Anke Ruckes

Anke Ruckes is a Researcher at HafenCity University Hamburg, specializing in urban planning and project development. She has been affiliated with the university since 2010, working under the guidance of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Krüger and serving as a Postdoc since 2014.

• Education: Dr. rer. nat. and Dipl.-Ing. in Urban Development, with studies at TU Hamburg-Harburg (1995-2004) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

Her research focuses on commercial area development, cost-benefit analysis of urban projects, and conflicts in urban expansion. She has contributed to key projects like the Jenfelder Au evaluation (2012) and the RegioProjektCheck (2014), addressing fiscal and demographic challenges in regional development.

Her publications emphasize logistics in shrinking cities, ecological evaluation of settlement areas, and tools for sustainable land management. She has co-authored articles on regional portfolio management and infrastructure cost savings through collaborative planning.

Anke Ruckes supervises student theses and projects, including studies on e-commerce logistics, airport urbanism, and office-to-residential conversions.