Rainer Graafen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rainer Graafen (born April 15, 1953 ) is a German professor and scientist in the field of human geography and historical geography .

Life

Graafen began studying geography and law at the University of Bonn in 1972 . In 1978 he passed the first state examination and in 1980 the second state examination . He received his doctorate in geography in 1983, with a minor in historical geography, at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn, and from 1983 to 1989 he was a university assistant at the seminar for historical geography at the chair of Klaus Fehn. Graafen completed his habilitation in 1989 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn on the subject of "The spatial effects of legal regulations on settlements in the German Empire, with special consideration of Prussia, during the Weimar Republic". Since October 1989 he has been senior assistant and since October 1992 university lecturer at the Department of Historical Geography at the University of Bonn.

From 1992 to 1997 Graafen was head of the DFG project “Old Trade Routes and Settlements in the Tibetan Himalayas ” within the framework of the DFG priority program “Settlement Processes and State Formation in the Tibetan Himalaya”. In the winter semester 1993/94 he took over the representation of the professorship for anthropogeography at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz and was appointed professor of anthropogeography there in April 1994 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Minister for Science, Education and Further Education. Since his habilitation until 2008, Graafen had the right to evaluate master's theses and dissertations in Bonn in the subject of historical geography with Klaus Fehn as a second reviewer.

In 1996 Graafen took over the management of the Geography Department at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, and since then has been head of the department, alternating two years with his colleague in Physical Geography. From the summer semester 2000 to the winter semester 2013/14 he was Vice Dean of Faculty 3 ( Mathematics / Natural Sciences ), from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005 he held the position of Managing Director of the Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences at Faculty 3. From 2004 to 2012 he was head of the newly founded East-West seminar.

Rainer Graafen retired on September 30, 2018.

Scientific focus

Graafen researched and worked in particular in the areas of legal geography, historical geography, cultural landscape research , spatial research , settlement geography , economic geography and environmental law , with a focus on spatial planning in Germany, migration within Germany and economic structural change . As part of this, he worked on projects such as the effects of the structural funds of the European Union (1993-1998), settlement development in northern Rhineland-Palatinate (1993-2018), legislation on environmental and cultural landscape protection (1994-2010), preliminary studies on the cultural landscape of the Middle Rhine Valley ( 1997-1998), refugee settlements in Rwanda (1999-2015), cultural landscape protection at the municipal level. Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (2008-2011) and the effects of demographic change in northern Rhineland- Palatinate (2015-2018).

Memberships and Committees

  • 1995–2014: Member of the Council of Faculty 3 (Mathematics and Natural Sciences) at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz Campus
  • 1995: Co-founder of the working group “Regional and Folklore in Northern Rhineland-Palatinate” at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz campus
  • Since 1996: Chairman of examination boards for examinations in the subject of geography (state examinations with the aim of "teaching at grammar schools", "teaching at vocational schools" and "teaching at RealschulenPlus" as well as examinations with the aim of "Magister")
  • 1997–2001: Member of the library committee of the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz
  • 1997–2007: Member of the committee for practical school studies at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz
  • 1997–2014: Member of the examination board for the distance learning course "Environmental Sciences" at the Koblenz campus (degree: Diplom-Umweltwissenschaftler),
    • 1999–2007: Chairman of the examination board for the distance learning course "Environmental Sciences"
  • 1998–2014: Member of the Technical Committee for Studies and Teaching
  • 1999–2014: Member of the permanent examination committee for the implementation of all Magister regulations at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz
  • 2000–2005: Member of the Assembly of the University of Koblenz-Landau (task, inter alia, election of the president and vice-presidents of the university)
  • Since 2005: Member of the examination board for the distance learning course "Health Management" at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz
    • 2007-2013: Chairman of the examination board for the distance learning course "Health Management"
  • 2007–2018: Member of the board of trustees of the "University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz" foundation
  • Since 2008: Member of the examination board for the BioGeosciences course
  • 2009–2011: Member of the Senate of the University of Koblenz-Landau

Publications (selection)

  • Graafen, R. (1984): The legal foundations of resource policy in the Federal Republic of Germany. A contribution to legal geography (dissertation). - Bonn, 201 pp.
  • Graafen, R. (1991): The spatial effects of the legal regulations on settlement in the German Reich, with special consideration of Prussia, during the Weimar Republic. - Bonn, Verlag Dümmler, 283 pp.
  • Graafen, R. (2003): Immissionsschutzrecht. - Koblenz, 105 pp.
  • Graafen, R. together with Hapke, R. (2004): Spatial planning and regional planning. Teaching Geography, Vol 16. - Aulis Verlag Deubner, Cologne, 80 pp.
  • Graafen, R. together with König, D. (Ed.) (2006): Das Rheinische Schiefergebirge. Festschrift for N. Beck. - Koblenz, 219 pp.

Editor and editor

  • Since 1992: Editing of the magazine “Kulturlandschaft. Journal for Applied Historical Geography "
  • Since 1994: Co-editor of the series "Koblenz Geographical Colloquium" (a total of 26 volumes)
  • 2000: participation in the editorial office of the multi-volume work "The Middle Rhine Valley", the basis for the designation of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley on UNESCO World Heritage Site served
  • 2006: Collaboration in the editing of the film produced by the Rhineland Regional Council about sound degradation near Mülheim-Kärlich

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Burggraaff, P .; Kleefeld, K.-D .; König, D. (Ed.): Koblenz and the northern Rhineland-Palatinate. Research and topics: Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Prof. Dr. Rainer Graafen on April 15, 2018 . Institute for Integrated Natural Sciences, Geography Department, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz, Koblenz 2018, p. 384 .
  2. ↑ Farewell lecture Prof. Dr. Rainer Graafen - University of Koblenz · Landau. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ | Geography.online. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Korn, T., van der Beek, G., Fischer, E .: Current challenges in business development: Chances and perspectives in a changing world. Josef Eul Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-89936-942-7 .
  5. ↑ Board of Trustees. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Graafen, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German human geographer and historical geographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1953