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Dr.-Phil. <br />Natasha Aruri

Dr.-Phil.
Natasha Aruri

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Vita
since 2018 Visiting Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) Urban Design, Dessau International Architecture (DIA) / Hochschule Anhalt.
since 2019 Post-Doc Researcher – LABOR K – Institut für Stadt- und Regionalplanung (ISR) | TU Berlin.
since 2017 City Research Team Lead (Ramallah) – GenUrb: „Urbanization, gender and the global south: a transformative knowledge network“ – directed by City Institute, York University, Toronto and supported by SSHRC, Canada
2016 – 2017 Research Associate – Global Soil Forum, IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
2013 – 2015 Coordinator of the 7th International Conference of Critical Geography, ICCG 2015
2011 – 2015 Doctoral Dissertation “100 x Ramallah: imaginations, otherness, and (de)colonisation in antispaces of sumud, 1914-2014”, Advanced Research in Urban Systems Program, UDE
2013 External Researcher & Ex-Post Evaluator:  German Development Bank, KfW
2011 – 2014 Consultant:  I CAN MOVE community dance Project at Youth, Art and Levante
2010 – 2011 Outreach Consultant & Researcher: Prosper Palestine, Ministry of Economy, Palestinian Authority
2008 – 2010 Masters dual degree “International Cooperation in Urban Development”, TU-Darmstadt and “Housing, Urbanisation & Sustainability in Development Context”, UIC Barcelona
2008 Assistant Researcher in external evaluation mission: LASUR-EPFL & German Development Bank, KfW
2007 – 2008 Architect & Researcher: Bethlehem Area Conservation & Management Plan, UNESCO
2007 External Researcher & Ex-Post Evaluator:  German Development Bank, KfW
2006 – 2008 Coordinator:  Shurouq Cultural Center, Peace and Freedom Youth Forum, Palestine
2001 – 2006 Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Birzeit University, Palestine
Research
2019 – 2022 Critical Mapping in Municipalist Movements (CMMM) – Robert Bosch Stiftung  (SPIELRAUM)
2018 – 2020 Mapping for Change? Critical cartography approaches to drive socio-environmental urban transformations. – Volkswagen Stiftung
2017 – 2023 GenUrb – Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: a transformative knowledge network – The City Institute at York University (CITY), Toronto (supported by: SSHRC, Canada)

2016 – 2017

 Walking Debates: Nairobi and Berlin | IASS Potsdam
2013, 2007, 2008  External Researcher & Ex-Post Evaluator:  German Development Bank, KfW
2011 – 2015 Doctoral Dissertation “100 x Ramallah: imaginations, otherness, and (de)colonisation in antispaces of sumud, 1914-2014”
Teaching
since 2018 Visiting Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) Urban Design, Dessau International Architecture (DIA) / Hochschule Anhalt,  with the weekly Lecture Series “Urbanism” and a Masters level Design Studio.
2018 Guest Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) within the “Urbanism Studies” Masters Program, for the module “International Placemaking Studio – Rethinking the Public Realm”, with the Studio “Placemaking Berlin: Bundesallee”
2017 Guest Lecturer at the Global Politics Seasonal School in Jordan “Cities in Global Times: Perspectives from the MENA Region and Europe”, organised by the Free University, Berlin and the German Jordanian University, Amman, with the module “Envisioning Urban Governance Anew”.
2016 Guest Trainer on concepts of re-claiming urban space at the workshop on pedagogical tools and dance therapy by Yante in Palestine, with the module “TAYSEER: The Walk/Working Class”
2014 Guest Lecturer at the TU-Darmstadt “International Cooperation in Urban Development” Masters Program, with the module “Urbanism as Medium of Contestation: State (un-)Making, Uncertainty, and Development through Civic Economies”
2013 Guest Lecturer at the Master’s Degree in Urban Systems, UDE, with the module “Urban Conflict Management – identification, analysis, mediation & moderation”
2012 Guest Trainer at Yante I CAN MOVE training of trainers program with the module “Communication Skills and Project-Team Coordination”
Awards & Scholarships
2011 Hans Böckler Stiftung Promotionsförderungsprogramm, 36-month scholarship for conducting the doctoral research.
2010 ARUS: Advanced Research in Urban Systems, UDE, 6-month scholarship to commence doctoral research.
2008 European Union – Erasmus Mundus Urbano (Double-Masters) Scholarship.

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Talks & Workshops
2019 / Toronto Presentation: Bring back “small politics’ into knowledge production, at “Feminist Explorations of Urban Futures” International Conference, City Institute, York University.
2019 / Athens Presentation: Ram•allah: The Watchtower. GenUrb Panel and Workshop “September in the City: Rhythms in the making of lives and cities”, ICCG 2019
2018 / London Presentation: Forging Solidarity, Taking a Stand on Palestine, with Dr. Omar Jabary Salamanca at the “Conferencing the International. Spaces of Modern Internationalism” conference by The University of Nottingham at the Royal Geographical Society.
2018 / Berlin Curator and moderator | Roundtable “The Power of Mapping” @ Urbanize! Festival Berlin | ZK/U
2018 / Ramallah Curator and moderator | Roundtable “Women make cities: how to centralise our visions and roles?”, GenUrb Project, at Khalil alSakakini Cultural Center.
2018 / Ramallah Presentation: Reconfiguring Antispaces in Ramallah, at the “Towards Anti-Hegemonic Knowledge Paradigms: Space, Place, Mobility and Power” Conference, Birzeit University.
2017 / Berlin Participant: 24-Stunden Workshop “Spielraum – Urbane Transformationen gestalten” | Robert Bosch Stiftung
2017 / Madaba Presentation: Reconfiguring Antispaces in Ramallah, at the “Reclaiming Public Space in Metropolitan Areas” Conference, German Jordanian University.
2017 / Berlin Host and curator (with Katleen De Flander) “Walking Debate: Berlin” @ Global Soil Week 2017
2016 / Nairobi Host and curator (with Katleen De Flander) “Walking Debate: Nairobi” @ African Soil Seminar

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