Matias Ruiz Lorbacher

E-Mail: m.ruiz.lorbacher|at|fu-berlin.de

Academic Profile

• 2015 - 2017 Director of the Institute for International Urban Research (InUrban)
  
• 2012 - 2015 Project coordinator of the REMON project at the Institute for International Urban Research (InUrban)
  
• 2005 - 2012 Research Associate at the Department of Urban Studies (TEAS), Institute of Geographical Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin
• 2000 - 2002: Graduate in the optional subject "Public and Private Environmental Management" at the Freie Universität Berlin
• 1999 - 2004: Graduate in Geography at the Freie Universität Berlin, Minors: Public Law and Sociology. Diploma Thesis: Sport Arenas as Artificial Worlds in the Urban Restructuring Processes: Global Concepts in Local Context in Berlin
• 1998 - 1999: Study abroad in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, at the Universidad del País Vasco (University of the Basque Country)
• 1996 - 1998: Undergraduate studies in Geography at the Ruprecht- Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Minors: Law and Sociology
  

Research Interests

• Transport and sustainable mobility
  
• Urban Studies and Urban Development
• Real Estate
• Financial Geography
• Regional Focus on Vietnam, Europe, China an North America
  

Research Projects

• Echtzeiterfassung von urbanem Verkehr - Lösungen für Verkehrsmanagement und Stadtplanung in
  Hanoi
• Chancen und Risiken bei der Einführung eines Verkehrsmonitoringsystems auf Basis von Floating Car Data (FCD) in Hanoi/Vietnam
• METRASYS - Mega Region Transport Systems for China

Memberships

• Deutscher Verband für Angewandte Geographie - DVAG e.V.
  (German Association of Applied Geography)
• Gesellschaft für Immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung - gif e.V.
  (Association of Real Estate Research)
• Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft - HGG e.V.
  (Geographical Association of Heidelberg)
• Association of American Geographers - AAG

Teaching

• Winter Term 2007/2008: "Transformation Processes in Post-Socialist Cities" - Project Seminar with Univ.-Prof. Dr. G. O. Braun and PD Dr. J. Scott (Master Metropolitan Studies / Diploma in Geography)

• Winter Term 2006/2007: Excursion to Spain - Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Seville (06.03.-20.03.2007) Theme: Urban Regeneration and Urban Projects in Spain's Metropolises (Master Metropolitan Studies / Diploma in Geography)

• Winter Term 2006/2007: "Strategies of Urban Regeneration" Seminar with PD Dr. J. Scott (Master Metropolitan Studies / Diploma in Geography)

• Winter Term 2005/2006: Excursion to Canada and the USA - Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland (27.02.-14.03.2006):
      Theme: Smart Growth and Sustainable Urban Development (Master Metropolitan Studies / Diploma in Geography)

• Winter Term 2005/2006: "Smart Growth" Project Seminar with Univ.-Prof. Dr. G. O. Braun and Dr. J. Scott
  (Master Metropolitan Studies / Diploma in Geography)