Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik explained

Type:	Think tank
Headquarters:	Zimmerstr. 13-15 10969 Berlin Germany
Leader Title:	Director
Leader Name:	Carsten Kühl
Leader Title2:	CEO
Leader Name2:	Busso Grabow
Size:	250px
Abbreviation:	difu
Location:	Berlin, Germany Cologne, Germany (branch)

The Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (English: German Institute of Urban Affairs) is a German think tank. It conducts research on urban development in Germany and in other German-speaking countries or regions.^[1]

The institute was founded by the German Association of Cities on 15 February 1973, and was named on 1 October 1973.^[2] It is headquartered in Berlin, runs a branch in Cologne and is structured as a company with limited liability.^[3]

Leaders

• 1973-1978:
• 1978-1981: ^[4]
• 1981-1992: Dieter Sauberzweig
• 1992-2006: Heinrich Mäding
• 2006-2013:
• 2013-2018: Martin zur Nedden
• 2018–present:

Further reading

issued by the institute

• Archiv für Kommunalwissenschaften
• Deutsche Zeitschrift für Kommunalwissenschaften

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Heinrich Mäding .

   de:Heinrich Mäding

   . On the Variety of Policy Advice in Spatial and Urban Development: Experience and Considerations Taking the German Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning and the German Institute of Urban Affairs as Examples . Informationen zur Raumentwicklung . 0303-2493 . 7-8 . 2011 .
2. Web site: Geschichte: Der Weg zum Difu - Aus der Vorgeschichte des Deutschen Instituts für Urbanistik . de . Christian Engeli . Difu.de . 21 January 2019 .
3. Web site: German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) . de, en . Difu.de . 21 January 2019 .
4. Erinnerung an Erika Spiegel (1925–2017) . Einhard Schmidt-Kallert . 2018 . DisP - the Planning Review . 2166-8604 . 54 . de .