Find out more about our teaching and research dealing with urban change and planning across the globe!
At the International Planning Studies (IPS) research group, we emphasise diverse perspectives on urbanization and spatial planning across the world. IPS focuses on infrastructure, mobility, housing, and governance.
Headed by Prof. Dr. Sophie Schramm, IPS is also responsible for the international Master's degree program SPRING.
News and events
Workshop in Dakar on the topic "Ordinary Infrastructures – African Articulations of Urban Infrastructures beyond the Other"

Our research group welcomes visiting scholar Philipa Birago Akuoko from Ghana

Call for scholars thinking, reading, and writing about urban inhabitation differently

Sophie Schramm gives a lecture for the SchnupperUni on the topic "Urban Water Landscapes of Africa: Diverse Infrastructures, Technologies and Practises Beyond Planning"

New publication by Raffael Beier

New publication by Raffael Beier

Raffael Beier secures the Seminar Series Award of the Urban Studies Foundation (USF)

Doctorate at IPS research group

Sophie Schramm and Deljana Iossifova give a lecture on urban infrastructure - as part of the seminar for urban research
