News

12/02/2025

Review: 'This book adresses one of the most pressing topics of our time - the "land question"'

Debrunner, Assistant Professor of Planning and Housing at the University of Lausanne, reviews "Land Policies in Europe", co-edited by Thomas Hartmann.

10/17/2025

Thomas Hartmann at Brussels Talk "Land as a Scarce Ressource" with the ARL

Prof. Hartmann led an exercise about the results of the working group "Land Policies in Europe" at the Brussels Talk 2025.

07/23/2025

Interview with Prof Hartmann in "Silverius", magazine of the University of Ústí nad Labem (UJEP), CZ

Thomas Hartmann talks about successful collaborations in recent EU-research projects and teaching at UJEP. The interview can be found on pages 28-29.

03/04/2025

Book publication: "Land Policies in Europe"

Published in March 2025, "Land Policies in Europe" offers valuable insights into land use, land policy and property rights across Europe.

03/04/2025

Thomas Hartmann in WDR report about the Dortmund Conference for Spatial and Planning Research (DOKORP)

About the significance of private land ownership for urban development, challenges of sustainable urban planning and building houses of the future.

01/30/2025

In Memory of Benjamin Davy

With great sadness, we mourn the loss of Benjamin Davy, who passed away on January 24, 2025, at the age of 68 in his home.

01/19/2025

Dr. Gregor Forschbach from the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building with a guest lecture on property and land policy

On Monday, 13 January 2025, Dr. Gregor Forschbach (BMWSB) gave a guest lecture on the topic of "property and land policy" for Module 14 "land policy".