Meyer-Veden CV
1st ALTER-Net Summer School, Peyresq 27 August - 8 September 2006: Tutor for the "Tourism" Working Group
Diana Meyer-Veden
meyer-veden -at- pik-potsdam.de
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Biosketch
Diana Meyer-Veden is a doctoral student at the Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Social Geography. Since 2000 she is working at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) where she conducted her Diploma and now the Doctoral Thesis. Working at PIK for six years now she was contributing to research projects engaged with the vulnerability of coastal zones in Europe (DINAS-COAST) and the impacts of urban sprawl on sustainability in selected European urban regions (URBS PANDENS). She is about to finish her PhD (October this year) and undertook studies in two case study areas (Liverpool and Leipzig) assessing the urban development, most notably the causes and consequences of urban sprawl in these old-industrial areas, further investigating possible planning answers to resulting problems, e.g. with qualitative modelling. Her background lies at urban studies, urban planning and the interactions of urbanity and climate change, e.g. the impacts of changing urban structures onto CO2 emissions of its residents. She started her studies in Greifswald with a focus on the geography of tourism, changing to the University of Utrecht and continuing in Dresden, where she included studies of GIS, Sociology and Ecology. Her interest for Climate Change was evoked during the work in a planning department in Bassetlaw/UK where she was responsible for a study embrassing the impacts of climate change on the region.
