Thomas Hartmann

Thomas Hartmann is Professor of Land Policy, Land Management and Municipal Surveying at TU Dortmund University, appointed in 2021. His research examines land policy instruments for addressing land scarcity in urban development and climate adaptation contexts.

Education includes:

• Ph.D. in Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University (2009)
• Spatial Planning degree, TU Dortmund University

Prior academic positions include Associate Professorship at Wageningen University, Assistant Professorship at Utrecht University (Netherlands), and visiting professorships in Vienna, Ústí nad Labem, and Bonn. Research focuses on land valuation in densification, flood risk management through land policy, and participatory approaches to urban development. Recent work analyzes European land ownership transparency and property-level flood adaptation.