Andreas Seebacher

Dr. Andreas Seebacher is a Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) within the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)' Sustainability and Environment department. Since 2012, he has specialized in sustainable urban development and cultural change for sustainability, focusing on real-world laboratories as transdisciplinary research infrastructure. His work bridges urban planning, climate action, and community participation in sustainability transformations.

• Doctorate in Architecture (2003, University of Stuttgart) on post-war housing reconstruction
• 1997–2011: Field experience in development cooperation across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America
• 1994–1996: Reconstruction work in Mostar, Bosnia

His research explores transdisciplinary sustainability science, urban resilience, and participatory infrastructure through projects like the RENATA real-world laboratory and Quarter Future City Laboratory. Publications emphasize material libraries for circular construction, urban morphology-energy links, and reflexive lab methodologies. He actively engages in TRIALOG e.V. and Real-World Lab networks, developing tools like the MobiLab mobile participation unit.