginations: People's Sense of Security and Insecurity in a Cross-Generational Comparison. Funded by: German Research Foundation (GRF, i.e. DFG). Press Release: https://idw-online.de/de/news685313

 

 

  • 2017-2018 Consulting on the tourism strategy for the city of Berlin. Funded by: City of Berlin, visit.berlin

 

  • 2012-2017 Housing markets and welfare state transformations: How family housing property is reshaping welfare regimes (HOUWEL). Supervision as national partner for the study for Germany/Berlin. Funded by: European Research Council (ERC)

 

  • 2012-2016 Die Welt in der Stadt. International Graduate School of the DFG. Cooperation of Technische Universität, Freie Universität and Humboldt Universität Berlin

 

  • 2012-2014 Lokal.Leben: Nachbarschaftskonflikte in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Funded by: Wirtschaftsförderung Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

 

  • 2009-2012 Urbane Orte des Kulturkontakts in der Weltgesellschaft – die Rolle interkultureller Performance. Funded by: German Research Foundation (GRF, i.e. DFG)

 

  • 2008-2010 Demographic Change and Housing Wealth (DEMHOW) Funded by: European Union

 

  • 2007-2010 Die Zukunft der europäischen Stadt. Formen und Folgen von New Urban Governance. Promotionskolleg. Funded by: Heinrich Böll-Foundation