Prof Dr. Sebastian Kinder
Professor
Office:
Department of Geography
Rümelinstr. 19-23, 72070 Tübingen, Room H611
+49 (0)7071/29-73938
sebastian.kinder @uni-tuebingen.de
Consulting Hours:
Thursday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
since 2007
Professor (W3) for Economic Geography
Institute of Geography of Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
2001 – 2007
Research Assistant (C 1)
at the Chair of Economic Geography (Prof. Kulke) of the Geographical Institute of Humboldt University of Berlin
1998 – 2001
Doctorate in Geography
Title of the dissertation: "Industrial Districts in a Global City - Networking Amongst Advanced Producer Service Firms in Singapore"
1994 – 1999
Studies at Humboldt University Berlin (Diplom-Geograph)
Diploma study course Geography with minor in Sociology.
Title of the diploma thesis: "National and regional effects of the development of high-tech industries in Great Britain"
1994 – 1999
Studies at Technical University Berlin (Diplom-Ingenieur)
Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning (specialization: Economics)
Title of the diploma thesis: "The former Royal Prussian Powder Factory and the later Railway Repair Works in Brandenburg/Kirchmöser - Historical investigations and possible uses of an industrial monument"
Research interests
- theory in economic geography
- organisational routines
- Evolutionary Economic Geography
- spatial economic transition research and Industrial Change
- spatial economic metropolitan research
- knowledge-oriented business services
- border regions
Regional focus
- Transition countries of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the Baltic States
- Southeast Asia (mainly Singapore, Malaysia)
Publications
Academic functions
2018/2019 | Dean of Studies Geography |
since 2017 | Guest Professor at Kleipeda University |
since 2016 | Member of the Doctoral and Habilitation Committee of the Faculty of Sciences |
2010-2016 | Deputy of the department spokesman of Geosciences |
2010-2016 | Spokesman of the Department of Geography |
since 2010 | Elected member of the Herder Research Council and member of the Economic and Social Sciences Section of the Herder Research Council (since 2008) |
since 2008 | Member of the Presidium of the German-Polish Textbook Commission |
2008 - 2016 | Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies Tübingen |
2007 - 2010 | Vice Dean for Teaching in the Faculty of Geosciences |
2007 - 2010 | Member of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Geosciences |
2006 – 2008 | Secretary in the Presidium of the German Geographical Society (DGfG) |