Andreas Koch

Andreas Koch is a Full Professor at the University of Salzburg, affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology and Human Geography. As Deputy Department Chair and Co-Chair of the Center for Ethics and Poverty Research, he bridges academic leadership with critical geographic analysis.

• Education: Diploma in Geography, Political Science, and Spatial Planning (LMU Munich, 1993), PhD (RWTH Aachen, 1996), Habilitation (RWTH Aachen, 2004)
• International Affiliations: Collaborations with Umeå University (Sweden) and Carleton University (Canada)

His research focuses on geographies of poverty and inequality, rural peripheries, and spatial modeling, with particular emphasis on housing as social infrastructure and urban-rural interdependencies. Recent work explores cross-border suburban sustainability and digital solutions for rural healthcare.

Scientific output trends reveal a sustained engagement with housing equity, urban systems, and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Publications span theoretical frameworks (system theory) to applied case studies in Austria and Northern Sweden.