Dipl. Ing., Dr. “Wie öffentlicher Raum aussieht, wer ihn benutzen darf, wem er gehört, wer ihn macht … das alles sind Aspekte der Politik des Öffentlichen Raums die gesellschaftlichen Ausverhandlungsprozessen unterliegen und deswegen so aussagekräftige Analysefilter für gesellschaftliche Machtverhältnisse sind.”
External lecturer

Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Vienna University of Technology

External lecturer
Landscape architect

Contact

Email. eva.schwab@boku.ac.at

Curriculum vitae Eva Schwab

born in 1974 in Salzburg

Professional career, planning and research practice

Studied landscape architecture at BOKU Vienna, practiced as a landscape architect for public and private clients for many years afterwards. In parallel, external lecturer at BOKU and TU.

2009 – 2015 Scientific Teaching and Research Assistant (Universitätsassistentin) at BOKU Vienna, Institute of Landscape Architecture.

2015 dissertation on issues of spatial justice in state programs to upgrade informal settlements in Latin America since 2015 post-doc researcher in interdisciplinary teams.

Research

Socio-spatial urban research; politics of public space; planning, design, use and management of public open spaces in the context of power relations, representation and recognition; participation in planning and design; spatial justice and forms of production space.