Public evening lecture by Professor em. Dr.-Ing. Harald Kegler (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geosciences and Geography)
as part of the lecture series "Glimmers of hope? Inspiring perspectives for a just and sustainable future" organized by the Junges Kolleg Greifswald
Questions about the future of the city are becoming increasingly fundamental in the face of multiple crises. Climate change and rising sea levels pose fundamental, transformative challenges for urban societies: In 100 years, coastal cities could be gone. What options are there for acting in a hopeful, i.e. planned manner rather than reactively driven by fear? Greifswald is a model case for possible strategies. The basis for this was a project at the University of Kassel. A concrete regional plan is presented and discussed in an international context. This is also a contribution to the emerging future center in Halle - with references to Greifswald.
Harald Kegler studied urban planning at the Weimar University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and holds a degree in urban planning. He completed his doctorate and habilitation on the history of the discipline of urban and regional planning in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1987 to 1999 he was head of the experimental department at the Bauhaus Dessau. He was a visiting professor at the University of Miami (USA) from 2000 to 2002 and at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (2008-2012). From 2013 to 2023, he taught planning history and sustainable spatial planning at the University of Kassel. He is currently a visiting professor at Martin Luther University Halle.
Moderation: Amelie Hupe
