Prof. Dr.
Peter Schmitt
Professor in Human Geography with focus on Urban and Regional Planning
Information
2023: Full Professor in Human Geography with focus on Urban and Regional Planning, Stockholm University, SE
2014: Docent i Kulturgeografi (equates Associate Professor in Human Geography/habilitation), Stockholm University, SE
2007: Dr. rer. pol. in Raumplanung (equates Doctor of Philosophy in Spatial Planning), TU Dortmund, DE
1998: Diplom-Geograph (equates Master’s in Human Geography), Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, DE
Current and previous employments
since 2014: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, SE
2006-2016: Senior Research Fellow at Nordregio, Nordic and European Research Centre for Regional Development and Planning, Stockholm, SE
2005-2006: PhD Student at the Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund, DE
2002-2004: PhD Student at the Department of Geography, University Duisburg-Essen, DE
1999-2005: Researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Development (ILS), Dortmund, DE
2014: Docent i Kulturgeografi (equates Associate Professor in Human Geography/habilitation), Stockholm University, SE
2007: Dr. rer. pol. in Raumplanung (equates Doctor of Philosophy in Spatial Planning), TU Dortmund, DE
1998: Diplom-Geograph (equates Master’s in Human Geography), Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, DE
Current and previous employments
since 2014: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Full Professor at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, SE
2006-2016: Senior Research Fellow at Nordregio, Nordic and European Research Centre for Regional Development and Planning, Stockholm, SE
2005-2006: PhD Student at the Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund, DE
2002-2004: PhD Student at the Department of Geography, University Duisburg-Essen, DE
1999-2005: Researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Development (ILS), Dortmund, DE
Schmitt, Peter and Van Well, Lisa (eds.) (2016) Territorial Governance across Europe: Pathways, Practices and Prospects. Routledge: London and New York.
Borén, Thomas and Schmitt, Peter. (2022) Local knowledge and place-based development – networks of deep learning, European Planning Studies, 30(5), 825-842.
Schmitt, Peter and Smas Lukas (2020) Dissolution Rather than Consolidation - Questioning the Existence of the Comprehensive-Integrative Planning Model, Planning Practice & Research, DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1841973
Smas, Lukas and Schmitt, Peter (2020) Positioning regional planning across Europe, Regional Studies, 55(5), 778-790.
Schmitt, Peter and Wiechmann, Thorsten (2018) Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place: Extracting Potentials for future Advancements in Planning Research, disP - The Planning Review, 54(4), pp. 21-33.
Borén, Thomas and Schmitt, Peter. (2022) Local knowledge and place-based development – networks of deep learning, European Planning Studies, 30(5), 825-842.
Schmitt, Peter and Smas Lukas (2020) Dissolution Rather than Consolidation - Questioning the Existence of the Comprehensive-Integrative Planning Model, Planning Practice & Research, DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2020.1841973
Smas, Lukas and Schmitt, Peter (2020) Positioning regional planning across Europe, Regional Studies, 55(5), 778-790.
Schmitt, Peter and Wiechmann, Thorsten (2018) Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place: Extracting Potentials for future Advancements in Planning Research, disP - The Planning Review, 54(4), pp. 21-33.
Member of the working group "Beyond the process" (2021-2023)
Member of the ad-hoc working group "Brexit – New challenges for a new Europe" (2020)
Member of the ARL (since Nov 2019)
Member of the working group „Planning and Governing the Metropolis“ (2016-2019)
Local convenor of two ARL Summer Schools in Stockholm (in 2016: “Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place”; in 2022: Exploring spatial justice in times of disruptions)
Member of the working group „Metropolitan regions: innovation, competition, capacity to act“ (2004-2007)
Member of the young forum (2003-2005)
Member of the ad-hoc working group "Brexit – New challenges for a new Europe" (2020)
Member of the ARL (since Nov 2019)
Member of the working group „Planning and Governing the Metropolis“ (2016-2019)
Local convenor of two ARL Summer Schools in Stockholm (in 2016: “Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place”; in 2022: Exploring spatial justice in times of disruptions)
Member of the working group „Metropolitan regions: innovation, competition, capacity to act“ (2004-2007)
Member of the young forum (2003-2005)
- Social & cultural geography
- Regional development & management
- Spatial & state & regional planning
- Urban planning & development
- Participation, communication, mediation
- Political science
- Social sciences, cultural sciences, demography
