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Elina Kränzle, Doctoral Candidate
MSc Urban Studies
BSc Urbanistik (Urban Planning)
In her research, Elina Kränzle investigates processes of urban development in a context of social and political transformations. She holds a degree in Urbanistik from Bauhaus Universität Weimar and has completed an interdisciplinary Erasmus Mundus Master in Urban Studies with study periods in Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen and Madrid. Between 2015-2018 she worked as university assistant at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space and as assistant to the head of Stadtteilarbeit (district work) at Caritas Vienna, developing projects for inclusive neighborhoods. Since 2018, she has been a Fellow of the German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, where she is completing her doctoral thesis that explores different phenomena of space production by the nation-state and links discourses on nationalism and urbanization as constitutive forces of contemporary societies.
Doctoral Candidate
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space E285-02
future.lab
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Vienna University of Technology
Contact
Email. elina.kraenzle@skuor.tuwien.ac.at
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education
| Since 12/2018 | Doctoral Fellow of the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes“ (German Academic Foundation) |
| Since 03/2017 | Doctoral Candidate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, TU Wien Thesis: “Zones of Insecurity – Nation, Nationalism and the Politics of Public Space” (working title) |
| 09/2013 – 09/2015 | Master of Science Cum Laude in Urban Studies, Erasmus Mundus 4CITIESat universities in Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen and Madrid Thesis: “Re-appropriating the city of crisis – activism and participation in the governance of public space in Madrid and Berlin”Erasmus Mundus Scholarship awarded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission |
| 10/2008 – 10/2012 | Bachelor of Science in UrbanistikBauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany Thesis: “Flüchtlinge in der Stadt. Eine explorative Studie über Standortbedingungen und Lebensverhältnisse an drei Flüchtlingswohnheimen in Thüringen“Awarded “Best Thesis in Urbanistik of the year 2012” by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
| 08/2010 – 05/2011 | Study abroad at Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, USADAAD Primus Scholarship |
| 09/2000 – 06/2008 | Gymnasium bei Maria Ward, Augsburg, GermanyAbitur
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Professional Experience
| 01/2018 – 11/2018 | Assistant for “Innovation and Quality Management” at Caritas Wien Stadtteilarbeit (Neighborhood Work), Austria Field of Work: Co-ordination and conception of project and research grant applications, support of various community work projects, social business and organisational development, PR |
| 09/2015 – 02/2018 | University Assistant at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, TU Wien, Austria Field of work: Research activities (co-ordination of research grant applications, communication and coordination of international co-operations, co-editing of final reports), teaching in the master programs of the faculty, PR and communication, planning and editing of the centre’s publications, conception and organisation of the international conference “UNSETTLED” |
| 11/2015 – 07/2016 | Project Assistant for the Vienna Summer School in Urban Studies 2016, Austrian Academy of Sciences OEAW and Universität Wien, Austria Field of Work: Conceptualisation and organisation of the international masters and PhD summer school, co-ordination, communication and PR |
| 10/2012 – 03/2013 | Intern at GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, in the project “Environmentally and Climate-friendly Urban Development in Da Nang”, Da Nang, Vietnam Field of work: Management of the housing case study “Community-Based Adaptation for Storm-Resilience”, graphic design and PR, research tasks, creation of maps |
| 06/2012 – 07/2012 | Scientific assistant at the DAAD University cooperation project “Urban Minorities“ at the Department of Urban Sociology, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany Field of work: Support of the organization of an international workshop, communication, design of PR-materials, support of international workshop participants in Germany |
| 02/2012 – 03/2012 | Intern at the state parliamentary group “Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen“ in the state parliament of Thuringia, Germany Field of work: Conceptual design and organization of an expert discussion on strategic regional planning, research tasks, public relations and support of parliamentary processes |
| 10/2009 – 01/2012 | Scientific assistant at the Department of Spatial Planning, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany |