Julia Sattler

Dr. Julia Sattler is based at TU Dortmund University, where she investigates the intersection of activism and writing, focusing on citizenship, urban identity, social justice, and 20th-century female poetry. She previously served as the academic coordinator of the UA Ruhr-project "Spaces – Communities – Representations: Urban Transformations in the USA" (2012–2015), resulting in the 2016 edited volume Urban Transformations in the USA. Her current Habilitation project, Ruhr|Detroit: American Cultural Studies and Urban Planning, examines cultural practices addressing industrial heritage in the Ruhr region and Detroit, and the interplay between literary and urban planning discourses.

Her research bridges American Studies and Urban Planning, with teaching collaborations at Dortmund School of Spatial Planning and American Studies departments. She has conducted research at the University of Michigan (2013) and Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library (2016). Her work explores postindustrial landscapes, cultural narratives, and transatlantic urban futures.