Ilke Marschall

Professor Ilke Marschall is a distinguished academic serving as Professor of Landscape Planning at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences since March 2009. She holds multiple leadership positions including Vice Dean for Studies and Teaching, Member of the Faculty Council, and Head of both the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Landscape Architecture since 2016. Her institutional affiliations extend beyond the university to include her role as Spokesperson for the nationwide working group on landscape planning of the Federal Association for Professional Nature Conservation (BBN) since 2006, Member of the Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) since November 2009, and participation in various advisory boards related to nature conservation in Thuringia.

Professor Marschall's research focuses on historical and current cultural landscape research, methods and instruments of landscape planning, and landscape planning in Europe. Her work particularly emphasizes the documentation of cultural landscapes through initiatives like the Thuringia Cultural Landscape Portal (http://www.kulturlandschaft.fh-erfurt.de), which serves as a digital cultural landscape atlas of Thuringia. She has led significant projects including the GreenNet INTERREG project (2011-2014) on promoting ecological networks in the European Green Belt across six EU countries, the 'Landscape planning in process and dialogue' initiative (2016-2018), and the Climate Gala project (2018-2019).

Her publication record shows consistent scholarly output with approximately 2-3 publications annually, with recent works (2019-2020) focusing on garden soils as cultural heritage, cultural landscape databases through volunteer participation, and the integration of cultural landscape concepts into regional planning. Her 15 most recent publications demonstrate expertise spanning cultural landscape preservation, European landscape policy implementation, renewable energy landscape integration, and historical landscape documentation.

Professor Marschall has supervised multiple PhD students to completion, with Jessica Machalett's research on Monastery Landscapes in Thuringia currently ongoing. Her supervision portfolio includes interdisciplinary work with universities in Bonn, Dresden, and Kassel, reflecting her collaborative approach to academic mentorship. She has served as co-supervisor for doctoral candidates researching topics including cultural landscape conservation in China, monastery landscapes in Thuringia, and citizen participation in landscape element documentation.

Her teaching responsibilities are extensive, covering courses across the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master's degree in Renewable Energy Management programs. As Vice Dean for Studies and Teaching, she plays a significant role in shaping academic programs while maintaining her research profile. Her practical experience, gained through self-employment within the Office for Cultural Landscape Research and Landscape Development (KuLaBü) since 2005, ensures her teaching remains grounded in real-world landscape planning challenges.