Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests_____________________________________________
Socio-Spatial Research | Shrinking Cities and Urban Voids | Urban Theory |
Regional Focus: Germany, Poland, Europe
Education and Academic Experience_________________________________________
| 07/2023 – 11/2025 |
TU Dresden / Faculty of Environmental Sciences |
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since 09/2017 |
TU Dresden (IHI Zittau) / Chair of Ecological and Revitalizing Urban Transformation |
| 02/2015 – 07/2023 | Universität Passau / Philosophische Fakultät Doctoral Candidate in Geography |
| 05/2013 – 08/2017 | University of Passau / Chair of Human Geography Research Associate |
| 03/2015 - 06/2015 |
University of Łódź (PL) |
| 10/2011 – 09/2014 | University of Passau Master's programme in Geography (M.A.) Master's thesis: Shrinking cities. Development and planning ideas at the example of the old-industrial cities of Ruda Śląska und Wałbrzych in Poland. |
| 02/2013 – 05/2013 |
University of Wrocław (PL) |
| 10/2007 – 05/2011 | Harz University of applied Sciences and University of Angers (FR) Bachelor's programme in International Tourism Studies (B.A.) (German-French double degree programme) |
Publications___________________________________________________
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Knoop, B. (2026): Urbanität in geschrumpften Städten? Zur stadtgesellschaftlichen Potenzialität der Leere. Dissertation. TU Dresden. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-1054629 Knoop, B.; Battis-Schinker, E.; Knippschild, R.; Al-Alawi, S.; Książek, S. (2023): Built cultural heritage and quality of life in a context of peripheralisation. A case study Al-Alawi, S.; Knippschild, R.; Battis-Schinker, E.; Knoop, B. (2022): Linking Cultural Built Heritage and Sustainable Urban Development: Insights into Strategic Development Recommendations for the German-Polish Border Region. In: disP - The Planning Review, 58:2, 4-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2022.2123160 Knippschild, R.; Knoop, B. (2022): Welche Rolle spielen Forschungseinrichtungen für die kommunale Entwicklung abseits der Metropolen? Fünf Thesen zum Hochschul- und Forschungsstandort Görlitz. In: vhw FWS 2. Książek, S.; Belof, M.; Maleszka, W.; Gmur, K.; Kukuła, M.; Knippschild, R., Battis-Schinker, E.; Knoop, B.; Al-Alawi, S. (2022): Using Indicators to Evaluate Cultural Heritage and the Quality of Life in Small and Medium-Sized Towns: The Study of 10 Towns from the Polish-German Borderland. In: Sustainability, 14, 1322. DOI: Knoop, Bettina (2019): Stadtschrumpfung trifft auf Wachstumsparadigmen. Hintergründe und Konsequenzen am Beispiel polnischer Altindustriestädte. In: Gamerith, Scheffer (Eds.): Studien zur geographischen Regional- und Tourismusforschung. Passau. |
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Knoop, Bettina (2016): Schrumpfende Städte in Polen zwischen planerischer Ignoranz und Anpassung. In: Pol-Int: Salon. |
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Knoop, Bettina (2015): Planistyczne reakcje samorządów na kurczenie się miast. Przykład z dwóch polskich miast staroprzemysłowych. In: Jarosz; Kiec (Eds.): Samorząd terytorialny w Polsce i w Niemczech. Zielona Góra. 281-295. |
Editorial and Review Activities ________________________
Knoop, B.; Knippschild, R. (Eds.) (2026): Left-behind Places or Spaces of Possibilities? Shrinking Cities as Foregrounds for Urban Transitions“. In: Urban Planning, 11 (Thematic Issue). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/up.i471
Peer review activity for Papers in Applied Geography (2022)
Research Projects_______________________________________
REVIVAL! – Revitalisation of Historic Towns in Lower Silesia and Saxony (2018–2020; funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Interreg Poland–Saxony Programme 2014–2020)
Teaching__________________________________________________
Academic teaching experience since 2013
Completion of the didactic certificate programme "Hochschullehre Bayern" in 2018
Seminars, Lectures and Excursions (national and international) in the field of Human Geography at University of Passau and at TU Dresden (IHI Zittau)