Monika Grubbauer

Professor Dr. Monika Grubbauer holds the Chair of History and Theory of the City at HafenCity University Hamburg since August 2015. She specializes in

• interdisciplinary urban research
• planning theory
• post-socialist urbanism
• critical housing studies

with a focus on socio-material urban dynamics and transformative governance.

Her research examines

• urban future-making practices
• financialization of housing
• professional agency in spatial planning
• critical urban theory
• social-ecological work-life tensions
• transnational building practices

She leads the DFG Research Training Group 2725 "Urban Future-Making" and serves on multiple academic advisory boards.

Recent publications highlight

• conflict-driven urban governance
• machine-readable city imaginaries
• post-neoliberal urban practices
• reproductive housing struggles
• platform economy urbanism
• critical housing infrastructure

with interdisciplinary methodologies bridging sociology, geography, and architectural theory.

She supervises doctoral researchers and teaches urban planning theory courses, maintaining active collaborations with

• Humboldt University Berlin
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Leibniz Institute for Spatial Social Research
• International Sociological Association (RC21)

while serving as a DAAD reviewer and Hans-Böckler Foundation trustee.