Prof. Dr. habil. Sigrun Kabisch
Research focus
- Interdependencies between natural, social and built environment
- Urban vulnerability and resilience
- Healthy cities and quality of life
- Socio-spatial differentiations in large housing estates
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Curriculum Vitae
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Kabisch, Sigrun, Prof. Dr. habil. |
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Official position |
Head of Department |
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Institution |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ, Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology |
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Business address |
Department Stadt- und Umweltsoziologie Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung − UFZ Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany |
Academic education and degrees
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1974-1978 |
Diploma in Economics/ Sociology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg |
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1982 |
PhD in Sociology, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig |
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1988-1989 |
Postgradual studies University Education, |
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1991 |
Facultas docendi (Urban and Regional Sociology) |
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2006 |
Habilitation, University Leipzig |
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2006 |
Venia Legendi, Urban Geography |
Professional career
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Since 1992 |
Senior Researcher at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ |
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1994-1996 |
Deputy head of Department for Landscape Ecology |
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1997-1999 |
Head of Working Group Environmental Economy and Sociology |
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2000-2004 |
Deputy Head of Department Economy, Sociology and Law |
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Since2004 |
Head of department Urban and Environmental Sociology |
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2009 |
Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Leipzig |
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2014-2020 |
Speaker of the Integrated Project "Urban Transformations: sustainable urban development towards resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience", HGF-project |
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2020-2022 |
uVITAL "User-Valued Innovations for Social Housing Upgrading through Living Labs", Trans-Atlantic Platform “Social Innovations” |
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Since 1979 |
Long-term Study „Housing and Living in Leipzig-Grünau” (11th survey: 2020, ongoing project) |
Honors, awards and positions
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Since 2018 |
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board: Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) URBAN EUROPE |
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2018-2019 |
EU High Level Expert Group for the new Horizon 2020 Program on “Innovating Cities”, Member |
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Since 1995 |
Member of IAPS International Association for People-Environment Studies |
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Since 2000 |
Member of the German Sociological Society |
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Since 2015 |
Member of Deutsche Akademie für Städtebau und Landesplanung |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of 50, SCOPUS h-index: 14)
Chen X, de Vries S, Assmuth T, Dick J, Hermans T … Kabisch S et al. Research challenges for cultural ecosystem services and public health in (peri-)urban environments. Sci Total Environ. 2019;651 (Part 2): 2118-2129.
Kabisch S, Koch F, Gawel E, et al. (eds.): Urban transformations - Sustainable urban development through resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience, Future City 10, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2018.
Altrock U, Grunze N, Kabisch S. (eds): Großwohnsiedlungen im Haltbarkeitscheck: differenzierte Perspektiven ostdeutscher Großwohnsiedlungen, Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2018.
Haase A, Schmidt A, Rink D, Kabisch S. Leipzig’s inner east as an arrival space? Exploring the trajectory of a diversifying neighbourhood. Urban Plann. 2020;5(3): 89-102.
Kabisch S, Finnveden G, Kratochvil P, Sendi R, Smagacz-Poziemska M, Matos R, Bylund J. New urban transitions towards sustainability: Addressing SDG challenges. Sustainability. 2019:11(8): 2242.
Koch F, Kabisch S, Krellenberg K. A transformative turn towards sustainability in the context of urban-related studies? A systematic review from 1957 to 2016. Sustainability. 2018; 10(1): 58.
Grossmann K, Kabisch N, Kabisch S. Understanding the social development of a post-socialist large housing estate: The case of Leipzig-Grünau in eastern Germany in long-term perspective. Eur Urban Reg Stud. 2017;24(2): 142-161.
Banzhaf E, Kabisch S, Knapp S, Rink D, Wolff M, Kindler A. Integrated research on land-use changes in the face of urban transformations – an analytic framework for further studies. Land Use Pol. 2017; 60: 403-407.
Kabisch S, Ueberham M, Schlink U, Hertel D, Mohamdeen A. Local residential quality from an interdisciplinary perspective : combining individual perception and micrometeorological factors. In: Kabisch, S., et al. (eds.) Urban transformations. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2018; p. 235-255.
Haase D, Kabisch S, Haase A, Andersson E, Banzhaf E et al. Greening cities – To be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities. Habitat Int. 2017; 64: 41-48.