Management

Baharak Ashrafi studied architecture and holds a Master's degree in world heritage studies, where she specialized in impact assessment methods. She is currently finalising her doctoral research at RWTH Aachen University, focusing on developing a methodology for assessing the impacts of urban development on historic areas, with a particular emphasis on sustainable urban development. Before joining the University of Stuttgart, she worked for several years as an architect as well as a specialist and project coordinator on national and international projects. She also served as a research assistant and lecturer at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. She is currently the Study Programme Manager of the Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) programme.

Rainer Goutrié graduated from the University of Stuttgart with a degree in architecture and urban planning. From 2000-2005, he worked as a project architect in various companies on the planning and construction of public and residential buildings. He won several prizes in architecture and urban design competitions. From 2004 to 2010 he worked and taught at the Chair of Urban Planning and Design, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Bott, University of Stuttgart. His field of work was the urban planning education of 2nd year students and design classes for students in higher semesters. These mostly internationally orientated design studios and study trips have taken him to Turkey, France, the Netherlands and Brazil, among many other places. Since 2010, he has been working as coordinator of the ‘International Module’, a compulsory part of the Bachelor's programme that includes a work or study visit abroad, and organises the international office of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning. He has been part of the IUSD course coordinator team at the University of Stuttgart since 2016.

Dr. Ines Kruse completed an apprenticeship as a publisher and worked for over 12 years as a producer of scientific books and journals in several publishing houses. Then she studied „Art History“ and „German Linguistics“ at the University of Tübingen and wrote her PhD thesis about a German architect and his reception since 1789. At the same time, she worked as an editor, a museum intern, a research assistant and has been working as an administrator at the University of Stuttgart, since 2014 in the division „Students‘ Affairs“ and since 2025 in the Institute of Urban Planning and Design. 

Liza Konzelmann

Currently studying Master of Science Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning

Nida Izgi

Currently studying Master of Science Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning