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Katrin Schade

Katrin Schade

Research Fellow

Urban Management (retired)
Institutsgebäude
Grimmaische Straße 12, Room I312
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97-33748

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Abstract

I am a Human Geographer and Research Associate at the Institute of Urban Development and Construction Management at Leipzig University. I am interested in the spatial dimensions of social and economic processes especially (1) migration and social change and (2) digitalisation and its effects on urban and commercial spaces. I am also interested in (3) opportunities and limitations of transfer-orientated research. My research mainly focuses on urbanities beyond the metropolises and post-socialist urbanities.


Professional career

  • since 09/2017
    Research Associate, Institute for Urban Development and Construction Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Leipzig
  • 05/2015 - 08/2017
    Geographer, Municipality of Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Department of Economic Development, City Marketing & Tourism, focus on inner city development
  • 11/2014 - 04/2015
    Geographer at Stadt + Handel, Beckmann & Föhrer Stadtplaner PartGmbB, preparation of structural analyses of retail in Saxony
  • 09/2010 - 10/2010
    Student Assistant, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Leipzig

Education

  • since 03/2019
    Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Economics, University of Leipzig
  • 01/2011 - 06/2011
    ERASMUS scholarship, Umeå Universitet, Sweden
  • 10/2009 - 10/2012
    M.Sc. Economic and Social Geography of Urban Areas in Central and Eastern Europe, University of Leipzig
  • 04/2007 - 09/2009
    B.Sc. Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 10/2005 - 03/2007
    Studies Diploma Economic Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

  • City and Retail

Challenges of urban and retail development 

(Spatial) effects of new technologies (e.g. digitalization)

Perspectives of small and medium-sized cities


  •  Medium-Sized Cities

Conceptualization of medium-sized cities (international perspective)

Interactions of migration, participation and the city

  • Regeneration of inner cities under shrinking conditions. Evaluation in the context of a city competition and analysis of its role for small and medium-sized towns and cities in Saxony, Germany
    Ringel, Johannes
    Duration: 01/2018 – 12/2020
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Stadtentwicklung (Urban Management)
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  • Participation of Immigrants in Medium-Sized Cities. (dissertation)
    Schade, Katrin
    Duration: 03/2019 – ongoing
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Stadtentwicklung (Urban Management)
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  • Surtrade:Smart Urban Retail Services – Integriertes Service System für den Crosschannel-Handel in der Zukunftsstadt
    Ludwig, André
    Duration: 03/2017 – 08/2020
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Stadtentwicklung (Urban Management); WINF/Informationsmanagement
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  • Transfer through Co-creation
    Ringel, Johannes
    Duration: 10/2023 – 09/2026
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Stadtentwicklung (Urban Management); Institut für Kulturwissenschaften
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more projects

  • Schade, K.; Hübscher, M.; Korzer, T.
    Smart Retail in Smart Cities: Best Practice Analysis of Local Online Platforms
    Universität Leipzig, Institut für Stadtentwicklung und Bauwirtschaft (ISB). Porto, Portugal. 2018.
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  • Schade, K.; Müller, A.; Hübscher, M.; Lurie, K.; Holdack, E.; Schulze, J.
    Digitalization and City Center Resilience. Exploring Visitors’ Perceptions in Leipzig, Germany
    Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie. 2021. pp. 1–15.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/zfw-2021-0003
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  • Schade, K.
    Mapping framework conditions for societal participation of immigrants - a cluster analysis of medium-sized cities in Germany
    Erdkunde. 2023. 77 (2). pp. 127–148.
    DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2023.02.03
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  • Schade, K.; Levert, J.; Rebettge, U.; Bergmann, J.; Röder, L.; Scherer, M.
    "Alert for the neighbours": Negotiating Muslim (non-)representations in an East German city
    Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis. 2024. 16 (1). pp. 115–147.
    DOI: 10.37043/JURA.2024.16.1.5
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  • Schade, K.; Ringel, J.
    Migration, Teilhabe und Raum – Eine Analyse deutschsprachiger Forschung zur Konzeption und Raumrelevanz von Gesellschaftsprozessen
    Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. 2025. 1 (166). pp. 41–68.
    DOI: 10.1553/moegg166-096
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more publications

  • Andere Stipendien/Forschungspreise: ERASMUS-Stipendium
    Schade, Katrin (Stadtentwicklung (Urban Management))
    awarded in 2011 by Universität Leipzig/Europäische Union.
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more awards

  • Teaching in the master modules "Urban Management I and II
  • Teaching in the bachelor module "Urban Development and Construction Management"

  • Master module Stadtmanagement II

    summer term 2021 migration and urban development on different scales

    • Topics: Housing, economy & employment, political integration, culture & social life
    • Case studies: Leipzig and Weißenfels
    • with speakers from science and practice


    summer term 2019 Leipzig Central Station - Perspectives for City and Retail

    summer term 2018 The Future of Urban Retail Locations - Leipzig's City Centre

  • Master module Stadtmanagement I

    winter term 2019/2020

  • Bachelor module "Stadtentwicklung und Bauwirtschaft"

    winter term 2019/2020 migration and urban development