Simone Sandholz M.Eng

Dipl.-Ing. Simone Sandholz M.Eng. is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Austria. After graduating from architecture and urban planning, she completed a postgraduate degree in conservation and holds a Master in resources management. Her fields of expertise comprise urban and regional planning and sustainable management of natural resources, with a focus on good governance and livelihood approaches.
She is researching, teaching and publishing on cultural landscapes, urban upgrading in the Global South as well as risk management in urban areas; furthermore she has managed an international research project on urban green spaces.