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 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]

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 [in German] (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.
  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.

Further reading

issued by the institute


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