Jörg Schröder
Full Professor of Urbanism
Leibniz University Hannover
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU)
Chair for Territorial Design and Urban Planning
Jörg Schröder is full professor of urbanism, Chair for Territorial Design and Urban Planning at Leibniz University Hannover, and Dean for Research of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape. He is in the board of EAAE, European Association for Architectural Education, the organisation of the Architecture Schools in Europe, and a member of the German Academy of Urbanism and Planning DASL. He graduated in 1998 with Technische Universität München and has been assistant professor at TUM. As a guest lecturer and for teaching and research projects he cooperates with several universities in Europe and Latin America.
In research, his focus is on sustainable transition and territorial innovation, with a focus on design research. In particular, he is working on interactions with infrastructure design, sustainable development, and circular economy. He is coordinator of the Circular Design Innovation Alliance, funded 2023–26 by the European Union, and has been coordinator of the research projects Creative Food Cycles (EU Creative Europe Programme), Cosmopolitan Habitat (DAAD) and Creative Heritage (Volkswagen Foundation). He is regularly directing and organising international conferences, workshops and summer schools. Recent publications include the books Circular Design (2023, with Jovis, Berlin) and Cosmopolitan Habitat (2021).
