Dr. Philipp Klaus

Phil­ipp Klaus is an eco­no­mic and social geo­grapher, with focus on rese­arch and con­sul­ting on socios­pa­ti­al, socioe­co­no­mic and plan­ning pro­ces­ses in urban deve­lo­p­ment. To exami­ne and under­stand cities, to point out con­nec­tions, to make com­pa­ri­sons, to fol­low and descri­be deve­lo­p­ments and abo­ve all — to ask ques­ti­ons:  How are urban socie­ties chan­ging? Why and how are cities even­ti­sed? gover­ned? plan­ned? What inte­rests are invol­ved? Who wins, who loses? How can cities beco­me more sus­tainable and peo­p­le act more envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly? How does the com­pe­ti­ti­on of cities affect the lives of the inha­bi­tants? Who may live in the city, who may not? What role does cul­tu­re play in the eco­no­my and what role does eco­no­my play in culture?

From 2010 to 2016, Phil­ipp Klaus was seni­or lec­tu­rer and rese­ar­cher at the Chair of Socio­lo­gy, Depart­ment of Archi­tec­tu­re, ETH Zurich. He has also taught and rese­ar­ched at other units of ETH Zurich (NSL Plan­ning, ORL-Insti­tu­te, IVT), and the Geo­gra­phi­cal Insti­tu­tes of the Uni­ver­si­ties of Ber­ne and Zurich. 2005 Dis­ser­ta­ti­on “City, Cul­tu­re, Inno­va­ti­on” at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Zürich. Sin­ce 1999 he is the coor­di­na­tor of the Inter­na­tio­nal Net­work for Urban Rese­arch and Action INURA. In2003 he foun­ded the INURA Zurich Insti­tu­te, tog­e­ther with Richard Wolff (mem­ber of the City Coun­cil of Zurich 2013–2022) und Chris­toph Lüthi (sin­ce 2005 seni­or rese­ar­cher at EAWAG, ETH). Sin­ce 2022 owner of K L A R T gmbh. Phil­ipp Klaus is a member of the board and co-pre­si­dent of the Kraftwerk1 housing coope­ra­ti­ve, a member of the buil­ding com­mis­si­on of Kraftwerk1 Sied­lung Koch, and a member of the sci­en­ti­fic com­mit­tee of the jour­nal “Con­tes­ti. Cit­tà, Ter­ri­to­ri, Pro­get­ti”.

Phil­ipp Klaus: publi­ca­ti­ons 

Phil­ipp Klaus: web­site

Phil­ipp Klaus: Stadt, Kul­tur, Inno­va­ti­on 

Inter­na­tio­nal Net­work for Urban Rese­arch and Action INURA