Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2001: Pre-Diploma in Urban Planning (equivalent to BA/BSc). Technical University Berlin

  • 2006: Master of Philosophy in Urban Planning. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

  • 2008: European Master of Arts in Comparative Urban Studies. Università degli studi di Urbino Carlo Bo & Università Milano-Bicocca

  • 2011: Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning. Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York

Employment

  • 2003-2006: Teaching Assistant & Instructor. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

  • 2008-2011: Researcher. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin

  • 2011-2014: Senior Researcher/Lecturer. ‘Habitat Unit’ - Lehrstuhl für Architektur und Stadtentwicklung im globalen Zusammenhang, Institute for Architecture, Technical University Berlin

  • 2013: Guest Professor. Dipartimento Architettura e Studi Urbani (DAStU). Politecnico di Milano

  • 2013-2015: Guest Professor (Planning Theory). Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

  • 2015-2018: Lecturer of Spatial Planning. School of Geography and Planning. Cardiff University

  • 2018-2019: Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design. School of Architecture and Cities. University of Westminster, London

  • Since 2019: Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design. School of Architecture and Cities. University of Westminster, London

Other academic positions and activities (selection)

  • 2009-2018: Instructor/faculty member. MSc programme ‘Mundus Urbano - International Cooperation in Urban Development’. Technical University Darmstadt

  • 2011-2012: Instructor Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin

  • 2011-2014: Member of the research group ‘Participation’ at the Center for Technology and Society (ZTG), Technical University Berlin

  • 2010-2016: Associated member. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin

  • 2012-2015": Coordinator of Erasmus-Mundus-Network ‘UrbanLab+ - International Network of Urban Laboratories’, Institute for Architecture, Technical University Berlin

  • 2018-2020: Instructor. MSc programme ‘Management of International Tourism’. Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

  • 2022-ongoing: External Examiner. MSc City Design and Social Science. London School of Economics (LSE)

Modules taught (selection, module leads are marked with an *)

Columbia University: Tourist City-Social City (studio)*; Technische Universität Berlin: Urban (re-)development planning and politics in the United States*; The Tourism – (Urban) Development Nexus*; URBAN PARADIGMS - Readings and Debates in International Urbanism*; Wem gehört die Stadt (Studienprojekt)*; Kunsthochschule Weissensee: Kunst und Kultur in der zeitgenössischen Stadtentwicklung*; Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus Senftenberg: Einfuehrung in die Wissenschaft und die Kultur der Stadt (GTB-5)*; Vermittlung von Planung / Planungstheorie (22302)*; Technical University Darmstadt: Planning for culture and consumption-based urban development*; Politecnico di Milano: Contemporary City: Description and Projects*; Cardiff University: Space & Place: International Planning Practice (CPT870)*; Planning: nature, purpose and instruments (CPT894)*; Planning for Sustainability (CPT878); Researching Contemporary Issues in Amsterdam (CPO257)*; Researching Contemporary Issues in New York (CPO368)*; Urban Economies (CPO144); Places and Plans (CPO121); Contemporary International Planning (CPO310). Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne: Module: Metropolization, Globalization and Tourism*; University of Westminster: Planning Theory and Practice I and II (7PLAN012/7PLAN013W)*; Work Experience and Professional Development (6PLAN003W)*; Dissertation and Policy Implementation Project (7PLAN003W)*, Planning in a Globalising World (7PLAN011W); Contemporary Issues in Designing Cities (4PLAN003W)*, City Tourism and Urban Change (6TOUR007W), Tourism, Culture and Society (7TOUR011W)

Advisory and consulting activities (selection)

  • 2007: Scientific advisory activity. Conference ‘New York – Berlin Kulturelle Vielfalt in urbanen Räumen’ (18 - 20 October 2007). Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

  • 2008: Conceptual design of an annual "Urban Design Week" to be held in New York and development of a grant proposal for the Institute for Urban Design (New York), submitted successfully to the Rockefeller Foundation

  • 2011-2013: Consulting activities for INPOLIS UCE GmbH, Berlin

  • 2013: Preparation of a professional report on ‘Social Inclusion – a ‘New’ Paradigm for Urban Governance and Development Policy?’ for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

  • 2014-2015: Consulting and academic monitoring (with Dr. Daniela Konrad) for a novel public event format (‘Architecture in Dialog’) for Roto Russia on behalf of Conwer Marketi

  • 2015-2017: Consultation on sustainable strategies for urban tourism & preparation of a concept for a 'citizens' council' on tourism. visit berlin Tourismusmarketing GmbH

  • 2016-2017: Principal author of the case study ‘Berlin’ for the City Tourism Performance Research/Survey of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) City Tourism Performance Research/Survey (paid)

  • 2017-2020: Consulting on sustainable strategies for urban tourism. Katrin Schmidberger, Spokeswoman for Tourism, Bündnis90/Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives

  • Since 2018: Curatorial board member. Internationale Bauausstellung Stuttgart-Region 2027 (IBA’ 27)

  • 2022: Jury member ‘Klaus Novy Preis für Innovationen beim genossenschaftlichen Bauen und Wohnen’. Verein ‘Wohnen in Genossenschaften’

Publications

Books

Peters, D. and J. Novy (2012). Railway Station Mega-Projects and the Re-Making of Inner Cities in Europe. Built Environment 38/1 (special issue)

Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil (2009). Searching for the Just City. New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415776134

Alfaro d’Alençon, P., Campkin, B., Gupta, R., Novy, J. and M. Savela (2015). Global Education for Urban Futures. Urban Pamphleteer #6. London: UCL

Colomb, C. and J. Novy (2016). Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City. New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138856714

Novy, J., Gravari-Barbas, M., Jovic, M. and S. Jacquot (forthcoming). Tourism and/in the Metropolis. Exploring the Conceptual and Geographical Frontiers of ‘Metropolitan Tourism’. London: University of Westminster Press

Chapters in books

Novy, J. and S. Schaller (2005). Gemeinwesensorientierte Stadtteilerneuerung in Washington DC. In: Kessl, F. et al. (eds.): Handbuch Sozialraum (pp. 577-596). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-531-19983-2)

Novy, J. (2008). Status Quo Sustainability. In: Byles, J. and O. Kazi (eds.): The New York 2030 Notebook (pp. 34-41). New York: Institute for Urban Design. ISBN 9780982086100

Huning, S. and J. Novy (2008). Stadtteiltourismus als Entwicklungsmotor? Die Beispiele Harlem, New York und Berlin Kreuzberg. In: Freytag, T. and A. Kagermeier (eds.): Städtetourismus zwischen Kultur und Kommerz (pp. 177-92). Berlin: Profil Verlag. ISBN 9783890196442

Huning, S. and J. Novy (2008). Von der Realität des Mythos: Kreuzberg und Harlem. In: Stemmler, S. and S. Arnold (eds.): New York Berlin. Kulturen in der Stadt (pp. 81-85). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. ISBN 9783835303287

Huning, S and J. Novy (2009). Stadtteiltourismus als Hoffnungsträger für benachteiligte Quartiere? In: Altrock, U., et al. (eds.): Städte im Aufbruch. Stadtentwicklungspolitische Handlungsoptionen in Krisenzeiten (pp. 215-230). Planungsrundschau 16. Berlin: Altrock Verlag. ISBN 978-3-937735-07-8

Novy, J. and S. Huning (2009). New Tourism Areas in the ‘New’ Berlin. In: Maitland, R. and P. Newman (eds.): World Tourism Cities (pp. 87-108). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780203886564

Novy, J. and M. Mayer (2009). As ‘Just’ as it Gets? The European City in the ‘Just City’ Discourse. In: Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil (eds.), Searching for the Just City (pp. 103-120). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415776134

Potter, C. and J. Novy (2009). Walking toward the Just City: Summing Up, Moving Forward. In: Connolly, J., Marcuse, P., Novy, J., Olivo, I., Potter, C. and J. Steil (eds.), Searching for the Just City (pp.229-239). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415776134

Novy, J. and S. Schaller (2010). New York City’s Waterfronts as Strategic Sites for Analyzing Neoliberalism and its Contestations. In: Desfor, G. et al. (eds.): Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfront Change (pp. 182-204). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415874939

Novy, J. (2010). What’s new about new Urban Tourism? And what do recent changes in Travel imply for the ‘Tourist City’ Berlin? In: Richter, J. (eds.): Tourist City Berlin (pp. 190-199). Berlin: Braun Publishing. ISBN 978-3-03768-058-2

Novy, J. (2011). Urban Ethnic Tourism in New York City’s Neighborhoods - Then and Now. In: Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds.): Gateways to the Urban Economy: Ethnic Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption (pp. 23-40). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415719681

Novy, J. (2011). Kreuzberg’s Multi- and Intercultural Realities. Are they Assets? In: Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds.): Gateways to the Urban Economy: Ethnic Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption (pp. 75-91). New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415719681

Novy, J. (2012). Jane Jacobs’ Tod und Leben großer amerikanischer Städte. In: Leggewie, C. et al. (Eds.): 101 Schlüsselwerke der Kulturwissenschaften (pp. 296-298). Berlin: Transcript-Verlag. ISBN 9783837613278

Novy, J. (2013). Städtetourismus, Stadtteiltourismus und der Mythos Städtischer Steuerung. Das Beispiel Berlin. In: Wöhler, K. (ed.): Destination Governance (pp. 265-286). Berlin: ESV-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-503-15451-7

Novy, J. and D. Peters (2013). Railway Megaprojects as Catalysts for the Re-Making of Post-Industrial Cities? The Case of ‘Stuttgart 21’ In Germany. In: del Cerro, G. (ed.): Urban Megaprojects: a worldwide view (pp. 237-262). Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 9781781905937

Novy, J. (2013). ‘Berlin Does Not Love You’ – Notes on Berlin’s ‘tourism controversy’ and its discontents. In: Bernt, M., B. Grell and A. Holm (eds.): The Berlin reader: a companion on urban change and activism (pp. 223-237). Berlin: Transcript–Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8394-2478-0

Novy, J. (2014). Die eroberte Stadt. In: Holm, A. (ed.): Reclaim Berlin. Soziale Kämpfe in der neoliberalen Stadt (pp. 250-270). Berlin: Assoziation A. ISBN 978-3935936941

Novy, J. and C. Colomb (2020). Overdosed, Underplanned or What? Making Sense of Urban Tourism's ‘Politicisation from Below’. In: Oksam, J. (ed.). The Overtourism Debate (pp. 75-93). Bingley: Emerald Publishing. ISBN 978183867488

Fainstein S. and J. Novy (2021). Property speculation: causes and consequences. In: Chu, C.L. and S. He (eds.) The Speculative City: Emerging Forms and Norms of the Built Environment. Toronto: Toronto University Press.

Colomb, C., & Novy, J. (2021). Making sense of (new) social mobilisations, conflicts and contention in the tourist city: A typology. In: Fregolent, L., & O. Nel-o (eds.). Social Movements and Public Policies in Southern European Cities (pp. 53-74). Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-52754-9

Novy, J and D. Peters (2022). Turning streetscapes into public spaces. In: Bharne, V. (ed.). The Street as innovative infrastructure. Rotterdam: NAI Publishers

Novy, J. and C. Sommer (forthcoming). Wenn Städte Besuch bekommen: Über die Parallelität von Konflikten und "Konvivialität" und die verschwimmenden Grenzen zwischen Reisenden und Bereisten. In: Freytag, T. et al. (eds.). Handbuch Tourismuswissenschaft. Nomos Verlag

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Novy, J. and D. Peters (2012). Railway Station Mega-Projects as Public Controversies: The Case of Stuttgart 21. Built Environment, 38(1), 128-145. ISSN 0263-7960

Novy, J. and C. Colomb (2013). Struggling for the right to the (creative) city in Berlin and Hamburg. New urban social movements, new ‘spaces of hope’? International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 37(5), 1816-1838. ISSN 03091317

Novy, J. (2018). ‘Destination’ Berlin revisited. From (new) tourism towards a pentagon of mobility and place consumption. Tourism Geographies, 20(3), 418-442. ISSN 1461-6688

Novy. J. (2018). Urban tourism as a bone of contention. Four explanatory hypotheses and a caveat. International Journal of Tourism Cities, 5(1), 63-74. ISSN 2056-5607.

Novy, J. (2019). Engaging students to engage. TERRITORIO, 88, 72-75. ISSN 1825-8689

Novy, J. & C. Colomb (2019) Urban tourism as a source of contention and social mobilisations: A critical review. Tourism Planning & Development, 16(4), 358-375. ISSN, 2156-8324.

Novy, J. (2022). The promise and perils of the ‘productive city’. European Journal of Spatial Development, 19(2), 1-12

Novy, J. (2023). In defence of the “Wutbürger”: On rage and reason in the revolt against Stuttgart 21. Essay for Interface issue on "Planning and Resistance", ed. by Susan Fainstein and John Forester. Planning Theory & Practice (early view)

Novy, J. and S. Fainstein (2023). Right-wing populism and planning. Journal of Urban Affairs (early view)

Book reviews in peer-reviewed journals

Novy, J. (2013). Book review of ‘Justice and the American Metropolis’ by Clarissa R. Hayward and Todd Swanstrom (eds.). In: Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), 79(2), 182

Novy, J. (2014). Book Review of ‘The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy. Global Perspectives’ by Carl Grodach and Daniel Silver (eds.). In: Urban Affairs Review 50, 303-305.

Novy, J. (2017). Book Review of ‘Cities for a Small Continent. International Handbook of City Recovery’ by Anne Power with Bruce Katz. In: Community Development Journal, 730–733

Other text-based outputs (selection)

Huning, S. and Novy, J. (2006). Tourism as an Engine of Neighbourhood Regeneration? Some Remarks Towards a Better Understanding of Urban tourism ‘beyond the Beaten Path’. CMS Working Paper Series, 06/2006. Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University Berlin

Novy, J. (2008). Die Entdeckung der ‘Mannigfaltigkeit’ - Wie Jane Jacobs ‘Tod und Leben großer amerikanischer Städte’ die Stadtforschung veränderte. Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History, 4 (2007)

Novy, J. (2009). Homemade Urban Industrial Decline. CITIES. The Magazine. Issue 00 – Industrial Renewal. Autumn 2009

Peters, D. and J. Novy (2011). Stuttgart 21: weder ‘einzigartig’ noch ‘beispielhaft’. Planung Neu Denken (PnD Online), 3/2011

Novy, J. (2012). Ohne Touristen wäre die Stadt langweiliger (interview). die tageszeitung, 4 August 2012

Novy, J. (2012). ‘Just Architecture’ - Just Now! Notes on a Trajectory for Change. ERA21 Magazine, 1/2012: 33-35

Novy, J. (2014). Und noch eine Konsumhölle. Die Zeit Online, 24 October.

Novy, J. (2015). Olympische Spiele in Berlin. Die Versprechen können nicht gehalten werden. Der Tagesspiegel, 14 February 2015

Novy, J. (2015). Baukultur ist… Gesellschaft, ist Politik, ist Prozess. Kolumne Baukultur, 38. Stiftung Baukultur.

Novy, J. (2015). Smart Cities: Wunsch- oder Alptraum? politische ökologie, 142 (September 2015).

Novy, J. (2017). Die Smart City wird erwachsen. enorm Stadt, 01/2017.

Novy, J. and N. Grube (2018). Streitgrund Stadttourismus. Über die Ursachen und Folgen der Debatte um Overtourism und Tourismusphobie. PLANERIN, 06/2018.

Novy, J. (2021). Platz Da! Wie europäische Metropolen mehr öffentlichen Raum schaffen. Koelnarchitektur, 3/2021

Novy, J. and C. Sommer (2021). Berlin fehlt ein Konzept fuer nachhaltigen Tourismus. Der Tagesspiegel. 23 Juni 2021

Novy, J. (2021). Amsterdam is laying down a model for what tourism should look like after COVID. The Conversation, 06 June 2021

Novy, J. (2021). Europe is going circular and cities like Amsterdam are taking the lead. Newsweek Japan. 18 November 2021

Novy, J. (2022). Urbane Produktion in London. Ein kleines „Comeback’ und viele Hindernisse. IBA Positionen. Internationale Bauausstellung Stuttgart Region 2027

Novy, J. (2023). The industry’s inconvenient truth. We can’t just build greener we must build less. Planning in London, Issue 125 April-June 2023

Media appearances (interviews, op-eds etc.)

L’Opinion, Wall Street Journal, El Pais, New York Times, New York Magazine, Wired, Der Tagesspiegel, die tageszeitung (taz), Die Zeit (Online)The Guardian, City Monitor, Financial Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Il Manifesto, The New Republic, Fast Company, Stylist, DeutschlandfunkARTE, Der Spiegel, Wirtschaftswoche etc. (for more details click here).

Conference & event contributions

Conference & event organisation (selection)

  • 2006: ‘Planning and the Just City’, 29 April 2006 at Columbia University, New York City

  • 2009: ‘Railways, Real Estate & the Re-Making of Cities in the 21st Century’, 16. and 17. Oktober 2009 at the Technical University Berlin

  • 2014: ‘Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City. An International Symposium’, 27-30 November 2014, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Berlin

  • 2017: ‘Planning for the Just City’, 14 November 2017, Cardiff University

  • 2021:‘Urban Tourism - What Future after COVID-19?’ (public webinar), 01 June 2021, University of Westminster

 Conference & event keynotes, talks etc. (selection)

  • Paper presentation. Symposium ‘Backstage Tourism’. Technical University Graz. Graz, Austria (01/04)

  • Paper presentation. Symposium ‘Tourist City. Die Neuerfindung des Ortes’. Bremen, Germany (04/04)

  • Paper presentation. Annual conference of the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Montreal, Canada (04/06)

  • Paper presentation (with Dr. Sandra Huning). World Congress of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Durban, South Africa (07/06)

  • Invited talk/presentation (with Dr. Sandra Huning). ‘ThinkCity’ event series. Center for Metropolitan Studies (CMS), Technical University Berlin. Berlin (11/06)

  • Paper presentation. International Workshop on ‘Ethnic neighborhoods and tourism’. University of Amsterdam, IMES. Paper Presentation. Rabat, Morocco (05/07)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘Wir bekommen Besuch. Tourismus in Berlin’, Stadtforum Berlin. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin. Berlin (12/07)

  • Paper presentation. International Workshop on ‘Ethnic neighborhoods and tourism’. University of Amsterdam, IMES. Istanbul, Turkey (01/08)

  • Invited talk/presentation. Symposium ‘Architecture & tourism’. Technical University Berlin. Berlin (02/08)

  • Paper presentation. Second annual conference of the transatlantic graduate college New York-Berlin. New York, USA (09/08)

  • Paper presentation. International conference ‘The fixity and flow of urban waterfronts’. HafenCity University. Hamburg, Germany (10/08)

  • Paper presentation. ‘City Futures’ conference of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). Madrid, Spain (06/09)

  • Arbeitskreis Nordamerika, Deutscher Geographentag. Discussant/panelist. Wien, Austria (09/09)

  • Invited talk/presentation. Symposium ‘Beyond Planwerk’. Technical University Berlin. Berlin, Germany (01/10)

  • Discussant/panelist. Symposium ‘Re-Imagining Berlin from Los Angeles?’. Technical University Berlin. Berlin, Germany (03/10)

  • Invited talk/presentation. Arbeitskreis ’Linke Metropolenpolitik’. Berlin, Germany (04/10)

  • Discussant/panelist. ‘Grüner Wirtschaftstag’ Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Berlin, Germany (10/10)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘Potenziale der ethnischen Ökonomie und ihrer kulturellen Vielfalt für die Tourismuswirtschaft im Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’. Fachforum, Interkulturelle Wochen Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Berlin, Germany (11/10)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘The Uprising of the ‘creative class’ in Berlin and Hamburg. New urban social movements, new ‘spaces of hope’?’ ‘Fragile Conference’, KU Leuven. Ghent, Belgium (04/11)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Struggling for a right to the (creative) city’. Conference/festival ‘Private/Public - Events in private and public space’. Skopje, Macedonia (06/11)

  • Moderation. ‘Ideenaufruf Spreeufer’. ‘Experimentdays 2011’. Berlin, Germany (09/11)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘Current trends in urban tourism and what they (might) mean for Nicosia’. Invited Talk. Public workshop ‘Place Branding for Nicosia, Cyprus’. Municipality of Nicosia & Reconstruction and Resettlement Council. Nicosia, Cyprus (11/11)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘Urban regeneration in Berlin’. School of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading. Reading, United Kingdom (11/11)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Wer plant hier? Methodencheck: Demokratie und Stadtplanung’. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Architektur. Wien, Austria (03/12)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘New Tourism and the challenge of sustainability’. Conference ‘Sustainable tourism in urban environments’.  Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong (04/12)

  • Paper presentation. ‘The Struggle surrounding Stuttgart 21. New form of protest or old wine in new bottles?’. 2nd Forum of sociology of the International Sociology Association (ISA). Buenos Aires, Argentine (08/12)

  • Paper presentation. ‘Transformation on the edges: The cases of Jersey City and Vienna’s Donau City’ (with Susan Fainstein). Authors’ symposium ‘Explaining Metropolitan transformation; Politics, functions and symbols’. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands (01/13)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘New tourism in the ‘new’ Berlin? Contemporary trends in tourism and place consumption and their implications for urban scholarship’. Lecture series ‘DAStU Urbanistica 13’. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy (06/13)

  • Paper presentation. ‘The quest for inclusion and the case of interdisciplinarity’. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) Workshop ‘Integrated public Spaces as inclusion strategy’. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago de Chile, Chile (12/2013)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘Ansatzpunkte und Stoßrichtungen kritischer Stadtforschung und emanzipatorischer Praxis’. Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation NRW. Cologne, Germany (04/14)

  • Keynote. ‘Die nachhaltige Stadt’. Grüner Zukunftskongress. Linz, Austria (11/14)

  • Keynote ‘Urban Tourism. The end of the Honeymoon?’. Global Summit on City Tourism. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Barcelona, Spain (12/14)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘‘Integrated’ but contested: an interdisciplinary perspective on the rail station area redevelopment project ’Stuttgart 21’’, Germany. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) workshop ‘Interdisciplinarity’. Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong (04/14)

  • Invited talk/presentation ‘The quest for Inclusion and the case for intercultualism’. UrbanLab+ (Erasmus Mundus) Workshop ‘Intercultural learning’. Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) Mumbai, India (02/14)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘City tourism: reason to cheer or protest?’ ‘Debating development’ event series. Universiteit Antwerpen. Antwerp, Belgium (12/15)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Boundaries and bridges: The dynamics of urban diversity’ - 7th German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium (GISFOH). Jerusalem, Israel (10/15)

  • Keynote. ‘Convention Centers and the tourist city’ Annual Conference of the International Association of Convention Centres (AIPC). Boston, USA (07/15) 

  • Paper presentation. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA (04/15)

  • Invited talk. ‘Urban Knights’ lecture series. Watershed, UWE Bristol and University of Bristol. University of the West of England. Bristol, UK (12/16)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Tourism planning/policy in Berlin – catching up’ rather than at the cutting edge’. Euro-Mediterranean forum for sustainable urban tourism. Barcelona, Spain (09/16)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘¿Cómo gestionamos eléxito de las ciudades?’ University of the Basque Country I Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa I Donostia-San Sebastián City Hall. San Sebastian, Spain (06//16)

  • Guest critic. ‘Urban Ethics’ Research Group. Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. Munich, Germany (06/16)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Destination Berlin. Notes on urban tourism, urban diversity and urban change’. Conference ‘Les périphéries métropolitaines au prisme des mobilités touristiques’. Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. Paris, France (05/16)

  • Keynote. ‘Urban tourism as a bone of contention. Four explanatory hypotheses and a caveat’.  Symposium ‘Reshaping European cities? – Exploring policies, practices and everyday realities concerning ‛Airbnbification’’. University of Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria (11/17)

  • Invited talk. Public forum ‘Venezia, Barcelona, Berlino e Parigi nell’epoca del turismo globale’. Venice, Italy (06/17)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘(Post-)Tourism in Berlin: Stories of conflict and conviviality’. Workshop ‘Local Experiences of Urban Tourism’. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands (07/17)

  • Keynote. Symposium ‘Reinventing the ordinary. The frontiers of tourism’. EIREST, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne & PUCA. Paris, France (02/17)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Tourism and Social Justice’ symposium. Southbank University & CABE Publishers. London, UK (01/17)

  • Invited talk. Hopes and Troubles of New Urban Tourism. Royal Geography Society Annual International Conference. London, United Kingdom (08/2019)

  • Keynote. ‘Tourism in the City. Overdosed Underplanned or What?‘.‘Touristification Impossible‘ Conference. University of Leicester. Leicester, United Kingdom (06/19)

  • Invited talk/presentation. ‘Tourism in the City. Overdosed Underplanned or What?‘ Séminaire de recherche. Université de Lausanne. Lausanne, Switzerland (06/19)

  • Opening keynote. ‘Konfliktgegenstand Stadttourismus. Overdosed, underplanned, or what?‘ Jahreskonferenz Arbeitskreis Tourismusforschung & Arbeitskreis Stadtzukünfte. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geografie. Freiburg, Germany (05/19)

  • Invited talk: ‘Mixed Use 2.0: Gedanken zur Veränderung im Denken und in der Praxis in London’. IBA'27-Workshop über die zukünftige Entwicklung der Neckarspinnerei in Wendlingen-Unterboihingen. Wendlingen-Unterboihingen, Germany (06/21).

  • Invited talk. Städtetourismus und Wohnqualität. Onlineworkshop Städtetourismus und urbanes Leben. Schader Stiftung. Online (07/2021)

  • Invited talk. International workshop: The democratic foundations of the Just City. Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau, University of Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland (11/2021)

  • Invited talk. ‘Tourists in the city. From conflict (back) to conviviality and mutual benefit‘. International Conference The Overtourist City. Malaga, Spain (12/2022)