Thomas Schmitt (geographer)

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Thomas M. Schmitt (* 1968 ) is a German geographer and author. He is a private lecturer and academic advisor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .

Life

Schmitt studied geography and also physics, economics, philosophy and religious studies in Saarbrücken and Munich. He did his doctorate in 2002 at the Technical University of Munich on the subject of “Mosques in Germany. Conflicts about their construction and use ”. After working for the Zukunftswerkstatt Saar eV , an association with a focus on sustainability, the promotion of the Local Agenda 21 , sustainable energy supply and socioculture and in the special research area “Local Action in Africa in the Context of Global Influences” at the University of Bayreuth , Schmitt completed his habilitation in 2009/2010 Geographical Institute of the University of Bonn with the topic “Cultural Governance. On the cultural geography of the UNESCO World Heritage regime ”. Then Schmitt worked at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Multi-Religious and Multi-Ethnic Societies in Göttingen. Since 2012 he has been employed at the Institute for Geography at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 2014/15 he represented the chair for human geography at the University of Augsburg.

job

Schmitt researches and teaches urban planning and regional development. He pursues sociocultural approaches.

Fonts

  • Schmitt et al. a. (2016): Diversity and Contact. Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities (Global Diversities Series). Palgrave Macmillan. London ISBN 978-1137586025
  • Schmitt (2015): UNESCO as a Red Cross or as a notary of World Heritage? Structures, scale-related interactions and efficacy of UNESCO's World Heritage regime Göttingen: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (p. 43)
  • Schmitt et al. a. (2012): The “Diversity and Contact” (DIVCON) ISSN 2192-2357 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (p. 286)
  • Schmitt (2011): Cultural Governance. On the cultural geography of the UNESCO World Heritage regime (Erdkundliches Wissen series, Vol. 149), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag (452 ​​pages).
  • Schmitt (2011): Cultural Governance as a research framework . Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
  • Schmitt (2003): Mosques in Germany. Conflicts about their establishment and use (= research on German regional studies) Vol. 252, zgl. Diss. TU Munich 2002. Flensburg. Mosques in Germany (pdf)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PD Dr. Thomas Matthias Schmitt. Retrieved on August 23, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ PD Dr. Thomas Schmitt - MPI-MMG. Retrieved January 4, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ Thomas Schmitt ›Competence Center Religion at FAU. Retrieved January 4, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ Markus Tauschek: Review of: Schmitt, Thomas M .: Cultural Governance. On the cultural geography of the UNESCO World Heritage regime. Stuttgart 2011 , in: H-Soz-Kult , October 26, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitt, Thomas M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1968