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Department of Spatial Planning

Dr. Dietwald Gruehn, Professor

Chair of Research Group Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning

Adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University (MSU)

Member of German Academy for Urban and Regional Spatial Planning (DASL)

Dean of Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University

Vice Chairman of Faculties' Conference, TU Dortmund University

 

Contact

TU Dortmund University
Department of Spatial Planning
Research Group Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning

Campus South, GB III, Room 3.320
August-Schmidt-Straße 10
44227 Dortmund
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)231 755 2285
Fax:       +49 (0)231 755 4877
E-Mail: dietwald.gruehn@udo.edu

 

Office hours

Fridays from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  • Landscape and environmental planning
  • Validation and development of methods for the evaluation of landscape functions, landscape assessment, land valuation
  • Concepts for sustainable land use
  • Climate change, climate protection and adaptation
  • Open space research
  • Soundscapes
  • Environmental law and policy
  • Empirical impact research (planning instruments and funding programs)
  • Applied multivariate statistics in spatial planning
2004 German "Habilitation" and "Venia legendi" in Landscape Planning, Landscape Management and Nature Conservation, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
1997 Ph.D. equivalent (Dr.-Ing.), Berlin University of Technology, Germany (honors degree)
1991-1997 Correspondence degree course "Public Law", University of Hagen, Germany
1991 M.Sc. equivalent (Dipl.-Ing.) in Landscape Planning, Berlin University of Technology, Germany (honors degree)
1985-1991 Landscape Planning, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
1983-1984 Geography, University of Giessen, Germany
1991 Self-employed landscape planner in Hesse
1991-1997 Research assistant at the Department of Landscape Planning, Landscape Management and Nature Conservation (with H. Kenneweg), Technical University of Berlin
1997-2003 Research assistant at the Department of Landscape Planning, Landscape Conservation and Nature Conservation (with H. Kenneweg), Technical University of Berlin
2003 Consultant at Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian Environment Ltd. (ELLE), Riga, Latvia, within the framework of the EU expert exchange program "Leonardo da Vinci"
2003-2004 Visiting professor, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU), Institutionen för landskapsplanering, Alnarp, Sweden
2004 Managing Director of the Society for Environmental Planning, Research and Consulting, Berlin
2005-2006 Lecturer at the Institute for Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Technical University of Berlin
2005-2006 Head of the Environmental Planning Department at Austrian Research Centers - systems research GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Since 2006 University Professor (W3), Chair of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning at the Department of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund
2007-2008 Deputy Head of the Institute for Spatial Planning (IRPUD), University of Dortmund
2009-2010 Managing Director of the Institute for Spatial Planning (IRPUD), Dortmund University of Technology
Since 2010 Adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University (MSU), USA
2014-2017 Adjunct Professor at Graduate School of National Public Policy, Chungnam National University (CNU), South Korea
2014-2015 Dean of the Department of Spatial Planning, Dortmund University of Technology
2020-2022 Vice Dean of the Department of Spatial Planning, Dortmund University of Technology
Since 10/2022 Dean of the Department of Spatial Planning, Dortmund University of Technology
Since 10/2024 Deputy Chairman of the Faculty Conference, TU Dortmund University
1992 Sponsorship award "Young Landscape Conservators" from the Federal Association of Graduate Engineers in Horticulture and Landscape Conservation (BDGL)
2003 Scholarship as part of the Leonardo da Vinci program of the EU
2009 Appointment as a member of the LAG NRW of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL)
2010 Appointment as Adjunct Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University (USA)
2011 Appointment as a member of the German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning (DASL)
2011 Research Award of the Department of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University (with S. Greiving and others)
2012 Distinguished Partner in Study Abroad Award, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University (USA)
2014 Appointment as Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of National Public Policy, Chungnam National University (South Korea)