Dr.-Ing. Christiane Ziegler-Hennings

Luegstr. 24, 44267 Dortmund, Germany Tel. (+49) 0231/464251 e-mail: [email protected] married to Prof. Dr. Gerd Hennings; one daughter, Juliane

1970-1975 Student, Technical University of Munich Degree: Diplom-Ingenieurin (Dipl.- Ing.) in Landscape Planning

1975-1978 Landscape Planner in private landscape architecture firms in Dortmund; Activities: open space planning, preparing municipal green structures plans,

1978-2011 Faculty member, Department of Spatial Planning, Chair of Landscape Planning, University of Dortmund. Activities: teaching seminars and lectures, conducting examinations (primarily on the subjects of open space planning, urban ecology and landscape planning), acting as thesis advisor; Lecturer (1984-1996) on Ecology at SPRING (an English-language master’s degree program for planners from developing countries); numerous publications on open space planning, landscape ecology, brownfield-redevelopment, children and nature

Since 1980 Planning Consultant on urban design and development projects and contributor to expert reports for various municipalities (primarily in collaboration with the planning firm Zlonicky/Wachten); Jury Member for many design competitions

1986 Guest Lecturer at Michigan State University, USA; an initial invitation has led to several visits, lectures, presentations, and cooperative projects

1990-2013 Lecturer at the Immobilienakademie (Real Estate Academy), IREBS International Real Estate Business School, University of Regensburg on the subjects of urban ecology and open space planning

1992 Researcher, visit at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand, Environmental Situation and Problems in Thailand

1995-2008 Official Liaison for academic cooperation and exchange between the Faculty of Spatial Planning at the University of Dortmund and the Urban Planning Program at Michigan State University, German-American student projects on brownfield redevelopment

1996 granted the title of Adjunct Professor (ao. Professor) at the Urban Planning Program, Michigan State University, USA

2000 Doktor-Ingenieurin (Dr.-Ing.), doctoral degree granted from the Faculty of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund

Since 2009 Planning Consultant in the private consulting firm “Local economic Development and Open Space Planning”, Prof. Gerd Hennings, Dortmund

2009-2011 Research work in the Project: Children, Places for Nature Experience and Nature Protection in Urban Environment, the Example of Dortmund, 1.Report 2011

2011 Consultant on the Conference of the Emscher Genossenschaft:” Zu neuen Ufern, wem gehört der Raum am Fluss” (Starting to new Riverbanks, to whom belong the Spaces near the Rivers), assistant of Elisabeth Zeidler, momm

Since 2013 Research work in the project “ Sustainable Development of existing industrial areas”, for Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development

2014 Celebration and Award for the 30 Year Cooperation of the School of Planning, Construction and Design, MSU und the Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund, reapointed as an Adjunct Professor