Current projects
Research projects at IPS are characterized by interdisciplinarity and changing spatial focus areas. Current projects address the following topics:
- Migration and translocality
- Urban infrastructures and Covid-19
- Governance and resilient cities
- Housing programs and resettlement
Completed Projects
![Lima, Peru View of many houses from a hill](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/e/2/csm_Lima_2023_San_Juan_de_Lurigancho_Nick_Nowara_TU_Dortmund_c66beb89cc.jpg)
Lima's extended urban fringe: Housing and housing finance strategies in San Juan de Lurigancho
![Lahee, Johannesburg, South Africa Small state-built houses at a street with children in the Lahae area in Johannesburg](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/4/4/csm_Johannesburg_2020_State_houses_in_Lahae_Raffael_Beier_e8d714a6a8.jpg)
Moving Decisions of Slum Dwellers after Resettlement
![Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya Many people queuing at a newly errected free-water point in the Kibera area in Nairobi](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/5/f/csm_Nairobi_2021_People_Queing_Free_Water_Point_Kibera_Moritz_Kasper_TU_Dortmund_ce82b8ca58.jpg)
Urban waterscapes and the pandemic
![GOPLAREA, Graphic Graphic overview of the modules and their linkages within the GOPLAREA project](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/f/9/csm_GRAPHIC_0000_GOPLAREA_Linkages_Modules_Genet_Alem_TU_ca74baabf9.jpg)
GOPLAREA
![INTERPART Project, Berlin, Germany Girl in front of pin wall with notes as part of the INTERPART project in Berlin](/storages/ips-raumplanung/_processed_/a/b/csm_Berlin_0000_INTERPART_Michael_Shenbrot_UdK_ed802b8416.jpg)