Stefanie Duehr

Research Interests

Economic Development Policy Environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards Environmentally sustainable transport activities Housing policy Land policy Land Use and Environmental Planning Public Policy Urban and Regional Planning Urban Policy

Prof Stefanie Duehr

Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

School of Architecture and Built Environment

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Stefanie Dühr is since 2018 Research Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of South Australia. Until February 2023 she also served as the Deputy Director of UniSA's AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute) Research Centre. 
Stefanie holds a PhD in European spatial planning from the University of the West of England, Bristol (2005), and a ‘Diplom' (Masters) degree in Applied Geography / Spatial Development from the University of Trier (Germany) (1998).
Pre-2018, Stefanie worked as Professor of European spatial planning systems at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She has also held academic positions in the UK and Germany, and worked in public administration of the UK and the European Commission on EU territorial cooperation initiatives.
Stefanie is the author of the monograph ‘The Visual Language of Spatial Planning’ (Routledge, 2007) and co-author of ‘European spatial planning and territorial cooperation’ (Routledge, 2010).
 

Stefanie Dühr’s research draws on literature from the fields of urban and regional planning, human and economic geography, cartography, policy sciences and governance studies. Most of her work is policy-oriented and qualitative, with a main focus on strategic spatial planning. Her research interests cover the following topics:

1)    Comparative spatial planning, national planning systems, urban and regional policies and planning instruments

2)    Multi-level governance and territorial cooperation on spatial planning (metropolitan, cross-border and transnational) 

3)    Sustainable urban and regional development

4)    Cartographic representations and spatial data in spatial planning and urban development processes

Date Position Institution name
2020 - 2023 Co-Director of the UNiSA Research Centre of the Australian Urban and Housing Research Institute (AHURI) University of South Australia
2018 - 2025 Professor of Urban and Regional Planning University of South Australia
2013 - 2018 Full Professor / Professor of European Spatial Planning Systems Radboud University Nijmegen
2008 - 2013 Associate Professor Radboud University Nijmegen
2007 - 2008 Professor and Acting Head of the Department of Spatial Planning in Europe TU Dortmund
2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor Radboud University Nijmegen
2005 - 2005 Senior Research Fellow University of the West of England, Bristol
2003 - 2005 Research Fellow University of the West of England, Bristol
2002 - 2003 UK Contact Point (South) for INTERREG IIIB North West Europe Programme Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK government department responsible for spatial planning)
2000 - 2002 Research Associate University of the West of England, Bristol
1998 - 2000 Research Assistant University of the West of England, Bristol
1998 - 1998 Stagiaire European Commission

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2015 Award Internationalization Award of Radboud University for Erasmus Mundus programme PLANET Europe Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands -
2007 Award Award for best and most innovative paper (second prize) at the International Symposium "Planning Cultures in Europe", Hamburg 28-29 June 2007. Title of paper: 'Visualising Spatial Policy in Europe'. TU Hamburg Germany -
2003 Award Best Paper Award 2003 of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). Title of awarded journal article: Illustrating Spatial Policies in Europe, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 929-948 Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Belgium -

Language Competency
Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
French Can read and understand spoken
German Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
1998 - 2005 University of the West of England, Bristol United Kingdom Ph.D.
1991 - 1998 University of Trier Germany Diplom-Geographin (MSc equivalent; discipline area: Applied Geography / Spatial development)

Year Citation
2024 Dühr, S. (2024). Population growth and distribution in Australia: policy and governance challenges for a more balanced settlement structure. Urban Policy and Research, 42(2), 109-123.
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2024 Nowak, M. J., Dühr, S., Peña, S., Batsuuri, B., Fast, V., Fidélis, T., . . . Blaszke, M. (2024). An international comparison of the scope and instruments of local spatial planning. Town Planning Review, 95(2), 197-217.
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2023 Dühr, S. (2023). Investigating the policy tools of spatial planning. Policy Studies, 44(2), 258-275.
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2022 Vij, A., & Dühr, S. (2022). The commercial viability of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS): what's in it for existing transport operators, and why should governments intervene?. Transport Reviews, 42(5), 695-716.
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2021 Dühr, S. (2021). German stakeholder perspectives on the provision of cross-border public services. Europa XXI, 40, 27-46.
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2021 Dühr, S., Gilbert, H., & Peters, S. (2021). Spatial data requirements for metropolitan spatial planning in South Australia: challenges for evidence-informed policy-making and monitoring. Planning Practice and Research, 36(5), 530-552.
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2020 Dühr, S., & Belof, M. (2020). Social learning in transnational spatial planning processes: an analysis of the 'V4+2' cooperation on spatial development. Planning Practice & Research, 35(2), 148-168.
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2020 Dühr, S. (2020). Imagining the region: cartographic representations in Australian metropolitan spatial strategies. Australian Planner, 56(2), 83-94.
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2018 Dühr, S. (2018). A Europe of 'Petites Europes': an evolutionary perspective on transnational cooperation on spatial planning. Planning perspectives, 33(4), 543-569.
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2016 Cotella, G., & Dühr, S. (2016). Transboundary spaces, policy diffusion and planning cultures - a new thematic group for AESOP. disP, 52(4), 98-101.
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2016 Dühr, S., Cowell, R., & Markus, E. (2016). Europeanizing planning education and the enduring power of national institutions. International planning studies, 21(1), 16-33.
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2013 Westerink, J., Lagendijk, A., Dühr, S., Van der Jagt, P., & Kempenaar, A. (2013). Contested spaces? The use of place concepts to communicate visions for peri-urban areas. European planning studies, 21(6), 780-800.
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2012 Dühr, S., & Müller, A. (2012). The role of spatial data and spatial information in strategic spatial planning. Regional studies, 46(4), 423-428.
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2009 Dühr, S. (2009). Regional development and regional policy in the Netherlands: are there peripheral regions?. Raumforschung und raumordnung, 67(4), 300-307.
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Year Citation
2025 Nowak, M. J., Mitrea, A., Legutko Kobus, P., Dühr, S., & Blaszke, M. (2025). Green spaces and urban planning in the countries surveyed : summary and future research directions. In Source details - Title: The Protection of Green Spaces for Climate Change Adaptation: Planning Systems, Policies and Instruments (pp. 176-194). UK: Routledge.
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2025 Nowak, M. J., Mitrea, A., Dühr, S., Gagakuma, D., Legutko Kobus, P., Pena, S., . . . Blaszke, M. (2025). Protected green spaces in spatial planning as a key element of climate change adaptation. In M. Nowak (Ed.), Source details - Title: The protection of green spaces for climate change adaptation planning systems, policies and instruments (pp. 5-18). UK: Routledge.
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2025 Dühr, S. (2025). Urban planning and the protection of green spaces for climate change adaptation in Greater Adelaide, South Australia. In Source details - Title: The protection of green spaces for climate change adaptation (pp. 32-56). UK: Routledge.
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2021 Dühr, S. (2021). Germany's 'European Metropolitan Regions'. In M. Neuman, & W. Zonneveld (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Routledge Handbook of Regional Design (pp. 125-139). US: Taylor & Francis.
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2018 Dühr, S. (2018). Stadt - und Raumentwicklung Niederlande. In Source details - Title: Handwörterbuch der Stadt ‐ und Raumentwicklung (Hand dictionary of urban and spatial development) (5 ed., pp. 2297-2307). Germany: Academy of Spatial Research and Planning.
2015 Dühr, S. (2015). Analysing cartographic representations in spatial planning. In E. Silva, P. Healey, N. Harris, & P. Broeck (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Routledge handbook of planning research methods (pp. 192-201). UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
2013 Dühr, S. (2013). The added-value of macro-regional strategies from the perspective of spatial planning. In Source details - Title: Commission staff working document accompanying the document: report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions concerning the added value of macro-regional strategies (pp. 24-44). Belgium: European Commission.
2012 Dühr, S., & Zonneveld, W. (2012). Images of Europe, images for Europe. In W. Zonneveld, J. Vries, & L. Janssen-Jansen (Eds.), Source details - Title: European territorial governance (pp. 281-317). Germany: IOS Press.
2011 Dühr, S. (2011). Spatial planning in and with neighbouring countries of Germany. In K. Borchard (Ed.), Source details - Title: Grundriss der Raumordnung und Raumentwicklung (pp. 757-796). Hannover: Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung.
2010 Dühr, S. (2010). Moving beyond rhetoric: on the Europeanisation of urban and spatial policy through transnational cooperation. In A. Hamedinger, & A. Wolffhardt (Eds.), Source details - Title: The Europeanization of cities: policies, urban change & urban networks (pp. 163-181). Netherlands: Techne Press.
2009 Dühr, S. (2009). Visualising spatial policy in Europe. In J. Knieling, & F. Othengrafen (Eds.), Source details - Title: Planning cultures in Europe: decoding cultural phenomena in urban and regional planning (pp. 113-136). UK: Routledge.

Year Citation
2023 Horne, R., Dorignon, L., Lawson, J., Easthope, H., Dühr, S., Moore, T., . . . Xiong, Z. (2023). Informing a strategy for circular economy housing in Australia. Australia: AHURI - Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited.
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2023 Dühr, S., Berry, S., & Moore, T. (2023). Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited Melbourne, Australia.
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2022 Crommelin, L., Denham, T., Troy, L., Harrison, J., Gilbert, H., Dühr, S., & Pinnegar, S. (2022). Understanding the lived experience and benefits of regional cities. Australia: AHURI.
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2021 Davis, A., Madigan, D., Dühr, S., Kroll, D., Afrooz, A. E., Peters, S., & Vij, A. (2021). Downsizing to the City: project report. Australia: University of South Australia.
2021 Butt, A., Kroen, A., Steele, W., & Dühr, S. (2021). Local government co-ordination: metropolitan governance in twenty-first century Australia: Source details - Title: AHURI Final Report. Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
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2020 Vij, A., Dühr, S., Xiong, P., Cash, B., Gurd, B., & Boell, S. (2020). MaaS business models: emerging business models in the digital economy, and lessons for Mobility as a Service (MaaS) operators and regulators. Australia: iMove Australia.
2020 Dühr, S., Gilbert, H., & Peters, S. (2020). 'Evidence-informed' metropolitan planning in Australia? Investigating spatial data availability, integration and governance. Australia: University of South Australia.
2020 Dühr, S., Kroll, D., & Leditschke, A. (2020). The role of statutory planning in achieving sustainable development in Australian capital cities. Australia: University of South Australia.
2014 Dühr, S. (2014). Scales of cooperation, spaces of communication: inaugural speech by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dühr. Netherlands: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.
2014 Dühr, S. (2014). Are there arguments for a Central European macro-regional strategy?. Netherlands: Radboud University Nijmegen.
2011 Dühr, S. (2011). Baltic Sea, Danube and macro-regional strategies: a model for transnational cooperation in the EU?. France: Notre Europe.
2010 Stumm, T., Doucet, P., Malan, J., Bergs, R., van Run, P., Dühr, S., . . . Trofin, L. (2010). Ex-post evaluation of INTERREG III 2000 - 2006. Netherlands: European Commission.

  • Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Scholarship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/05/2025 - 31/05/2027

  • Collaborative homeownership in Australia: benefits, barriers and opportunities, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/08/2025 - 31/12/2026

  • iMove 3.015 Promoting Community Readiness and Uptake of Connected and Automated Vehicles, iMove Australia Limited, 04/03/2021 - 30/03/2023

  • AHURI - Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale (21/PRO/32281), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/04/2021 - 21/11/2022

  • AHURI - Inquiry into population growth in Australia’s smaller cities (20/PRO/32260), Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/04/2020 - 31/12/2021

  • AHURI - Local Government Co-Ordination: Metropolitan Governance in Twenty-first Century Australia, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2020

  • The role of statutory planning in achieving sustainable development in Australian capital cities (URIPA - CoA co-funding), Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 15/08/2019 - 30/06/2020

  • iMOVE 3-005 - MaaS business models: Emerging business models in the digital economy, and lessons for Mobility as a Service (MaaS) operators and regulators, iMove Australia Limited, 01/07/2019 - 31/01/2020

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Obed Ankrah
2019 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Faruq Ibnul Haqi
2019 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Heather Louise Smith

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2021 - ongoing Editor Planning Practice and Research Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
2021 - ongoing Board Member Dialogues in Urban Research SAGE United States
2020 - ongoing Board Member Cities Elsevier Netherlands
2012 - ongoing Board Member European Planning Studies Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
2008 - 2021 Board Member Planning Practice and Research Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
2008 - 2011 Editor Regional Studies Taylor and Francis United Kingdom
2007 - ongoing Board Member Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and Planning Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung Germany
2006 - 2024 Board Member Planning Theory and Practice Taylor and Francis United Kingdom

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