University Professor Dr. Agnes Förster
Agnes Förster has been University Professor of Planning Theory and Urban Development at the RWTH Faculty of Architecture since July 2018. Her key research areas are innovative methods and instruments of urban development as well as urban transformation processes in areas such as living, working, and mobility.
Born on October 22, 1976, in Jena.
Education
1996 to 2003 | Studied Architecture at the Technical University of Munich and at EPFL, Lausanne |
2010 to 2014 | Doctorate from the Technical University of Munich |
Career
Since 2003 | Architect and urban planner (self-employed) |
2005 to 2015 | Research assistant at the Chair of Urban Development, Technical University of Munich |
Since 2014 | Head of STUDIO | STADT | REGION, an interdisciplinary team concerned with urban and regional development located in Munich |
2015 | Research stay at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands |
2016 to 2017 | Lecturer at Munich University of Applied Sciences in the Master's program "Community Development" and the Bachelor's program "Management of Social Innovations" |
Personal
Family: married, three children
Free time: spending time with the family, biking and hiking, music
You can't step into the same river twice.
Heraclitus