DFG Research Training Group 2725 'Urban future-making' at HafenCity University Hamburg

The DFG-funded Research Training Group 2725 'Urban future-making: Professional agency across time and scale' is run by HafenCity University Hamburg with the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and the University of Hamburg (UHH). It investigates how built environment professionals act in the face of pressing challenges for transformative change in cities. It brings together researchers from sociology, geography, political science and urban studies with architecture, planning and engineering.

Duration: 3 years (6 semesters)  |  Intake: Next cohort April 2028 to March 2031; call for applications expected to open in summer 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

The structured qualification programme has an introductory semester, a 24-month core phase (semesters 2 to 5) with seminars, interdisciplinary workshops, a public lecture series and methods training, and a final wrap-up semester. Research is organised around three themes: Meanings and Values, Rules and Organizations, and Tools and Techniques.

Official programme page