Website Launching of the BMBF funding priority “Sustainable Development of Urban Regions” (SURE)

We are pleased to announce that the SURE website of the is now online: www.sustainable-urban-regions.org. Implementing research for sustainability and resilience – that is the core task of the BMBF funding priority “Sustainable Development of Urban Regions” (SURE). Within the framework of SURE, ten collaborative projects develop locally implementable solution…

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Build4People report in the bulletin of People-Environment Studies

In the latest issue #49 of the International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) bulletin, released in December 2021, an outline of the Build4People project from the environmental psychological perspective was published. The IAPS is an active and multidisciplinary association of researchers and practitioners who share interest in people’s interaction with…

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Dissemination of Build4People Special Edition of Architectural Guide Phnom Penh to Royal University of Phnom Penh

On 09 December 2021, the Build4People special edition of the Architectural Guide Phnom Penh got disseminated among representatives of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), the most important research partner of the Build4People project. All in all, 30 copies got distributed, 20 of them to the Hun Sen Library…

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SURE Synergy Workshop 3: Stakeholder dialogue between sustainability science and society

“Stakeholder Dialogue between Sustainability Science and Society “– this was the topic of the third synergy workshop organised by the SURE Facilitation and Synthesis Research Project on 2nd December 2021. SURE is a funding priority of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which focuses on research for sustainability (FONA strategy).…

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BuildPeople Presentation at the 11th International Forum on Green Technology and Management (IFGTM 2021), Can Tho, Vietnam

On 26 November 2021, the Build4People representative, Dr. Michael Waibel, Hamburg University introduced about the approaches of the Build4People project at the 11th International Forum on Green Technology and Management (IFGTM 2021), Can Tho, Vietnam. His presentation was based on an accepted conference abstract with following authors of the Build4People…

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Successful 2nd Build4People Curriculum Development Summit with representatives of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia

On 25 November 2021, the 2nd Build4People Curriculum Development Summit took place with many inspiring discussions. Counterpart of the Build4People team were representatives of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (FAUP-PUC). A particular focus of the Build4People project is to support the development of…

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Inspiring exchange of Build4People team with Cambodian Development Resource Institute to develop a “green, smart and inclusive campus”

On 12 November 2021, several Build4People team members had a fruitful exchange with leading representatives of the Cambodian Development Resource Institute (CDRI), a prominent and independent policy research institute in Cambodia. The main aim of this meeting was to discuss how the Build4People with its multi-disciplinary expertise can support CDRI…

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Participation of Build4People team members at the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress

On 28 October 2021, the accompanying project of the research programme “SURE: Sustainable Development of Urban Regions” funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) organised a special session with the title “Sustainable Development of Urban Regions” at the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress. The Build4People project…

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