future.lab Team

Dean Office of Faculty for Architecture and Planning
E280-04 Local Planning
Responsibilities

Madlyn Miessgang is the coordinator of future.lab and works in the field of education and communication at the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning. She supervises the interdisciplinary teaching format Fieldtrips, coordinates various future.lab projects, and is responsible for the future.lab magazine and the ZUKUNFT STADT podcast.

She studied architecture at TU Wien and works in the fields of architecture, urban planning, and science communication. Her focus is on visual communication, graphic and spatial communication of scientific content and scenarios, and planning approaches. (Photo: Lukas Gächter)

Lukas Bast is involved in the creation of publications and printed materials as well as the organisation of courses and events. He is also responsible for managing the future.lab website, social media channels and the newsletter.

Head of inter- and transdisciplinary research projects and courses on sustainability transformation in urban development

As scientific project manager, Christian Peer is responsible for application-orientated research and teaching in key areas of sustainability transformation. Applied research and experimental interventions are designed, realised and critically reflected in inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations as constructive contributions to sustainable development. His research- and practice-orientated teaching focuses on the social opening of science and a commitment to sustainable development.

Christian Peer is a cultural anthropologist, civil engineer, environmental and spatial planner. His work centres on people and nature in their activity and networking in urban and regional development, joint learning and the associated perspectives of science and technology studies in architecture and spatial planning. Studied at Graz University of Technology, University of Graz, Vienna University of Technology, University of Vienna and Ecole National des Travaux Publics de l'Etat à Lyon. (Photo: Gerald Schutting)