Dr. Astrid Maurer

The doctoral topic of volitional vacancy and the question of whether the ownership of unoccupied apartments in prime locations is worth protecting, aptly reflects Astrid Maurer's field of research. At the intersection of land policy, valuation and real estate economics, Astrid Maurer is particularly interested in issues related to actor networks in the housing and land market, innovative design of land policy instruments, and inner city development (in particular transparency of land market and owner data, problem properties and gaps between buildings).

Further research keywords are (which are also topics for bachelor and master theses):

• Vacancy in private property
• volitional vacancies
• second home policy
• land policy and land management
• valuation of vacant and developed land
• stakeholder analysis

Education

• 2015 - 2022: PhD in spatial planning (Doctor of Political Science)
• 2021: Expert valuation (IHK certified)
• 2015 - 2021: Certificate »Professional teaching competence for the university«
• 2009 & 2012: Basics and Advanced seminar »Valuation of undeveloped and developed properties« (AKNW NRW)
• 1998 – 2008: Diploma geography, Ruhr University Bochum; Economic Sciences (1st minor), Public Law (2nd minor during basic studies), Spanish (2nd minor during main course)

Work experience

• 2015 - today:  Research Assistant at the faculty of spatial planning (TU Dortmund)
  • Teaching
    • Tutorial ‚Land valuation‘ (each summer semester)
    • Tutorial ‚Soil management‘ (each winter semester)
    • Tutorial ‚Calculate with soil‘ (summer semester 2016, 2017)
    • Supervisor study project M02 'Structures and Strategies in Housing Market Arenas in Bavaria' (summer semester 2023)
    • Consultant study project F10 'Misuse of living space – A matter of negotiation?'  (winter semester 2017/2018)
    • Supervisor study project A01 'How satisfied are we with our public space? – A performance analysis of spatial planning' (summer semester 2017)
• 2008 - 2015: Market analyst and valuation assistant; Schmidt + Partner, Dortmund

• Dey Biswas, Sattwick; Maurer, Astrid; Hartmann, Thomas (2024): Land policy and land valuation. Land Use Policy, S. 107295. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107295. SPECIAL ISSUE.
• Maurer, Astrid (2023): Land policy and volitional vacancies - Is the ownership of unoccupied apartments in prime locations worth protecting? PhD Series InPlanning. https://eldorado.tu-dortmund.de/bitstream/2003/41978/1/Dissertation_Astrid_Maurer.pdf
• Hartmann, Thomas; Maurer, Astrid (2023): Bodenpolitik und Wertermittlung. IN: Aktuelle Herausforderungen für die Immobilienbewertung, Immobilienwirtschaft und Bodenpolitik. Schaper - Deutsche Immobilien-Akademie (Hrsg.). DIA

• "Problem properties - with scrap to residential land", PhD-/ Post-doc Seminar, University of the German Armed Forces München, 14.07.2023
• "Land policy and valuation", 54. Freiburger Immobilien-Fachseminar, DIA Freiburg, 30.03.2023
• "Land policy and volitional vacancy - The right to leave it empty", International Academic Conference on Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR), Gent (Belgium), 07.07.2022
• „A comparative perspective on secondary homes policies in Alpine areas", Andreas Hengstermann, Astrid Maurer, Arthur Schindelegger, International Academic Conference on Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR), Usti nad Labem (Czechia), 20.02.2020
• "Second homes in touristic areas of Austria, Germany and Switzerland - three countries one problem", Airbnbing the city, ILS NRW Dortmund, 24.01.2020
• "Space + Planning – More than two words", Open Day, TU Dortmund, 23.11.2019

• Member of the working groups "Neighborhood Research" and "Housing Market Research" (DGfG) (since 2019)
• Member of the Association of Geographers at German Universities (VGDH) (since 2019)
• Member of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) (since 2015)