C.W. (Christian) Lamker, Dr

Teaching within Bachelor and Master programmes related to spatial planning and human geography.

Current educational courses (2025/26, 2026/27)

• EIP: Interactive Workshop (Master Environmental and Infrastructure Planning), coordinator
• City Matters: Urban Inequality and Social Justice (Master Society, Sustainability & Planning), coordinator
• Critical Approaches to Global Sustainability Challenges (Master Society, Sustainability & Planning)
• Planning Dynamics: Roles and Specialisms in action (Bachelor Spatial Planning & Design, Bachelor Human Geography & Planning)
• Bachelor Project (Bachelor Spatial Planning & Design)
• Master Theses (Master Society, Sustainability and Planning, Master Environmental and Infrastructure Planning, Research Master Spatial Sciences)
• Introduction to Academic Research (Bachelor Spatial Planning & Design, Bachelor Human Geography & Planning)
• Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme STONIE - Sustainable Transformation of Neighbourhoods in Europe (Bachelor Spatial Planning & Design)
• Single lectures in 'Philosophy of Social Sciences, Human Geography and Planning' (Bachelor) and 'Spatial Problems and Spatial Policies: The Dutch Experience' (Bachelor/Master)
• Guest lectures, especially around planning theory and post-growth planning, at other universities.

Prior teaching responsibilities:

• Governance Dynamics (Bachelor Spatial Planning & Design, Bachelor Human Geography & Planning)
• Methods of Academic Research (Beachelor Spatial Planning & Design, Bachelor Human Geography & Planning)
• Course Planning History (under-/postgraduate), single responsible lecturer (2019)
• Course Planning Theory (under-/postgraduate), single responsible lecturer (2018/19)
• Course Planning Theory (under-/postgraduate), with Professor Thorsten Wiechmann (2015-2017)
• Course Urbanisation and Change Management (postgraduate, RWTH Aachen, 2017/18).
• Lecture and supervision of student projects (under- and postgraduate).
• Lecture and supervision of student tutors (under- and postgraduate).
• Colloquium with planning professionals, with Professor Sabine Baumgart and Ulla Greiwe.
• Supervision and examination of Bachelor and Master Theses.
• Guest lectures at the universities of Auckland, RWTH Aachen, Detroit Mercy and Duisburg-Essen.