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Jasmin Aber (Germany)
Jasmin Aber is a licensed architect (1998) from Germany and part of the “Shrinking Cities” research group at UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Metropolitan Studies (www.iurd.ced.berkeley.edu/scg). “Shrinking Cities” entails global comparative research on the phenomena of urban decline, demographic change and strategies of revitalization. Her research focuses on architectural urbanism and emerging strategies in urban design in the context of the new economy; and the role of creativity, culture, cutting-edge technology & innovation, in urban regeneration and creating competitive regions. Aber consults independently as an architect-urbanist. She lectures at Washington University as adjunct lecturer. In California, she has collaborated with San Jose State University and the City of San Jose’s Economic Development Agency, in Missouri with the City of St. Louis Meyers Office, AIA St. Louis Chapter, HOK, Washington University and various foundations on master planning for the arts, culture and the new media (Interactive & kinetic architecture). In 2008 she was invited by the Sheldon's Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture as a guest curator for "InterActive: New Technologies in Contemporary Architecture." She regularly serves as a guest juror for student architectural and urban reviews at UC Berkeley, San Jose State University in California and Washington University in Missouri. Currently she teaches architecture and urban design at Washington University --"dialogue cities."
Jasmin Aber earned her B.A. Honors degree (with distinction) and Post Graduate Honors degree in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth in England / Arichitectural Association London (1991). Her architectural experience includes design competitions, design and planning mixed-use development, housing and commercial buildings in London, UK; Frankfurt, Germany; and Berkeley, California. She has been guest curator for architectural exhibitions: Technolgy in Contemporary Architecture in US and Europe.
Contact: jasminaber@mac.com, ja@samfox.wustl.edu The Sheldon's Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture Ivonne Audirac (USA) Ivonne Audirac is a Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Florida. Her research work focuses on the effects of new technologies on cities and urban development. Contact: iaudirac@fsu.edu Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot (France) Dr Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Rennes 2, France, where she teaches Globalisation and Urban Economics. She was a Research Fellow associate in the Geography department of the University of Glasgow, having been awarded a research grant by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She was also a Research Fellow in the Geography department of the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, UK) funded by an award “Training and Mobility of Researchers, Marie Curie Fellowship”, through the European Union. In 2006, the French Research National Agency (ANR) awarded her a "Young Researcher Project" entitled "Shrinking Cities" which she is carrying out in collaboration with Sylvie Fol. This permitted the engagement of a postdoctoral post for Hélène Roth.
Her expertise is in urban regeneration, specifically old industrial cities. She has a PhD in Urban Planning, her doctoral work which has been published, compares the urban regeneration of two industrial regions, Glasgow region (economy, image) with that of Saint-Etienne (France). She holds two M.S.C.s from the University of Lyon, one in urban planning and one in Economics. The Young Researcher Project “Shrinking Cities” has funded her to make a documentary about community involvement in the urban shrinkage/regeneration strategies of Glasgow. The documentary is currently underway. Contact: emmanuele.sabot@uhb.fr Sylvie Fol (France) Dr Fol is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Paris 1 – Panthéon - Sorbonne University where she teaches Urban Policy and City Planning. She works on transportation policies and the mobility needs of low-income people in a comparative perspective between Europe (particularly France and Great Britain ) and the US . In another part of her research work, she is looking at the socio-spatial transformation of former industrial suburbs in the Paris region and its consequences in terms of segregation and social exclusion. She analyses the various local policies and revitalization strategies that have been put in place to tackle urban and economic decline. Contact: sfol@univ-paris1.fr Cristina Martinez-Fernandez (Australia) Dr Martinez is a Senior Research Fellow at AEGIS (The Australian Expert Group in Industry Studies, University of Western Sydney). Her expertise is in territorial development and spatial analysis. In 2001 Dr Martinez was awarded with a PhD on Urban and Regional Planning for the Univerwsity of New South Wales. Her doctoral work draws on research from two regions suffering from the decline of their main traditional economic activities. The two regions analysed were the Hunter region of New South Wales (Australia) and the León province of Castilla y León (Spain). Cristina was awarded with the ANZRSAI Academic Thesis Award in 2003 for her contribution to regional science studies. Dr Martinez has international experience as a community economic development consultant in Europe and Australia. Her work involves the analysis of territories in decline and the design of alternative strategies oriented to regional/urban renewal, industry and employment growth. She has expertise in building public-private networks of development for recovering mining and declining metropolitan areas in Spain, Poland and Australia. Her professional and research work has also provided the opportunity to gain considerable experience in linking analysis with successful policy outcomes. She is currently also working on technology and innovation policy through the multi-country OECD KISA (knowledge intensive service activities) project. Contact: c.martinez@uws.edu.au Website: http://aegis.uws.edu.au/innovationedges/CristinaM.html Sergio Moraes (Brazil) Dr Sergio Moraes is an architect and urban planner in Brazil. He holds his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of São Paulo. He is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policies at the University of Itajaí Valley (Univali) in southern Brazil, where he teaches Urban Policy and City Planning for graduate and undergraduate students. He is also a researcher and coordinator of the Department of Ecology, Urbanization and GIS in the same institution, and member of Council of Development Economical and Social of the city of Balneário Camboriú and of Historical Patrimony Council of Itajaí City. His recent research deals with territorial and suburban development, green transportation and community participation in urban planning systems. He has a specialization degree in Restoration of Monuments from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1984-1986) and visited the University of California in Berkeley (2003-2004) sponsored by Professor Elizabeth Deakin (City and Regional Planning) researching about regional land use planning in transportation corridors development. Contact: stmoraes@yahoo.com, stmoraes@univali.br Helen Mulligan (UK) Dr Helen Mulligan is an architect in the United Kingdom and holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Cambridge. She is a director of Cambridge Architectural Research, which provides research and specialist advice to the construction industry. Past projects include consultancy on the main stadium for the Sydney Olympics and the Potsdamer Platz redevelopment in Berlin, with Richard Rogers Architects. Her expertise comprises embodied energy in the production of building materials and the construction process; energy use in buildings; energy management; and strategic issues. During her research work in the US she is working on carbon emission permit trading in the international marketplace and its implications for the built environment. Contact: hmullig@berkeley.edu Karina Pallagst (Germany) Dr. Karina Pallagst is the director of the Shrinking Cities Program at UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Metropolitan Studies. Karina Pallagstpreviously worked as Senior Researcher at the Institute of Ecological and Regional Development Dresden/Germany and Program Coordinator at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Urban and Regional Development. Dr. Pallagst’s book on growth management in the US between theory and practice was published in 2007. She is presently finishing a co-edited volume on shrinking cities in a global perspective. Karina Pallagst received her PhD from the University of Kaiserslautern/ Germany, and holds a post doctoral degree from Dresden Technical University/ Germany. Contact: pallagst@berkeley.edu Hélène Roth (France) Dr. Helene Roth is an Assistant Professor at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France, where she teaches Geography and Regional Development. She graduated at Paris 1 – Panthéon - Sorbonne University and received her PhD from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon. Her research work involves the analysis of spatial transformations and regeneration strategies in former industrial territories, in France and Germany. Contact: helene.roth@orange.fr
Dong-Chun Shin (South Korea) Dr Dong-Chun Shin is from Seoul, South Korea. He presently serves as Administrator of the Seoul Regional Aviation Administration within the Ministry of Construction and Transport, dealing with the national aviation matters. Prior to this post, he served as Director General of the Ministry of Construction and Transport dealing with matters relating to national and regional development, land use, infrastructure and transportation. During his career in the Ministry, he obtained a PhD in Public Administration and has lectured on transportation issues. He has written many articles on transport development issues, including the recent establishment of free economic areas in Korea. During his stay with the IURD, he researched the impact of high-speed rail on regional development as well as transport and logistics. He also focuses on Metropolitan Capital Region Policy in Korea. Contact: dcshinsf@yahoo.co.kr, dcshin007@empal.com Nobushisa Taira (Japan)
Hiroshi Yahagi (Japan)
José Vargas (Mexico) Dr José Vargas holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Economics, a Ph.D. in Public Management and an M.B.A. A member of the National System of Researchers in Mexico, he works as a Research Professor for the National System of Technological Institutes and the Southern University Center of the University of Guadalajara. His line of research has been in Organizational Economics and he has published in Spanish. Presently he works on the project “Co-Operation And Conflict Between Firms, New Social Movements And Government in a Post-Industrial Society (USA) and a Less-Developed Country (Mexico): a Cross-Cultural Research.” He has broad experience in consultancy and has worked in government. He teaches at the Doctoral Program in Management, an interinstitutional program, and at the Doctoral Program in Public Policy and Public Management. Contact: josevargas@cucea.udg.mx, jvargas2006@gmail.com Thorsten Wiechmann (Germany) Thorsten Wiechmann is Professor of Spatial Planning at the Dresden University of Technology in Germany. After graduating in geography, political science and sociology in 1994 he received his Ph.D. in geography and urban planning at the University of Bonn in 1998. His professional experience includes several development projects in the fields of urban and regional development. From 1998 until 2007 Thorsten Wiechmann was Senior Researcher at the Leibniz-Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER) in Dresden. From 2007 to 2009 he has been appointed interim chair of regional planning at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus. He has co-ordinated research projects in more than twenty countries. These activities were focused on urban and regional development, strategic planning, ecological restructuring strategies, and metropolitan governance. Contact: Thorsten.Wiechmann@tu-dresden.de Tong Wu (Australia) Professor Chung-Tong Wu was appointed to the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development and International at the University of Western Sydney in April 2002. He is now working at the Urban Research Centre also at the University of Western Sydney. In his portfolio are the following areas: - Research, Business Development, International, Media and Communication and Regional Development. He is also a Board member of the Sydney West International College, the Sydney Graduate School of Management and ac3. Prior to this, Professor Wu was the Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) at the University of New South Wales. A specialist in regional development planning, Professor Wu has extensive research and professional involvement with international planning projects, especially in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. In Australia, he has conducted research on regional development in NSW and Queensland. Professor Wu holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, a MSc from Columbia University, and a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. Contact: tong.wu@uws.edu.au Website: http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/urbanresearchcentre |