Ernst Struck

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ernst Struck (born August 14, 1951 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German geographer and was professor of anthropogeography at the University of Passau from 2000 to 2017 .

Live and act

Struck was born and raised in the Ruhr area and studied geography, English and German at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation, he did his doctorate in 1984 at the University of Düsseldorf with a thesis on "rural exodus in Turkey". Since 1982 he has been a research assistant at the University of Passau: research projects on innovations in rural areas on the Turkish south coast, on German regional studies (Bavaria) and field stays in Brazil for regional research. In 1991 he received his habilitation with a study on “Central Settlements in Brazil”. 1994 Call to the professorship for economic geography at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg: Projects for regional planning and development in Southeast Turkey (Güney Anadolu Projesi, GAP, Southeast Anatolia Project). In 2000 he was offered the chair for anthropogeography at the University of Passau, which he held until his retirement in 2017. In addition to his Brazilian focus on research and teaching, he dealt with developments in eastern Turkey, geopolitical issues in Turkey in the enlargement process of the European Union and the water problem on the Euphrates and Tigris.

From 2004 to 2006 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty and from 2006 to 2011 Vice President of the University of Passau, he is the founding chairman of the Center for Key Qualifications and the Graduate Center.

Struck was appointed to the board of directors of the Bavarian University Center for Latin America in 2009 (BAYLAT at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, until 2012) and was the Bavarian spokesman for the Association of German Geographers at Universities (VGDH, 2011–15). In 2008 he became a representative of the University of Passau in the consortium for the establishment of the Turkish-German University TDU / TAÜ in Istanbul (K-TDU) and responsible for the master’s course "Intercultural Management, IKM".

Research priorities

Latin America (especially Brazil and Chile), the European Union and the Mediterranean region (with special attention to Turkey) and southern Germany. Projects on social geography in Brazil, regional planning in Turkey and regional development in Bavaria.

media

  • WDR: Quarks & Co June 12, 2007: In the middle of the earthquake. Family barely survives - an experience report. [1] PDF document for the contribution
  • BRα Campus February 26, 2010: Water and Politics [2]
  • DRadio Wissen February 9, 2010 (67): BOOMTOWN Istanbul. Conversation with Ernst Struck [3]

Publications

  • Rural exodus in Turkey. The effects in the area of ​​origin are shown using an example from the transition area from central to eastern Anatolia (province of Sivas). Passauer Schriften zur Geographie, No. 1, Passau 1984. 136 pages
  • The greenhouse cultures of the Turkish south coast - A diffusion analysis. In: Erdkunde 44, 1990, pp 161-170.
  • Central settlements in Brazil. Development and structure in three residential areas Espirito Santos. Development and structure in three residential areas Espirito Santos. Passauer Schriften zur Geographie, No. 11, Passau 1992. 174 pages
  • The Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) - Irrigation and its consequences. In: Geographische Rundschau 46, Issue 2, 1994, pp. 88–95.
  • Conflicts, Confrontation and Cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. In: Geographische Rundschau 48, Issue 10, 1996, pp. 548–555.
  • Adventure landscape Franconia - the Franconian wine village. Materials on rural development, issue 37. Munich 1999. 196 pages ( PDF )
  • The earthquake in Turkey on August 17, 1999 - a field report. In: Geographische Rundschau 51, Issue 11, 1999, pp. 643–646.
  • The world population at the beginning of the 21st century. Prospects for the end of growth! In: Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 144, Heft 1, 2000, pp. 6-17.
  • Turkey in the focus of American and European geopolitics. In: Geographische Rundschau 55, Heft 4, 2003, pp. 4–9.
  • Turkey and the water. Neighborhood conflicts on the Euphrates and Tigris. In: Geographische Rundschau 55, Heft 4, 2003, pp. 18-25.
  • Patron and tenant - peasant conflicts in the south-east Brazilian mountains. In. Struck, E. (Ed.): Ecological and socio-economic problems in Latin America. Passau Contact Study Geography, Volume 7, Passau 2003, pp. 141–152.
  • War for water? The construction of strategic spatial images in the dispute about the use of water on the Euphrates and Tigris. In: Huebner, U., Richter, A. (Ed.): Water - food, cultural property, political weapon. Asia and Africa, Volume 9, Hamburg 2004, pp. 107-130.
  • Turkey in Europe? Geostrategic spatial images in the EU enlargement debate. In: location. Journal of Applied Geography, Issue 1, 2005, pp. 31–36. doi: 10.1007 / s00548-005-0235-3
  • Latin America's cities in transition. Geographical urban research on Latin America in German-speaking countries since 2000 - topics, trends and critical analysis. In: Rothfuß, E .; Gamerith, W. (Ed.): City worlds in the Americas. Passauer Schriften zur Geographie Heft 23, Passau 2007, pp. 13–36 (together with V. Deffner).
  • The waters of the Tigris and Euphrates: The instrumentalization of a natural resource. In: Glaser, R .; Kremb, K. (Ed.): Asia. Darmstadt 2007. pp. 29-42, 252-263.
  • Turkey - geopolitical controversies over membership in the EU. In: Geographische Rundschau 59, Issue 3, 2007, pp. 52–58.
  • The divided EU member country Cyprus. The power of a one-sided strategic spatial image. In: Geographische Rundschau 59, Issue 3, 2007, pp. 60–61.
  • Historical, colonial urban structures and modern change in Latin America - using the example of the old towns of Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) and Havana (Cuba). In: Rothfuß, E. (Ed.): Development contrasts in America. (Passauer Kontaktstudium Gekunde 9) Passau 2008, pp. 65–78, color part I-II.
  • Development processes and government development planning in eastern Turkey. In: Geographische Rundschau 62, Issue 1, 2009, pp. 40–47.
  • Interculturality and knowledge transfer. The importance of intercultural courses using the example of "Kulturwirtschaft - International Cultural and Business Studies" at the University of Passau. In: Seyda Ozil, Michael Hofmann, Yasemin Dayioglu (eds.): Turkish-German cultural contact and cultural transfer. Controversies and learning processes. Göttingen 2011, pp. 231-239.
  • China and India: population growth with or without an end? Learning to understand population development. In: Gamerith, W. (Ed.): Future region China and India. (Passau Kontaktstudium Geographie 12) Passau 2012, pp. 151–160.
  • Forward-looking urban development projects in Passau - and what became of them. In: SITE 37, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 150–155.
  • Passau and its neighboring regions. Places, events, connections - a geographical guide. Passau 2013, 590 pages. (together with W. Gamerith and D. Anhuf).
  • The "young" Passau - the shopping city, the "Neue Mitte" and the "Neue Stadtviertel" Passau-Kohlbruck. In: Werner Gamerith, Dieter Anhuf, Ernst Struck (eds.): Passau and its neighboring regions. Places, events, connections - a geographical route. Passau 2013, pp. 185-200,
  • Tourism - Challenges for the Region: Passau Geography, Volume 13, Passau 2015, 175 pages (editor of the volume and author)
  • Tourism as a Development Impulse: Challenges for Regional Development. In: Ernst Struck (Ed.): Tourism - Challenges for the Region. Passau Contact Study Geography, Volume 13, Passau 2015, pp. 17–25.
  • Earthquake hazard in Turkey and the megacity of Istanbul. In: Diercke 360 ​​° "Natural Hazards". Issue 01, Braunschweig 2015, pp. 10-13.

(further publications on the homepage of the University of Passau)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Opportunities - the magazine of the University of Passau # 1 2017 . University of Passau. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ernst Struck . Philosophical Faculty of the University of Passau. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
predecessor Office successor
Klaus Rother Holder of the chair for anthropogeography
since 2000 		Malte Steinbrink
personal data
SURNAME Struck, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer, professor of anthropogeography and Vice President of the University of Passau
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr