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Dr. Ahmed Bakry

Post-Doc | Department of Economy of Urban and Regional Development

Bakry, Ahmed
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Gottschalkstraße 22
34127 Kassel
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Gottschalk 22, Raum 1105

Vita  (Dr. Ahmed Bakry)

04/2019 - 07/2023 PhD in Cross-Border Spatial Regional Planning, Networks, and Territorial Integration fields.
Combined Faculty of Mathematics, Engineering and Natural Sciences, Institute of Geography, Regional Governance research group, Heidelberg University
Grade: Very good, 1.4/6 German system (Magna Cum Laude)
09/2007 - 07/2012 Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Architectural Engineering, Urban Design and Spatial Planning Department
Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.
Grade: very good with honour degree, GPA 3.35/4, first ranked in the department, Graduation Project distinction.
09/2013 - 09/2015 Double master’s degree (M.Sc.), at Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design Program (IUSD).
Between Stuttgart University, Faculty of Architecture, Germany and Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering, Egypt
Grade: Very good, GPA 3.7/4, 1.4/6 German system.

Publications  (Dr. Ahmed Bakry)

2023Bakry, A., 2023. European border regions and cross-border ethnic communities. Cross-border spatial regional planning in spaces of cultural networks and cultural integration. Heidelberg University, Heidelberg.
2021Bakry, A., Growe, A., 2021. Analysing cultural networks in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case of the Upper Rhine region (Germany–Switzerland–France). Erdkunde: Archive for Scientific Geography 75, 169–190. https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2021.03.01
2015Bakry, A., 2015. Nubians between state approach and self-organized initiations, in: Cabrera, C., Linden, A., Michelutti, E. (Hrsg.), 16th XVI N-AERUS conference “who wins and who loses”. N-AERUS coordinating committee, TU Dortmund, S. 213–229.
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PhDs

He studied urban and regional planning at the University of Kassel from 2016 to 2023, focusing first on transport planning and then on sustainable development of cities, especially in shrinking regions. Since summer of 2023 Markus Nüsse has been working on his doctorate on "Supply in rural areas" in the Economics of Urban and Regional Development working group in order to explore how supply of services and goods of daily needs in peripheral areas can be planned in the future.

Jessica Köchling studied geography at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg from 2017 to 2022. After completing a wide-ranging bachelor's degree, she specialised in urban and regional development. After completing her Master of Science with a focus on urban geography, she took up her position as city manager in Worms, where she plays a key role in various city centre development projects. In summer 2023, Jessica Köchling began working on her doctorate on the topic of "City centre revitalisation in a multi-level governance context" in the Economics of Urban and Regional Development working group. The aim of the study is to determine the influence of current funding programmes as an instrument for the revitalising and sustainable development of city centres.

 

Supporting research and teaching

Kaja Markus
Matthes Bittner
Mika Blanck

Former staff

V.-Prof. Dr. Anna Butzin 2021-2023

V.-Prof. Dr. Janet Merkel 2021

Prof. Dr. Ulf Hahne 1999-2020