Sabine+Knierbein

**Sabine Knierbein [CV] Dr. phil. European Urban Studies, Graduate Engineer in Landscape Architecture  D.O.B: 10-09-1977 (Germany) Address 1: Karlsgasse 13/2, A-1040 Vienna - Austria Phone: +43(1) 58801 26816. Fax: +43(1) 58801 26899. E-Mail: knierbein@skuor.tuwien.ac.at ** Since December 2008 Dr. phil. Sabine Knierbein is in charge of the scientific development, the structural establishment and management of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR) at the Vienna University of Technology. She also is realizes further activities such as academic networking on the European as well as international scale. 
 * ACADEMIC STUDIES**

06|2009 Viva voce examination at the Institute for European Urban Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Bauhaus-University Weimar (Dr. phil., s.c.l.) **The production of central public spaces and the economy of attention. Aesthetic, economic and media-based restructuring by design-related coalitions in Berlin since 1980 (in German)**

10| 2004 – 11|2008 Ph D Research at the Chair for Spatial Planning and Spatial Research, Institute for European Urban Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany. 10|2004 Admission to the International PHD Programme “European Urban Studies” partly funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) Institute of European Urban Studies (IfEU), Faculty of Architecture Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

1999 – 2004 Landscape Architecture Studies | Open Space Planning Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Agricultural Science, University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany diploma thesis: **“Urban Squares in the microcentre of Córdoba (Argentina) and their perception” passed with distinction, (grade: 1.1) ** **PROFESSIONAL CAREER & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ** 12|2008 – Today Head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR). SKuOR Assistant professor. Postdoctoral research activities at the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning, TU Vienna, Austria.

01|2009 Survey expert scholarship holder selection process Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, FH-Auswahl, Magdeburg

10|2008 - 02|2009 Teaching – Seminar on Information. Communication. Attention! Exploring contemporary fields of urban research in Berlin (English). Postgraduate Masters Course at the Institute for European Urban Studies, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany.

10|2008 Discussion participant at the meeting The Latin-American City in Flux. Chair for Spatial Planning and Spatial Research. Institute for European Urban Studies. Faculty of Architecture. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Germany.

11|2007 - 12|2007 3rd Postgraduate Research Stay PROURB, Universidade Federal (UFRJ)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil further research visits at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, at Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador da Bahia; Initiation of Informal German-Brazil Postgraduate Network „Spatial-Ized“

10|2007 Conception, Organisation and Participation German-Belgian PHD Colloquium, a joint academic event of SP2SP Project Universiteit Antwerpen, KU Leuven, Universiteit Gent and Bauhaus-University Weimar. Venue: Representation of the Federal State of Thuringia, Berlin, Germany

08|2007 - 01|2008 Conception, Organisation and Participation Transdisciplinary Workshop Dialogues on Public Spaces – a German-Brazilian Perspective. Joint Academic Event Series between Martin- Luther Universität Halle, Technischen Universität Berlin and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

07|2007 Participation AESOP PHD Workshop, Paestum, Italy

07/08|2007 Participation and Mentoring Guest Student Program Germany Brazil, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

06|2007 Participation 3rd International PHD Colloquium Dipartimento de Studi urbani, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Helsinki University of Technology (YTK) and IfEU, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Helsinki, Finland

08|2006 - 12|2006 Participation Future Urban Research Program, Annual Issue 2006 Urban Governance Marie Curie Fellow Research Project of the European Commission Örebrö, Sweden

11|2006 Moderation 2nd International PHD Colloquium Dipartimento de Studi urbani, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Helsinki University of Technology (YTK) and IfEU, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Weimar, Germany

09|2006 - 10|2006 2nd Postgraduate Research Stay PROURB, UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

09|2006 - 11|2006 Teaching Activity Seminar “La ciudad posindustrial: Gobernanza urbana y espacios estratégicos” (Spanish), Postgraduate course at the Departamento de Geografía de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de Educación, led by Dra. Claudia Tomadoni Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina

09|2006 - 11|2006 Teaching Activity Seminar “Estrategias urbanas en un contexto posindustrial” (Spanish), graduate seminar, “Carrera de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades”, in cooperation with Dra. Claudia Tomadoni Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

04|2006 - 07|2006 Teaching Activity Seminar “Politics and public space in Berlin” (English), Master programme Public art and new artistic strategies, Faculty of Gestaltung, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Max Welch Guerra Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany

12|2005 Participation 1st International PHD Colloquium Dipartimento de Studi urbani, Università degli Studi Roma Tre and IfEU, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Facoltà di Architettura, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

04|2005 Guest Lecture Visits Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño and Facultad de Psicología Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

03|2005 - 04|2005 1st Postgraduate Research Stay PROURB, UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01|2005-12|2007 Coordination and Collaboration Binational Research Project ProBral “The changing politics of public space – Rio de Janeiro und Berlin“; project-related scientist exchange funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the “Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior” (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of Education

05|2004 - 09|2004 Contracted Engineer in Open Space Planning “Topos – City Planning”Urban Research and Landscape Planning Berlin, Germany

2003 2nd Academic Internship and Research Stay Department for Urban Landscapes, Municipality of Córdoba, Argentina funded by scholarship from the Mühlfenzl-Stiftung, Germany

2002 – 2003 Tutor Subject: Open Space Planning I Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Agricultural Science University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany

2002 Voluntary Traineeship RMP Landschaftsarchitekten Bonn, Germany

2001 1st Academic Internship NJTLC Landscape Consultants London, UK funded by scholarship from the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft (now InWEnt)

2000 Voluntary Traineeship Schupp und Thiel – Office for Landscape Architecture Münster, Germany

08|1997 - 06|1999 Apprenticeship Landscape Gardener, Professional Education („Gärtnerin, Fachrichtung Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau“) Oelde, Germany  **AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS ** 12|2005 – 11|2008 Doctoral Fellowship granted by the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“)

10|2004 -09|2005 Graduate Fellowship German National Academic Foundation („Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“)

2002 - 2004 Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowship German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

03|2005 Award ”Most promising diploma thesis” University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany **PUBLICATIONS ** Knierbein, S (2010b) Stadtpolitik in Lateinamerika. Staatliche Steuerung im Kontext zunehmender sozialräumlicher Disparitäten und ihre Reflexion in der deutschsprachigen Stadtforschung. IN: SANCHEZ STEINER, L, IMILAN, W. y ALFARO, P. Die lateinamerikanische Stadt im Wandel. Tagungsband einer DAAD-Konferenz der TU Berlin und der Bauhaus Universität Weimar. Berlin (going to press shortly)

Knierbein, S (2010a) Die Produktion zentraler öffentlicher Räume in der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden

Tomadoni, C und Knierbein, S (2009) La producción del espacio urbano en cambio. Revista Gestión y Ambiente. Vol. 12, No. 1 Mayo 2009, pp. 13-18 Free download

Knierbein, S (2009a) Shaping central public spaces – design-related partnerships in Berlin. In: ECKARDT, F. and ELANDER, I. (Eds): Urban Governance in Europe, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2008, pp. 173-202

Knierbein, S (2008b) Mobiliário urbano e publicidade em espaços públicos centrais – os casos de Berlim e de Rio de Janeiro. In: DA SILVA ANDRADE, L., FESSLER VAZ, L. and WELCH GUERRA, M. (eds). Os Espaços Públicos nas políticas urbanas: leituras sobre o Rio de Janeiro e Berlim. Rio de Janeiro:: Editora Prourb (going to press shortly)

Knierbein, S (2008a) Central public spaces in European cities in transition. In: Alfa Spectra: Central and European Journal of Architecture and Planning CIDRE, E., COTELLA, G. and NUNES, R. (Eds) Central and Eastern Europe in the Face of European Enlargement: New Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Environments, Bratislava: Slovak University of Technology Faculty of Architecture, 2008/1 (in print)

Knierbein, S (2006b) Die Produktion öffentlichen Raums als planungspolitischer Prozess. In: FESSLER VAZ, L., KNIERBEIN, S. and WELCH GUERRA, M. Der öffentliche Raum in der Planungspolitik. Studien aus Rio de Janeiro und Berlin. Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität

Knierbein, S (2006a) Stadtstrände als öffentliche Räume. Das Beispiel Rio de Janeiro. In: FESSLER VAZ, L., KNIERBEIN, S. and WELCH GUERRA, M. Der öffentliche Raum in der Planungspolitik. Studien aus Rio de Janeiro und Berlin. Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität

Fessler Vaz, L, Knierbein, S and Welch Guerra, M (2006) Der öffentliche Raum in der Planungspolitik. Studien aus Rio de Janeiro und Berlin. Weimar. Universitätsverlag der Bauhaus-Universität. 2006

**SKILLS / APPLICATION ** Languages Written and Oral Proficiency in German, English and Spanish, moderate level: Portuguese, French

