Wolfram Leibniz

Wolfram Leibniz is a full-time Professor and Chair of Spatial Development and Transformation at Dresden University of Technology, while also serving as Director of the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) since 2019. He co-founded the Urban Transformations journal and leads the Dresden Leibniz Graduate School. His career spans academic roles at Sungkyunkwan and Yonsei Universities in South Korea, alongside leadership positions in EU working groups and research fellowships in France and Germany.

• Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning (Dr.-Ing.), University of Stuttgart/UPC Barcelona 2003
• BA/MA in Architecture and Urban Planning (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Stuttgart 1997

His research synthesizes urban resilience, governance innovation, and systemic transformation, with a focus on social-ecological systems and transition management. Key article themes include grassroots niches, transformative capacity metrics, and smart city sustainability, spanning journals like AMBIO, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.

Scientific accolades include:

• Best Paper Award, ISOCARP 2019
• Breuninger Fellowship 2010
• DAAD Scholarships 1997-1998
• Land Baden-Württemberg Dissertation Scholarship 1998

As a scientific advisor for projects like TRANS-LEARN (Sweden) and ENVISION (Portugal), and member of strategic boards including the Leibniz Association's Sustainability Group and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), Wolfram bridges academia and policy through transdisciplinary research on urban sustainability transitions.