Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik

The Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (English: German Institute of Urban Affairs) is a German think tank. It conducts research on urban development in Germany and in other German-speaking countries or regions.[1]

Abbreviationdifu
FormationFebruary 15, 1973 (1973-02-15)
TypeThink tank
HeadquartersZimmerstr. 13-15
10969 Berlin
Germany
Location
  • Berlin, Germany
    Cologne, Germany (branch)
Director
Carsten Kühl
CEO
Busso Grabow
Websitedifu.de

The institute was founded by the German Association of Cities on 15 February 1973, and was named on 1 October 1973.[2] It is headquartered in Berlin, runs a branch in Cologne and is structured as a company with limited liability.[3]

Leaders
  • 1973-1978: Wolfgang Haus
  • 1978-1981: Erika Spiegel[4]
  • 1981-1992: Dieter Sauberzweig
  • 1992-2006: Heinrich Mäding
  • 2006-2013: Klaus J. Beckmann
  • 2013-2018: Martin zur Nedden
  • 2018-present: Carsten Kühl

References
  1. Heinrich Mäding (2011). "On the Variety of Policy Advice in Spatial and Urban Development: Experience and Considerations Taking the German Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning and the German Institute of Urban Affairs as Examples". Informationen zur Raumentwicklung. 7–8. ISSN 0303-2493.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Christian Engeli. "Geschichte: Der Weg zum Difu - Aus der Vorgeschichte des Deutschen Instituts für Urbanistik". Difu.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu)". Difu.de (in German and English). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. Einhard Schmidt-Kallert (2018). "Erinnerung an Erika Spiegel (1925–2017)". DisP - the Planning Review (in German). 54. ISSN 2166-8604.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Further reading
issued by the institute
  • "Archiv für Kommunalwissenschaften", Archiv für Kommunalwissenschaften : Afk ; Grundlagen, Konzepte, Beispiele (in German), ISSN 0003-9209, 1962-
  • "Deutsche Zeitschrift für Kommunalwissenschaften" [German Journal of Urban Studies], Deutsche Zeitschrift für Kommunalwissenschaft (in German), 2001–2009, ISSN 1617-8203


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