About the chair for urban climate resilience
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Thematic focus
As human geographers with a focus on urban geography, we work at the interface between the subject areas of “urbanization” and “nature cultures”. We focus on questions of urban climate adaptation as well as on the analysis of urban living environments and the resulting urban-rural relationships. We are currently working on urban infrastructure measures and the planning and administrative processes behind them (Purwins & Keck 2025) and on the role of serious games in participatory urban development (Kaiser & Keck in progress). In addition, we are researching current dynamics of urban food environments (Müller-Hansen et al. 2025) and agricultural practices in the rural periphery (Ainembabzi & Keck in progress). In the context of international debates, we position ourselves in the research fields of urban political ecology, agri-food studies and geographical development and transformation research.
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Conceptual focus of our work
Methodological focus
Regional focus of our work.
In addition to Germany (particularly Bavaria), our regional focus is currently on India, Mexico and Uganda.
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