The Podcast Team
ZUKUNFT STADT Podcast Team
The production team behind the ZUKUNFT STADT podcast has grown dynamically over time. Originating from a collaboration between members of the Forschungsbereich Örtliche Raumplanung (ifoer) and the future.lab, it has developed into a five-person, interdisciplinary team spanning architecture, spatial planning, and art. What unites them is a shared interest in spatial and societal transformation processes, as well as in developing diverse formats of knowledge mediation at the intersections of research, teaching, politics, and spatial practice.
ZUKUNFT STADT editorial team
Lukas Bast, Larissa Benk (ifoer), Lena Hohenkamp (ifoer), Lisa-Marie Kramer (future.lab), Madlyn Miessgang (future.lab) and Nico Schleicher (future.lab)
The podcast thrives on its large circle of supporters, including curators and guests from the faculty and far beyond.
All curators
Susann Ahn is a landscape architect, urban planner, and licensed mediator. She is the founder of Ahn Landscape Mediation and a partner at adribo Konfliktmanagement. In her research, teaching, and practice, she specializes in the intersection of landscape architecture and communication, particularly participatory, conflict-resolving, and co-creative methods that support integrated planning and design processes. Since 2021, she has jointly led the professorship for landscape architecture and landscape planning with Thomas E. Hauck at the Institut für Stadtplanung, Landschaftsarchitektur und Entwerfen at TU Wien.
Lukas Bast
Larissa Benk studied urban and regional planning as well as architecture at Fachhochschule Erfurt. She is currently enrolled in the Master’s program Raumplanung und Raumordnung at TU Wien. She gained professional experience through several student assistant positions in Erfurt and an internship in Munich. Since 2024, she has been working at the Forschungsbereich Örtliche Raumplanung, supporting the team in teaching and administration and is part of the ZUKUNFT STADT Podcast-Team.
Andreas Bernögger is a research associate at the future.lab of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at TU Wien. He studied Raumplanung there as well as Urban Design at TU Berlin and worked in architecture and planning offices in Berlin, Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna, as well as in various other roles including craftsman, paramedic, and musician. His work has focused on learning and transformation processes in urban development.
Dragana Damjanovic has been Professor of Administrative Law at the Institut für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht at the Faculty of Law, Universität Wien, since March 2025. From 2020 to 2025, she headed the Forschungsbereich Rechtswissenschaften at the Institut für Raumplanung at TU Wien.
Julia Forster is head of the Spatial Simulation Laboratory (Simlab) at the Forschungsbereich Örtliche Raumplanung at TU Wien. She is an architect and spatial planner focusing on digital planning and decision-support tools for resource-conscious development. Her work includes the analysis of spatial data and holistic system visualization for agile collaboration among interdisciplinary experts in national and international research projects.
Ronja Gelf first studied architecture (B.A.) at Fachhochschule Aachen and worked in an architectural office in Aachen from 2019 onward. In 2023, she began the Master’s program in Raumplanung at TU Wien. Her experience as a personal assistant to people using wheelchairs has sharpened her awareness of intersectionality and social justice, strengthening her commitment to integrating marginalized perspectives into planning processes.
Margaret Haderer is a university assistant at the Forschungsbereich Soziologie at TU Wien. Her research focuses on how society manifests itself in space and how social relations are negotiated through space.
Mara Haas is a research associate at the future.lab of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at TU Wien. She studied Raumplanung there and worked in planning offices in Munich and Vienna. Her research focuses on social innovation and transformation processes as key tasks of sustainable urban development.
Paul Hahnenkamp is a postdoctoral researcher at the Forschungsbereich Rechtswissenschaften of the Institut für Raumplanung at TU Wien, where he mainly researches property rights.
Karin Harather studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien and completed her doctorate at the Universität für angewandte Kunst. She is an assistant professor at the Institut für Kunst und Gestaltung at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at TU Wien. Within her artistic spatial research and research-based teaching, she initiates co-creative processes and develops 1:1 test settings and real-world laboratories in existing buildings.
Ariadne Hinzen is a member of the collective Raumstation. Raumstation is based in the Alte WU and works with experimental methods of spatial exploration, artistic-activist interventions, and activating processes in urban space.
Lena Hohenkamp studied business administration at Universität Regensburg and Raumplanung und Raumordnung at TU Wien as well as at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg. She gained international professional experience in local planning in Le Vésinet, France, and in Hamburg. After an administrative internship at MA 21B – Stadtteilplanung und Flächenwidmung, she now teaches and conducts research as part of the ifoer team within her dissertation project. She is is part of the ZUKUNFT STADT Podcast-Team.
Verena Konrad is an art historian specializing in architectural and design history, as well as a curator, author, and cultural manager. Since 2013, she has been director of the Vorarlberger Architektur Institut, a cultural and educational organization for architecture and building culture. She represents the European initiative HouseEurope! in Austria.
Birgit Knauer studied art history and Romance studies at Universität Wien. After completing her doctorate, she worked as a research associate at the Chair of Heritage Conservation at Universität Bamberg. Since 2020, she has been researching and teaching at the Chair of Heritage Conservation at TU Wien, focusing on discourse and practice in urban design and monument preservation in the 20th century.
Sabine Knierbein is Associate Professor for urban culture and public space, with a venia in International Urbanism, at the faculty. She heads the Forschungsbereich für Stadtkultur und öffentlicher Raum at the Institut für Raumplanung at TU Wien.
Lisa-Marie Kramer studied Urbanistik at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Raumplanung und Raumordnung at TU Wien. She gained practical experience in two planning offices in Berlin and as a student assistant at IBA StadtLand Thüringen. She is currently a student assistant at the future.lab at TU Wien, where she is also part of the ZUKUNFT STADT Podcast-Team.
Hans Kramar is a trained spatial planner and holds a doctorate in regional science. He works as a senior scientist at the Forschungsbereich Stadt- und Regionalforschung. As chair of the curriculum commission for Raumplanung, he is closely involved in the conception and further development of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Raumplanung at TU Wien.
Bernadette Krejs is an architect and researcher currently working at the Forschungsbereich Wohnbau und Entwerfen at TU Wien. Her work operates in a transdisciplinary field between architecture, housing, and visual culture. She is part of the queer-feminist collective Claiming*Spaces and the author and editor of numerous publications. She is a Margarete-Schütte-Lihotzky project grant recipient 2023 and LINA Fellow 2023.
Judith Lehner coordinates the Research Center New Social Housing as a postdoctoral researcher. Through teaching and research formats, she fosters institutional networking between disciplinary fields and transdisciplinary collaboration among actors in Vienna’s housing production.
Inge Manka is an architect with a doctorate and works as a senior scientist at the Institut für Kunst und Gestaltung 1 at TU Wien. Since 2023, she has been chair of the curriculum commission for Architektur and Building Sciences & Environment. As a member of the queer-feminist collective CLAIMING*SPACES, she is particularly committed to addressing urgent issues of equality and intersectionality in teaching and research.
Madlyn Miessgang studied architecture and works in architecture, urban planning, and science communication. Since 2019, she has coordinated the future.lab at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at TU Wien, contributes to interdisciplinary teaching formats such as the Field Trips, and is responsible for knowledge-transfer formats including the future.lab magazine. She is is part of the ZUKUNFT STADT Podcast-Team.
Isabel Stumfol is a spatial planner and coordinates the Center Ländlicher Raum at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, where research and teaching collaborate with practice, regions, and municipalities.
Lena Schartmüller studied Raumplanung and is a university assistant at the Forschungsbereich Örtliche Raumplanung at TU Wien, where she is working on her dissertation on cooperatively used spaces.
Rudolf Scheuvens is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning. Since 2008, he has been Professor for Örtliche Raumplanung und Stadtentwicklung at TU Wien and is also co-founder and partner of Raumposition in Vienna, as well as partner of the planning office scheuvens + wachten plus in Dortmund.
Nico Schleicher studied Bildende Kunst at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste as well as Raumplanung und Raumordnung at TU Wien. He is currently enrolled in the Master’s program in Art and Cultural Studies at the Akademie. He gained professional experience in the social sector and as a production assistant for various artists and architects in Vienna. He is currently a student assistant at the future.lab at TU Wien and a member of the ZUKUNFT STADT editorial team.
Ute Schneider has been Professor of Städtebau at TU Wien since 2020. She has also led the Swiss office of KCAP in Zurich since 2006 and has been a partner there since 2016.
Emanuela Semlitsch is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at the Forschungsbereich Örtliche Raumplanung at TU Wien. Her research focuses on understanding the city and its public spaces as educational spaces.
Yosun Şişman studies architecture at TU Wien. Her focus lies on digital tools for spatial transformations and resource-conscious planning. Since 2022, she has been working at the Simlab and, among other things, is involved in the SmartQ+ project on integrated sustainable design methods and innovative solutions for efficient resource management.
Thomas Sommerauer completed his architecture studies at TU Wien in 2019 with distinction. Since 2022, he has been part of the Forschungsbereich Hochbau und Entwerfen, where his doctoral research focuses on constructive concepts and the hybrid tectonics of Vienna’s Gründerzeit buildings.
Astrid Staufer is an architect and professor. Since 2023, she has led the Forschungsbereich Hochbau & Entwerfen at TU Wien. Her work combines research, teaching, and practice, with a special focus on working with existing buildings.
Harald R. Stühlinger studied architecture and art history in Vienna and Venice and completed his doctorate at ETH Zürich. He researches building culture and the digital mediation of architectural and urban history and also works as an independent curator.
Barbara Steinbrunner studied Raumplanung and is currently a university assistant at the Forschungsbereich Bodenpolitik und Bodenmanagement at the Institut für Raumplanung at TU Wien.
Johannes Suitner is Assistant Professor for urban and regional transformation at the Forschungsbereich Stadt- und Regionalforschung at TU Wien. His research focuses on social innovation, urban experiments, the energy transition, and transformation processes.
Alexandra Weber is a Master’s student in Raumplanung at TU Wien, focusing on climate adaptation, urban nature, health promotion, and active mobility.
Dominik Wagner has been a university assistant (prae doc) at the Forschungsbereich Rechtswissenschaften of the Institut für Raumplanung at TU Wien since May 2020.