Research

Projects

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

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

Project duration: 2018 - 2024
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
Coworking space

New workplaces between city and countryside

Project duration: 2019 - 2024
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe; Simin Yan; Madeleine Wagner (KIT)

New workplaces between city and countryside: 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

Inter-municipal co-operation in spatial planning

Project duration: 2024 - 2025
Project team: Prof Dr Anna Growe; Lukas Häfner
Funding: in cooperation with the ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association

Inter-municipal co-operation in spatial planning: Forward

Cross-border regional economic development

Project period: 2024
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe; Evelyn Riemer
Funding: Region Kassel Land e.V:, with funds from the "Region gestalten" funding program (BMWSB with BBSR)

Cross-border regional economic development: Forward
Shanghai skyline

The creation of new transboundary metropolitan regions through processes of governance rescaling. The Case of the Yangtze River Delta

Project duration: 2020 - 2024
Project team: Prof. Dr. Anna Growe; Simin Yan
Funding: CSC Scholarship (China)

The creation of new transboundary metropolitan regions through processes of governance rescaling. The Case of the Yangtze River Delta : Forward
German-French border area in Alsace

European border regions and cross-border cultural networks. Spatial planning in areas of cultural networking