Mag. Dr.
Alois Humer
Research Group Leader “Sustainable Urban Regions"
T +43 1 51581 – 3528
alois.humer(at)oeaw.ac.at
Alois Humer is currently professor of Spatial Research and Spatial Planning at the University of Vienna.
Research Areas
- Human Geography
- Spatial Research and Spatial Planning
- Regional Development
Research Projects
- BLUEMAP: Map-based citizen knowledge on the use and development of Viennese blue spaces
- FWF CURB - The COVID-19-pandemic as disruptive force for urbanization
- POWAST*Wien – Die Postwachstumsstadt in der Praxis: Wiener Stadtentwicklung emanzipiert vom Wachstumsgedanken
- Strategic Spatial Planning in the Context of Urban and Regional Shrinking – comparing Finnish and Austrian Planning Cultures [FWF J3993-G29]
- ICEC
Selected Publications
Rauhut, D., Sielker, F. & Humer, A. (eds.) (2021) EU Cohesion Policy and Spatial Governance: Territorial, Social and Economic Challenges; edited volume; Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (in print).
Humer, A. & Granqvist, K. (2020) The gradual city-ness and town-ness of public service locations: towards spatially sensitive sector policies; Geoforum; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.05.008
Humer, A., Sedlitzky, R. & Brunner, D. (2019) When does population growth pay off? A case study of suburban land consumption to assess the Lower Austrian infrastructural cost calculator; Journal of Housing and the Built Environment; 34(1), 331-344; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-018-09639-7
Humer, A. (2018) Linking polycentricity concepts to periphery: implications for an integrative Austrian strategic spatial planning practice; European Planning Studies, 26(4), 635-652; https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1403570