Walter Timo de Vries

Professor Walter Timo de Vries is a faculty member at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), holding the Chair of Land Management and Land Development within the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, TUM School of Engineering and Design. His research focuses on intelligent and responsible land management, urban and rural development, spatial justice, and the development of a Human Geodesy framework. A graduate of TU Delft (1988) and Rotterdam (PhD), he has led international projects across Asia, Africa, and South America. At TUM, he directs the Master's and PhD Programs in Land Management, serves as Dean of Geodesy, and leads TUM.Africa.

• Member of the German Geodetic Commission
• Member of the Bavarian Academy for Rural Development
• Academic Coordinator of TUM SEED Center

Research Interests span responsible land governance, land tenure security, land consolidation, and geospatial methods for sustainable development. His recent work examines the Water-Energy-Food Nexus and digital twins in collaborative planning. He has supervised over 20 PhD and Master’s students on topics like spatial justice, nomic pastoral tenure, and smart land use. Publications address blockchain in land administration, spatial inequalities, and land policy reforms across global contexts.