Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Linke’s lecture on “Ownership of land in urban development – between private benefit and the common good” explored the tension between private property rights and public interests in addressing urban challenges such as climate adaptation and infrastructure development.

In the public series of events organized by the AG Interdisziplinäre Stadtforschung in cooperation with NUR – Network Urban Research, researchers from the AG Interdisziplinäre Stadtforschung at TU Darmstadt and invited guests from various disciplines will present their current work on the topic of the city. The “Stadtgespräche” are open to all interested parties at the university as well as the urban public and practitioners.

This year's excursion “Development of rural areas” took the excursion group to Vogtland in Saxony from June 4 to June 6. The Master's students of civil and environmental engineering, who were accommodated in Plauen, had the opportunity to explore the LEADER region “legendary Vogtland” together with fellow students from TU Dresden and a group of surveying trainees.

The SUD Career Day provided a great opportunity to network and learn about career prospects in Germany.

Under the title “REGENERATE – Reuse for Energy Exploitation and storage of existing urban Tunnels in Europe”, a new joint project has started in which we, together with partners from Italy, Austria and Romania, are researching the energy potential of tunnels and other underground structures for regenerative heat generation.