Curriculum Vitae - Bettina Knoop (M.A.)
Research Interests_____________________________________________
Urban and Social Geography, Shrinking Cities, Vacancies, Urban socitey and Urbanity
Regional Focus: Germany, Poland, Europe
Professional Experience_________________________________________
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since 09/2017 |
TU Dresden (IHI Zittau) / Chair of Ecological and Revitalizing Urban Transformation |
| 05/2013 – 08/2017 | University of Passau / Chair of Human Geography Research Associate |
| 09/2012 – 02/2013 |
University of Passau / Centre for Key Competences |
Education_____________________________________________________
| 03/2015 - 06/2015 |
University of Łódź (PL) |
| 10/2011 – 09/2014 | University of Passau Master's programme in Geography (M.A.) Master's thesis: Shrinking cities. Development and planning ideas at the example of the old-industrial cities of Ruda Śląska und Wałbrzych in Poland. |
| 02/2013 – 05/2013 |
University of Wrocław (PL) |
| 10/2007 – 05/2011 | Harz University of applied Sciences and University of Angers (FR) Bachelor's programme in International Tourism Studies (B.A.) (German-French double degree programme) |
Publications___________________________________________________
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Knoop, B.; Battis-Schinker, E.; Knippschild, R.; Al-Alawi, S.; Książek, S. (2023): Built cultural heritage and quality of life in a context of peripheralisation. A case study of ten historic towns at the German-Polish border. In: GeoJournal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10890-x Al-Alawi, S.; Knippschild, R.; Battis-Schinker, E.; Knoop, B. (2022): Linking Cultural Built Heritage and Sustainable Urban Development: Insights into Strategic Development Recommendations for the German-Polish Border Region. In: disP - The Planning Review, 58:2, 4-15. DOI: 10.1080/02513625.2022.2123160 Knippschild, R.; Knoop, B. (2022): Welche Rolle spielen Forschungseinrichtungen für die kommunale Entwicklung abseits der Metropolen? Fünf Thesen zum Hochschul- und Forschungsstandort Görlitz. In: vhw FWS 2. Książek, S.; Belof, M.; Maleszka, W.; Gmur, K.; Kukuła, M.; Knippschild, R., Battis-Schinker, E.; Knoop, B.; Al-Alawi, S. (2022): Using Indicators to Evaluate Cultural Heritage and the Quality of Life in Small and Medium-Sized Towns: The Study of 10 Towns from the Polish-German Borderland. In: Sustainability 2022, 14, 1322. Knoop, Bettina (2019): Schrumpfende Städte in Polen – Wachstum als einzige Antwort? In: Anhuf, Gamerith, Struck (Eds.): Studien zur geographischen Regional- und Tourismusforschung. Passau. |
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Knoop, Bettina (2016): Schrumpfende Städte in Polen zwischen planerischer Ignoranz und Anpassung. In: Pol-Int: Salon. |
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Knoop, Bettina (2015): Planistyczne reakcje samorządów na kurczenie się miast. Przykład z dwóch polskich miast staroprzemysłowych. In: Jarosz; Kiec (Eds.): Samorząd terytorialny w Polsce i w Niemczech. Zielona Góra. 281-295. |
Presentations and Panel Discussions_______________________________________
| 06/2024 |
Urban Voids in Contexts of Shrinkage: Symbols of Failure or Spaces of Possibilities? Inhabitant’s Experiences |
| 10/2023 | Symbols of failure or spaces of possibilities? On the perception of urban voids in shrinking cities ACC Forum (St. Marienthal, Ostritz, DE) |
| 09/2022 | Wie kann man der Peripherisierung widerstehen und die Attraktivität der niederschlesisch-sächsischen Grenzregion sichern? Panel discussion within the TransGredio-Project in Bolesławiec (PL) |
| 04/2022 | Baukulturerbe und Lebensqualität in historischen Klein- und Mittelstädten im deutsch-polnischen Grenzraum (Presentation starts at 03:36:50) Konferencja "Ochrona dziedzictwa kulturowego Łużyc w procesie transformacji TrójZiemia" (Zgorzelec, PL) |
| 03/2022 | On the production of urbanity in shrinking cities RE‐CITY ITN Final Conference (Kaiserslautern) |
| 09/2021 |
Urbanity in the Shrinking City – a Contradiction? Conceptualizing the Urban along Spaces of Possibilities 15th Conference of the European Sociological Association (Barcelona, ES / online) |
| 08/2021 |
Built Cultural Heritage and Urban Quality of Life in a Peripheral Cross-Border Context RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021 (London, GB / online) |
| 03/2021 | Kaufhaus der Oberlausitz - Ein Zukunftsprojekt?! Panel discussion with academics and actors from urban society in Görlitz |
| 11/2020 | Urbanity through time, space and place CIST 2020: Population, Time, Territories (Paris, FR / online) |
| 07/2018 | Urbanity within De-urbanization? Theoretical considerations and methodological prospects Association of European Schools of Planning Annual Congress 2018 (Göteborg, SE) |
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10/2017 |
Europas Städte zwischen Wachstum und Schrumpfung - bekannte Disparitäten in neuer Konstellation |
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06/2017 |
Urbanity locked in growing cities? A theoretical approach to individual spaces of potentiality in the shrinking city. |
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10/2015 |
Schrumpfende Großstädte als Billig-(Lohn-)Inseln und ihre sozio-ökonomischen Funktionen. Das Beispiel Łódź / Polen. |
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11/2014 |
Kommunale planerische Reaktionen auf Stadtschrumpfung am Beispiel von zwei polnischen Altindustriestädten. |
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09/2014 |
Nothing but Growth for Shrinking Cities? Development and Planning Ideas in Poland illustrated by the Old Industrial Cities of Ruda Śląska and Wałbrzych. |
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09/2013 |
Schrumpfende Städte in Polen. Eine Fallstudie der Stadt Wałbrzych – Herausforderungen, Wahrnehmung, Maßnahmen. |
TEACHING
Academic teaching experience since 2013
Completion of didactic certificate programme "Hochschullehre Bayern" in 2018
Seminars, Lectures and Excursions (national and international) in the field of Human Geography at University of Passau and at TU Dresden (IHI Zittau)