Past research activities included, among others, the following projects

• Inner City Development, Consumer Behaviour, and the Quality of Urban Public Space
  (in collaboration with the City Council of  Erlangen, funded by the German Government and the Free State of Bavaria through the development scheme "Soziale Stadt" - "Social City"; temporarily concluded)
• Proper Art in Public Places? The Design of Public Space in the City
  (in collaboration with the City Council of  Erlangen; in conjunction with a graduate project seminar ; concluded)
• Social identity in new city quarters (with PD Dr. Ch. Dittrich, Freiburg; concluded in 1998)
• Perceptions of Environmental Risks and Governmental Drought Management in Botswana
  (funded by the DFG within the Priority Programme "Global Environmental Change"; concluded)
• Urbanisation and Vulnerability in Botswana (funded by the DFG and the IGU; concluded)
• The Freiburg Concept for Weekly Farmers' Markets - Aspects of Economic and Social Geography
  (with PD Dr. Ch. Dittrich, Freiburg; concluded)
• Land Use in the Inner City of Offenburg
• Expert monitoring and assessment of the Inner City Renewal Scheme of the City of Offenburg