Professor (Univ.-Prof. Dr.)
Tabea Bork-Hüffer
Research Group Leader
Tabea Bork-Hüffer works on how practices and power relations shape spaces and societies, especially in relation to three interconnected processes: digitisation, mobilities, and urbanisation. Throughout the last 15 years Tabea Bork-Hüffer has worked on particularly quickly changing regions in Southeast and East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, China) as well as Central Europe (Austria, Germany). Her work as geographer is characterised by an interdisciplinary outreach, and a focus on cross-sectional topics.
Contact
Consultation
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Phone
Phone: +43-512-507-54016
Fax: +43-512-507-54199
Postal address
Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Platforms & Social Media
Research Foci
At a Glance
Regional
Central Europe (Austria, Germany)
Southeast and East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, China)
Thematic
Digital Geographies
Political Geographies
Cultural and Social Geographies
Geographies of Health
Geographies of Mobilities and Migration
Methods
Qualitative, quantitative, mobile, digital and more-than-representational methods
Academic Career
2023 → ‘Distinguished Visiting Fellow’ at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham, UK (08 – 09/2023)
2018 – present → Professor at the Institute of Geography, Innsbruck University, Austria
2017 – 2018 → Interim Professorship at the Institute of Geography, Innsbruck University
2016 – 2017 → Maternity and parental leave
2013 – 2016 → Postdoctoral and Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Fellow: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
2014 → Maternity leave
2013 → Teaching Fellow: Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
2012 → Scientific Coordinator and Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany: German Research Foundation (DFG)-Priority Program 1233 “Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change”
2010 → Teaching Fellow: Geography and Planning School, Sun-Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
2008 → Teaching Fellow: Geography and Planning School, Sun-Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
2007 – 2011 → Research Associate: Department of Geography, University of Cologne
2002 – 2007 → Studies of Geography, Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Bonn, University of Cologne and Queen’s University Belfast
Further Academic Positions & Memberships:
2022 – present → Head of the Department of Geography, University of Innsbruck
2024 – present → Editorial Board Member Journal “Geography Compass“, Section Social Geography
2023 – present → Faculty member of the Doctoral College “Organizing the Digital”, University of Innsbruck
2021 – present → Editorial Board Member Journal “Erdkunde“
2020 – present → Deputy Head of the Association of Academic Geography Austria (“Geographieverband”)
2020 – present → Invited member of the Disaster Competence Network of Austria (DCNA), board for Public Health
2019 – present → Editorial Board Member Journal “Digital Geography and Society“
2019 – present → Faculty member of the Research Centre “Migration & Globalisation”, University of Innsbruck
2019 – present → Member of the German Research Foundation’s (DFG) Network “Digitale Geographien”
2018 – present → Faculty member of the Doctoral College “Dynamics of Inequalities and Difference in Times of Globalisation”, University of Innsbruck
2017 – present → Chair of the Workgroup “Urban Geography in the Global South”
2017 – present → Chair of the Workgroup “East Asia” of the German Association of Geography (DGfG)
2017 – present → Faculty member of the Research Centre “Global Change – Regional Sustainability”, University of Innsbruck
2014 – 2015 → Member of the Asia Research Institute Graduate Forum Committee, National University of Singapore
2013 – 2015 → Chair of the Asia Research Institute Social and Welfare Committee, National University of Singapore
Degrees:
2018 → Habilitation (venia legendi: “Geography”), University of Cologne;
Title of thesis: “The Politics of Space and Place in Urban Asia: Mobilities, Migration and Digitisation”
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2012 → Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Cologne, summa cum laude (0,0)
Title of thesis: “Migrants’ Health Seeking Actions in Guangzhou, China. Individual Action, Structure and Agency: Linkages and Change”
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2007 → Diploma (Geography), Universities of Bonn and Cologne, passed with distinction (1,0)
Title of thesis (in German): “Analyse und Bewertung der Gesundheitssituation in Dörfern-in-der-Stadt in Guangzhou, China”
Awards & Honors:
2023 → Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, University of Birmingham (08 – 09/2023)
2013 –2016 → Feodor-Lynen Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, Germany
2013 → VGDH-Dissertationspreis (award for doctoral thesis granted by the Association of Geographers at Universities and Research Institutions in the German-speaking region [Austria, Germany, Switzerland])
2009 → Dr. Prill Preis (award for Diploma thesis granted by the Association of Geographers, Cologne)
2006 → DAAD Scholarship (for field research abroad)
2004 –2005 → EU ERASMUS/SOKRATES Scholarship (Queen’s University Belfast)
My Publications
Featured PublicationsSelection
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Bork-Hüffer, T., Füller, H. & T. Straube (eds., 2021): Digitale Geographien: Welt – Wissen – Werkzeuge (Digital Geographies: World – Knowledge – Tools). UTB.
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Bork-Hüffer, T. & A. Strüver (eds., 2022): Digitale Geographien: Einführungen in sozio-materiell-technologische Raumproduktionen. Franz Steiner Verlag.
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed and reviewed):
Butsch, C., Everts, J. & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2024): Uneven geographies of COVID-19: Reviewing geographical research agendas and concepts from a syndemics perspective. In: Geography Compass.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Wächter, L. & R. Hitchings (2024): “On the mountain, the world is still all right”: nature connections in context and the Covid journey of young adults in Austria. In: People and Nature.
Gudowsky, N., Kowalski, J. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2023): Augmented futures? Scenarios and implications of augmented reality use in public spaces. Futures, 151: 103193.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2022): Digital Media, Friendships and Migrants’ Entangled and Non-linear Inclusion and Exclusion. In: Urban Studies.
Mahlknecht, B. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2022): ‘She Felt Incredibly Ashamed’: Gendered (Cyber-)Bullying and the Hypersexualized Female Body. In: Gender, Place & Culture.
Mahlknecht, B., Kempert, R. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2022): Graduating During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Digital Media Practices and Learning Spaces of Pupils Taking their School-Leaving Exams. In: Sustainability
Kulcar, V., Bork-Hüffer, T., & A.-M. Schneider (2022): Getting through the crisis together: Do friendships contribute to university students’ resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic? In: Frontiers in Psychology.
Alizadeh, H., Bork-Hüffer, T., Kohlbacher, J., Mohammed-Amin, R.K. & K. Niami (2022): The contribution of urban public space to the social interactions and empowerment of women. Journal of Urban Affairs.
Kulcar, V., Straganz, C., Kreh, A., Siller, H., File, N., Canazei, M., Bork-Hüffer, T. & B. Juen (2021). University students’ adherence and vaccination attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Focusing on costs and benefits. In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Kulcar, V., Brielmair, F., Markl, A., Immer, A., Juen, B., Walter, M.H. & K. Kaufmann (2021): University Students’ Perception, Evaluation and Spaces of Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria: What Can We Learn for Post-Pandemic Educational Futures? In: Sustainability.
Kaufmann, K., Bork-Hüffer, T., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N., Rauhala, M., & Rutzinger, M. (2021): Ethical challenges of researching emergent socio-material-technological phenomena: Insights from an interdisciplinary mixed methods project using mobile eye-tracking. In: Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society.
Kaufmann, K., Peil, C., & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Producing in situ Data from a Distance with Mobile Instant Messaging Interviews (MIMIs) – Examples from the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Kollert, A., Rutzinger, M., Bremer, M., Kaufmann, K. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2021): Mapping of 3D Eye-tracking in Urban Outdoor Environments. In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021 edition of the XXIVth ISPRS Congress
Kraas, F. & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Megaprojekte und die Neue Konnektivität in Asien (Megaprojects and the New Connectivity in Asia). In: Geographische Rundschau.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Mahlknecht, B., & K. Kaufmann (2020): (Cyber)Bullying in schools – when bullying stretches across cON/FFlating spaces. In: Children’s Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2020.1784850.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & S. A. Peth (2020): Arrival or Transient Spaces? Differentiated Politics of Mobilities, Socio-Technological Orderings and Migrants’ Socio-Spatial Embeddedness. In: Urban Planning 2020, 5(3), 33-43, DOI: 10.17645/up.v5i3.2988.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Mahlknecht, B., & Markl, A. (2020): Kollektivität in und durch cON/FFlating spaces: 8 Thesen zu Verschränkungen, multiplen Historizitäten und Intra-Aktionen in sozio-materiell-technologischen (Alltags-)Räumen. In: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Kollektivwissenschaften.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Mahlknecht, B. & Kaufmann, K. (2020). Bullying in cON/FFlating Spaces – Why a ‘Space’ Perspective Matters for Understanding Young People’s Socio-Material-Technological Experiences and Practices of Bullying. Long version of paper accepted at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.
Kaufmann, K., Straganz, C. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2020): City-life No More? Young Adults’ Disrupted Urban Experiences and their Digital Mediation under Covid-19. In: Urban Planning 5 (4), DOI: 10.17645/up.v5i4.3479
Kaufmann, K., Rauhala, M., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N., Rutzinger, M. und Bork-Hüffer, T. (2020). Reflecting on the Ethics of Mobile Eye-Tracking in a Mixed Methods Research Design. Long version of paper presented at AoIR 2020: The 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & F. Kraas (2019): Zeitalter der Städte: Steingewordene Systemvisionen: In Asien entstehen immer mehr Megastädte und -projekte [The age of cities: system visions in stone: More and more megacities and megaprojects are emerging in Asia]. In: Internationale Politik (November/December 2019), S. 38-42.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Binnenwanderungen – ein weltweiter Überblick [Internal migrations – a global overview]. In: Geographische Rundschau 2019 (3), 4-8.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Die Südwestgrenze der USA. Zu den Folgen von Grenzbefestigungen und -sicherungen [The US Southwestern border. On the consequences of border fortifications]. In: Geographische Rundschau 2019 (1/2), S. 62-63.
Kraas, F. & T. Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Metropolen und Metropolregionen: Strategische Steuerungszentralen globalisierter Transformationsprozesse weltweit [Metropoles and metropolitan regions: Strategic control centers of globalised transformation processes]. In: geographie heute, 345.
Kraas, F., Bork-Hüffer, T. & M. Kroll (2018): Stadtmodelle, neue Hauptstädte und Städte der Zukunft in Asien [City models, new capitals and cities of the future in Asia]. In: Geographische Rundschau 2018 (6), 22-26.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & B. Yeoh (2017): The Geographies of Difference in Conflating Digital and Offline Spaces of Encounter: Migrant Professionals’ Throwntogetherness in Singapore. In: Geoforum 86, 93-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.09.002
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): Mobility Intentions of Privileged and Middling Migrant Professionals in Singapore: Cross-Cultural Comparison and Effects of the “Singaporeans First” Strategy. In: Asien 143/2017, 64-92.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Beyond Smart City”: Singapurs “Smart Nation” Strategie und der ewige Wettbewerb um Modellfunktion. In: Geographische Rundschau 7-8 (2017), pp. 36-40.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2016): Mediated Sense of Place: Effects of Mediation and Mobility on the Place Perception of German Professionals in Singapore. In: New Media and Society 18 (10), 2155-2170. DOI: 10.1177/1461444816655611.
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Etzold, B./ Gransow, B./ Tomba, L./ Sterly, H./ Suda, K./ Kraas, F. & R. Flock (2016): Agency and the Making of Transient Urban Spaces: Examples of Migrants in the City in the Pearl River Delta, China and Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: Population, Space and Place 22 (2), 128-145. DOI: 10.1002/psp.1890.
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Rafflenbeul, B./ Kraas, F. & Z. Li (2016): Mobility and the Transiency of Social Spaces: African Merchant Entrepreneurs in China. In: Population, Space and Place 22 (2), 199-211. DOI: 10.1002/psp.1900.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2015): Healthcare-Seeking Practices of African and Rural-to-Urban Migrants in Guangzhou. In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 44 (4), 49-81. DOI: 10.1177/186810261504400404.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & F. Kraas (2015): Health Care Disparities in Megaurban China: The Ambivalent Role of Unregistered Practitioners. In: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 106 (3), 339-352. DOI:10.1111/tesg.12116.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & Y. Yuan-Ihle (2014): The Management of Foreigners in China: Changes to the Migration Law and Regulations During the Late Era Hu/Wen and Early Era Xi/Li and Their Potential Effects. In: International Journal of China Studies, 5 (3, 2014). http://ics.um.edu.my/?modul=IJCS
Bork, T./ Kraas, F./ Xue, D. & Z. Li (2011): Urban Environmental Health Challenges in China’s Villages-in-the-city. In: Geographische Zeitschrift 99 (1), 16-35. DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.438.
Bork, T./ Kraas, F. & Y. Yuan (2011): Governance Challenges in China’s Urban Health Care System – The Role of Stakeholders. In: Erdkunde 65 (2), 121-135. DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2011.02.02.
Bork, T./ Kraas, F. & Y. Yuan (2010): Migrant’s Health, Health Facilities and Services in Villages-in-the-city in Guangzhou, China. In: Berliner Chinahefte [Chinese History and Society] 38, 72-93.
Butsch, C./ Kroll, M. & T. Bork (2010): The Megaurban Health Challenge – Examples from India and China. In: Geographische Rundschau International 2010 (2), 20-25.
Bork, T./ Butsch, C./ Kraas, F. & M. Kroll (2009): Megastädte: Neue Risiken für die Gesundheit. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 106 (39), 1877-1881
Mongraphs, Edited Special Issues and Edited Volumes:
Everts, J., Bork-Hüffer, T., & C. Butsch (eds., 2022): The Uneven Geographies of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Erdkunde 2/2022.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Füller, H. & T. Straube (eds., 2021): Digitale Geographien: Welt – Wissen – Werkzeuge (Digital Geographies: World – Knowledge – Tools). UTB.
Kraas, F. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2021): Megaprojekte in Asien (Megaprojects in Asia). In: Geographische Rundschau 4/2021.
Bork-Hüffer, T. & A. Strüver (2022): Steiner Basistexte Digitale Geographien – Einführungen in sozio-materiell-technologische Raumproduktionen (Steiner Basistexte Digital Geographies – Introductions to socio-material-technological productions of space). Steiner-Verlag.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (ed.) (2019): Binnenwanderungen – Migration, Mobilität, Translokalität. In: Geographische Rundschau 2019 (3).
Lim, S.S./ Bork-Hüffer, T. & B. Yeoh (eds.) (2016): Editorial: Mobility, Migration and New Media: Manoeuvring Through Physical, Digital and Liminal Spaces. In: New Media and Society 18 (10), 2147-2154. Editorial: DOI: 10.1177/1461444816655610
Bork-Hüffer, T. (ed.) (2016): Editorial: Migrants’ Agency and the Making of Transient Urban Spaces. In: Population, Space and Place 22 (2), 124-127. Editorial: DOI: 10.1002/psp.1891, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/psp.1891/abstract
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): Migrants’ Health Seeking Actions in Guangzhou, China. Individual Action, Structure and Agency: Linkages and Change. (Steiner Verlag, Reihe Megacities and Global Change) Stuttgart, 292 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-515-10177-6
Kraas, F. & T. Bork (eds.) (2012): Urbanisierung und internationale Migration. Eine Welt 25. (Nomos Verlag) Baden-Baden, 183 Seiten. DOI: 10.5771/9783845238210
Contributions to Volumes (selection):
Bork-Hüffer, T. & A. Strüver (2022): Digitale Geographien – Perspektiven auf den Gesellschaft-Technologie-Umwelt-Nexus (Digital Geographies – Reflections on the Society-Technology-Environment-Nexus). In: Bork-Hüffer, T. & A. Strüver (eds.): Steiner Basistexte Digitale Geographien – Einführungen in sozio-materiell-technologische Raumproduktionen. Steiner-Verlag.
Kaufmann, K. & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Mobile Methoden (Mobile Methods). In: Bork-Hüffer, T., Füller, H. & T. Straube (eds.): Digitale Geographien: Welt – Wissen – Werkzeuge. UTB.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Intra-Urban and Inter-Urban Quality of Life or Liveability Approaches. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds.): Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research (Springer) Dordrecht, 2nd edition (revised 2014 version).
Mahlknecht, B. & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Cybermobbing: Eine Untersuchung von individuellen Erfahrungen und Ängsten von Innsbrucker Schüler*innen. In: Innsbrucker Geographische Studien 2019.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): The Pearl River Delta. In: Kraas, F. et al. (Hrsg.): Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Bornträger, 43-53.
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Jahn, H.J., Khan, M.M.H. (2019): Access to Health Care. In: Kraas, F. et al. (Hrsg.): Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Bornträger, 128-132
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Migrants in the (Mega)City – Theories and Scales of Migrants’ Everyday Life. In: Kraas, F. et al. (Hrsg.): Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Bornträger, 70-71
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Migrant’s Space-making Strategies: Shaping Urban Space in Everyday Life. In: Kraas, F. et al. (Hrsg.): Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Bornträger, 71
Bork-Hüffer, T. & Hackenbroch, K. (2019): Governance of Service Provision: Agents and Arenas of Health Care and Infrastructure Provision. In: Kraas, F. et al. (Hrsg.): Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. Bornträger, 5
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Rafflenbeul, B./ Kraas, F. & Z. Li (2014): Interlinkages of Global Change, National Development Goals, Urbanization and International Migration in China. The Example of African Migrants in Guangzhou and Foshan. In: Kraas, F./ Aggarwal, S./ Coy, M. & G. Mertins (Hrsg.): Megacities – Our Global Urban Future. Springer, 135-150.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): Transformation und Stadtentwicklung in China: alte und neue Risiken für die Gesundheit. In: Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie 2012. Passau, 27-40.
Bork, T./ Kraas, F.: Einleitung. In: Kraas, F. & T. Bork (Hrsg., 2012): Urbanisierung und internationale Migration. Eine Welt 25, (Nomos Publishers) Baden-Baden, 9-12.
Bork, T./ Rafflenbeul, B./ Kraas, F. & Z. Li: Chinas Migrations- und Stadtpolitik: Auswirkungen für afrikanische Migranten in Guangzhou und Foshan. In: Kraas, F. & T. Bork (Hrsg., 2012): Urbanisierung und internationale Migration. Eine Welt 25, (Nomos Publishers) Baden-Baden, 149-165.
Kraas, F. & T. Bork: Urbanisierung und internationale Migration: Versuch einer Standortbestimmung. In: Kraas, F. & T. Bork (Hrsg., 2012): Urbanisierung und internationale Migration. Eine Welt 25, (Nomos Publishers) Baden-Baden 13-30.
Bork, T./ Gransow, B./ Kraas, F. & Y. Yuan (2011): Marketization and Informalization of Health Care Services in Mega-urban China. In: Krämer, A./ Khan, M.M.H. & F. Kraas (Hrsg.): Health in Megacities and Urban Areas. (Springer) Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York, 173-188.
Kraas, F. & T. Bork (2010): Der Mensch im Erdsystem: Herausforderungen für die Zukunft. In: Wefer, G. & F. Schmieder (Hrsg.): Expedition Erde. Wissenswertes und Spannendes aus den Geowissenschaften. (Marum Bibliothek) Bremen.
Bork, T. &. K.-H. Erdmann (2005): Grenzüberschreitende Naturschutzareale im südlichen Afrika als Instrument der Konfliktbewältigung und Friedenskonsolidierung. In: Zukunftsfaktor Natur – Blickpunkt Berge und Gebirge. Bonn, 135-158.
Other Publications (selection):
Straganz, C. Kreh, A., Juen, B., Bork-Hüffer, T. (2020): Compliance with measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Results from two studies with young adults in Tyrol, Austria. In: DCNA Disaster Research Days report, 2020.
Bork-Hüffer, T., Straganz, C. & K. Kaufmann (2020): Spatial (Im-)Mobilities of Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic (COV-IDENTITIES project). Extended abstract of the paper presented at the Online Symposium on “Disrupted Geographies or the Disruption of Geography during COVID-19”, on 7 July 2020.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): cON/FFlating spaces: on the intersections and conflation of our ONline and OFFline worlds. Blog entry. Transient Spaces Blog. Published on 25 November 2019. https://www.transient-spaces.org/blog/blog-con-fflating-spaces-on-the-intersections-and-conflation-of-our-online-and-offline-worlds/ DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.34834/2019.0001
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Inaugural lecture: Transient cities and societies. Video Blog. Transient Spaces Blog. Published on 09 October 2019. https://www.transient-spaces.org/blog/blog-transient-cities-and-societies/ DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.34834/2019.0004
Bork-Hüffer, T. (accepted for publication): Intra-Urban and Inter-Urban Quality of Life or Liveability Approaches. In: Michalos, A.C. (Hrsg.): Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research (Springer) Dordrecht, 2nd edition (revised 2014 version).
Butsch, C./ Kroll, M. & T. Bork-Hüffer (accepted for publication): Megaurban Health in Countries of the Global South. In: Michalos, A.C. (Hrsg.): Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research (Springer) Dordrecht, 2nd edition (revised 2014 version).
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2016): Migrationspolitik und ihre Dynamik im Einwanderungsland Singapur. In: Universitas 71 (11), 47-63.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2014): Intra-Urban and Inter-Urban Quality of Life Approaches. In: Michalos, A.C. (Hrsg.): Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research (Springer) Dordrecht.
Butsch, C./ Kroll, M. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2014): Megaurban Health in Developing and Newly Industrializing Countries. In: Michalos, A.C. (Hrsg.): Encyclopaedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research (Springer) Dordrecht.
Butsch, C./ Bork-Hüffer, T. & M. Kroll (2014): Menschliche Gesundheit in den Megastädten Indiens und Chinas. In: Universitas 69 (5), 40-59.
Kraas, F., Sterly, H. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2012): Megacities-Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change. The EU Parliament Magazine, Ausgabe 360, S. 94. Online verfügbar: http://www.theparliament.com/digimag/issue360
Bork, T./ Kilian, P. & H. Sterly (2009): Informalität in Megastädten. Das Beispiel der megaurbanen Region Perlflussdelta, China. In: Praxis Geographie 39 (7-8), 28-32.
Beisswenger, S./ Bork, T. & P. Kilian (2008): Perlflussdelta: Vom Dreistromland zur megaurbanen Region. Wanderungsbewegungen und Stadtentwicklungen im Süden Chinas. Scinexx vom 29. Februar, 2008. Abrufbar unter: http://www.g-o.de/geounion-aws_basics-7882.html.
In the Media:
2021, Juni, „Wer die Schulden in der Pandemie zahlt“, Interview mit Patrick Mayrhofer für das ORF (19-Uhr Nachrichten und Onlinebericht). Onlinebericht verfügbar unter: https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3108869/
2021, März, „Wir brauchen eine Digitalisierungsstrategie“, Interview von Nina Zacke mit Tabea Bork-Hüffer für die Tiroler Tageszeitung (Print Ausgabe)
2021, März, „Junge Erwachsene sind in der Krise nicht verloren“, Interview von Walburga Plunger mit Tabea Bork-Hüffer in der Onlinezeitung Dolomitenstadt. Verfügbar unter: https://www.dolomitenstadt.at/2021/03/08/junge-erwachsene-sind-in-der-krise-nicht-verloren/
2020, Dezember, „Schleichende Spuren“. Wissenswert Magazin. Bericht zu interdisziplinären COVID-Studien an der Universität Innsbruck. Verfügbar unter: https://www.uibk.ac.at/newsroom/schleichende-spuren.html.de
2020, Juni, Interview mit Tabea Bork-Hüffer im Weekend magazin: Fragen zur Ausbildung in der Corona Krise
2020, Juni, News-Redaktion der Uni Innsbruck: Alles in Ordnung? subject_09.4: Corona-Krise. Available at: https://www.uibk.ac.at/newsroom/dossiers/corona04/: inkludiert Interview mit Tabea Bork-Hüffer zum COV-IDENTITIES-Projekt
2019, Dezember, „Erweiterte neue Welt“. Interview von Eva Fessler im wissenswert Magazin der Universität Innsbruck mit Tabea Bork-Hüffer & Katja Kaufmann zum Forschungsprojekt „DigitAS – The Digital, Affects and Space“, Dezember-Ausgabe 2019, S. 4-5. Verfügbar unter: https://de.scribd.com/document/438937404/wissenswert-Dezember-2019-Magazin-der-Universitat-Innsbruck#download&from_embed
2019, Februar, Beitrag zum Projekt DigitAS in den News der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW): https://www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/news/augmented-reality-oder-das-leben-von-moenchen/
2018, Thailand veranstaltet Podiumsdiskussion zur Urbanisation – „Urbanisation and Smart Cities in Southeast Asia“ unter Beteiligung von Tabea Bork-Hüffer, Königliche Thailändische Botschaft, Berlin: http://german.thaiembassy.de/thailand-veranstaltet-podiumsdiskussion-zur-urbanisation
Presentations on Invitation (selection):
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2022): Keynote: Gewalt und Mobbing in sozio-materiell-technologischen Räumen: Zur Bedeutsamkeit geographischer Perspektiven auf unser Miteinander im digitalen Zeitalter. Geographiewerkstatt, Universität Wien, 20. September 2022
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2022): Digitalisierung und gesellschaftliche Inklusion und Exklusion. Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft, Erlangen, 9. Mai 2022
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Auswirkungen chinesischer Megaprojekte auf das Gesellschafts-Technologie-Umwelt-System: Das Beispiel des Modellprojektes Forest City in Malaysia. Gießener Geographische Gesellschaft, Gießen 15. November 2021, virtuell
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021): Keynote: Verschränkungen von Gesellschaft, Technologie und Umwelt: Reflektionen zu gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen digitaler Zukünfte. Geowoche2021, 7. Oktober 2021, virtuell
Bork-Hüffer T. (2021): Keynote: Urbane Klimaanpassung – globale Transformationsprozesse und Zukunftstreiber. Hochschultag der Nationalen Stadtentwicklungspolitik, Berlin 4.-5. Juni, 2021
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2020): Invited Discussant: Workshop des Verbundprojekts „DIGISTA: Die digitale Stadt“, 23. Oktober 2020, Leipzig
Kaufmann, K., Bork-Hüffer, T., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. & Rutzinger, M. (2020): „The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS): How digital media and augmented reality change the perception of public spaces.” dha go!es digital day, 25 September 2020, virtual event. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4059763
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Kontakte und Begegnungen in „cON/FFlating Spaces“: Zur Bedeutung der Verschmelzung von physischen und digitalen Räumen für unser soziales Miteinander, Berner Humangeographisches Kolloquium, 10 December, Bern
Bork-Hüffer & B. Mahlknecht (2019): Digitale Kollektivität in cON/FFlating Spaces. Tagung „Digitale Kollektivität: Ressourcenerwerb und soziale Teilhabe im Cyberspace“, 8th November, Regensburg, Hansen-Stiftung, Forschungsstelle Kultur- und Kollektivwissenschaft
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Singapur – Nationale Identitätsstiftung in einer hybriden Gesellschaft im Wandel, Philosophisches Café Innsbruck, Austria
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Begegnungen in digitalen Räumen: Wie Digitale Medien unsere Wahrnehmung von „Anderen“ prägen, Ringvorlesung „Digitale Geographien“, 14th of June, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): Diversität und Begegnungen: Konstruktionen von Differenz im physischen und digitalen Raum. 3. Innsbrucker Winterschool “Sprachliche Diversität – Diversität in der Sprache”, 22nd November 2018, Obergurgl, Austria
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): Smart City Concepts in Southeast Asia and the Smart National Model in Singapore. Panel Discussion organised by the Berlin ASEAN Committee: “Urbanisation and Smart Cities”, 13th June 2018, Berlin (Panelist and Presenter)
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): “Geographien der Begegnung und (De)Konstruktionen von Differenz im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung”, May 8 2018, Workshop of the Forschungszentrum „Migration und Globalisierung“, University of Innsbruck
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Singapur: Der Stadtstaat zwischen nationaler Identitätsfindung und globalem Wettbewerb”, Innsbrucker Geographische Gesellschaft, November 11th 2017, University of Innsbruck
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Digitalisierung und Geographien der Begegnung”, Workshop “Information and Communication Technologies for Development”, October 13 2017, Bonn
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2014): “Governance Challenges in China’s Urban Health Care System:
Effects for its Domestic and International Migrant Population”, UGEC-Conference, November 6,Taipei, Taiwan
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “The Singapore Urban Development Model in China: Challenges for Meeting Public, Social and Psycho-social Health Needs”, Conference “Health in Chinese Megacities: From Environmental Risks and Socio-Epidemiological Challenges to Public Health Chances of Future Development”, Sino-German Centre for Research Promotion and Chinese Academy of Sciences, October 8, Beijing, China
Bork, Hüffer, T. & Y. Yuan-Ihle (2013): “Management of Foreigners in China During the Era of Economic Reforms and Beyond: Experiences of Africans and Expected Effects of Current Policy Changes”, Conference “From Hu-Wen to Xi-Li Administration: China’s Leadership Transition and Its Domestic and International Implications”, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, September 12, 2013, Kuala Lumpur
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “Migration and Health in Urban China”, East Asia Institute Seminar Series, National University of Singapore, September 9, 2013, Singapore
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): „Chinas Megastädte: Motoren des Aufstiegs der Volksrepublik“, Volkshochschule München, February 19, Munich, Germany
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): „Transformation und Stadtentwicklung in China: alte und neue Risiken für die Gesundheit“, Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie” 2012, April 19th, Passau, Germany
Bork, T. & F. Kraas (2011): Keynote: „Chinas Megastädte: Schlüssel zur Weltmachtposition?“ Lecture Series: „China – Mensch, Welt, Macht“ [China – Man, World, Power], Professional Center of the University of Cologne, Cologne, October 18, 2011
Bork, T. & F. Kraas (2011): Keynote: „Seelische Gesundheit in Städten“. International Day of Mental Health organized by the Association for Mental Health, Cologne and the City of Cologne, Cologne City Hall, October 10, 2011
Bork, T. (2009): „Analyse und Bewertung der Gesundheitssituation in Dörfern-in-der-Stadt in Guangzhou, China“, Dr. Prill-Preis award conferment ceremony of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln, November 19, Cologne, Germany
Bork, T. (2007): “Villages-in-the-city in Pearl River Delta, China – Perspectives and Needs for Action”, “International Workshop: Next Steps for Sustainable Urban Research”, September, 5, Centre for Sustainable Urban Research (cSUR), University of Tokyo, Japan
Bork, T. (2006): “Health Situation in Urban Villages of Guangzhou.” Public Presentation at the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, December 21, Guangzhou, China
Other Presentations (selection):
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2022): Digital media, friendships and migrants’ entangled and non-linear inclusion and exclusion: A study with transnational migrants in Singapore. Annual Conference of the Migration- and Integration Research in Austria, 27. September 2022, Krems (peer-reviewed)
Bork-Hüffer, T., Wächter, L. & R. Hitchings (2022): “On the mountain, the world is still all right”: Students Sense of Nature and Nature Connections During the COVID-19 Crisis in Innsbruck, Austria. Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, Newcastle, 1. September 2022 (peer-reviewed)
Mahlknecht, B. & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2022): ‘She Felt Incredibly Ashamed’: Gendered (Cyber-) Bullying and the Hypersexualized Female Body. Feminist Geography Conference, 10. Juni, Boulder, USA (peer-reviewed)
Bork-Hüffer, T., Kaufmann, K. & M. Rutzinger (2021): Researching the Entanglements of People, Materialities and Technologies: Insights from an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Project Using Mobile Eye-Tracking. Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society, London, 31. August 2021, virtuell (peer-reviewed)
Kollert, A., Rutzinger, R., Bremer, M., Kaufmann, K., & Bork-Hüffer, T. (2021). Mapping of 3D Eye-Tracking in urban outdoor environments. XXIV ISPRS Congress, Juli 2021, virtuell
Peth, S., Bork-Hüffer, T., Binti Hassan, N. & F. Kraas (2021): Transient Urbanisms: Southeast Asia between Hyperbuilding, Worlding, and Mundane Place-Making Practices. Arbeitskreissitzungen: AK „Ostasien“ and „Südostasien“, 26. Juni 2021, virtuelles Event.
Mahlknecht, B., Straganz, C., Kaufmann, K. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2021): “Switching Grids” – Young Adults’ Practices of Mediating Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Geomedia 2021 – Off the Grid | The 4th International Geomedia Conference, Siegen, 5.-8. Mai 2021
Kaufmann, K., Bork-Hüffer, T., Kollert, A., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. & M. Rutzinger (2021): Contested Meanings in Entangled Spaces: The In-situ Perception of Public Places by Social Media Users. Geomedia 2021 – Off the Grid | The 4th International Geomedia Conference, Siegen, 5.-8. Mai 2021
Straganz, C. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2021): Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young Adults’ Digital Practices and Experiences: Results from a Longitudinal Study in Tyrol. International Conference #YouthMediaLife 2021, 29. März 2021, virtual event
Mahlknecht, B. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2021): Gendered (Cyber-)Bullying and the Hypersexualised Female Body. International Conference #YouthMediaLife 2021, 29. März 2021, virtual event
Straganz, C. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2020): Young Adults‘ Positionality during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annual Meeting of the Research Group Medical Geographies and the Geographies of Health, Remagen, 24. September 2020
Bork-Hüffer, T, Straganz, C. & K. Kaufmann (2020): Räumliche (Im-)Mobilitäten junger Erwachsener während der COVID-19-Pandemie (COV-IDENTITIES-Projekt), Virtuelles Symposium: COVID-19 als Zäsur? 7. Juli 2020
Kaufmann, K., Straganz, C., Mahlknecht, B. & T. Bork-Hüffer (2020): Reaching Young People During a Pandemic with Mobile Instant Messaging Interviews: Methodological Potentials for the Analysis of Socio-Material-Technological Spatialities. Virtual Symposium of the Royal Geographical Society Research Group Digital Geography, 1. Juli 2020
Kaufmann, K., Bork-Hüffer, T. & Rutzinger, M. (2020): Die Mischung macht’s? Mixed Methods zur interdisziplinären Erforschung von Raumwahrnehmung im Zeitalter von Extended Realities. Vortrag im Rahmen des Interdisziplinären Workshop #espace: Diskursive Streifzüge durch die raumtheoretische Praxis, 31. Januar 2020, Wien
Bork-Hüffer, T., Mahlknecht, B. & K. Kaufmann (2020): (Cyber-)Mobbing in Schulen – Mobbingpraktiken in „cON/FFlating spaces“, Konferenz „Neue Kulturgeographie”, 31. Januar 2020, Bonn
Bork-Hüffer, T., Kaufmann, K & M. Rutzinger (2020): Mobiles Eye-Tracking mit Datenbrillen zur Unterstützung qualitativer Forschung – ganzheitliche Erforschung von Affekten oder „Metrifizierung des Menschen“? Konferenz „Neue Kulturgeographie”, 31. Januar 2020, Bonn
Kaufmann, K., Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M. & N. Gudowsky-Blatakes (2019): The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS), 4th European Technology Assessment Conference, Bratislava
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Virtual Healing Places? Zur Veränderung des Verhältnisses von Raum(wahrnehmung) und Gesundheit durch die Digitalisierung, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, September 28th, Kiel
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): The Geographies of Difference in Conflating Digital and Offline Spaces of Encounter: Migrant Professionals‘ Throwntogetherness in Singapore, August 30th, London, RGS-IBG
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M., Kaufmann, K. & N. Gudowsky-Blatakes (2019): Creative Methodologies for Researching the Socio-spatial Impact of Augmented Urban Futures, August 30th, London, RGS-IBG
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M., Kaufmann, K. & N. Gudowsky-Blatakes (2019): The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS), DFG-Netzwerktreffen Digitale Geographien, 23rd May 2019, Frankfurt, Austria
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M., Kaufmann, K. & N. Gudowsky-Blatakes (2019): The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS), Symposium “Reflections on the Societal Consequences of a Future in Mixed Realities”, May 17th, Innsbruck
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2019): Mediated Sense of Place? Reflections on the Conflation of our
Physical and Digital Perceptions of Place. International Conference “Medien – Wissen – Bildung: Augmentierte und virtuelle Wirklichkeiten“, 26th April 2019, Innsbruck, Austria
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): (Im)Mobilitäten und die Wahrnehmung von Orten: Ergebnisse einer transkulturellen und Langzeitstudie mit kognitiven Karten, 5th Annual Conference of the Migration- and Integration Research in Austria, 6 December 2018, Vienna, Austria
Bork-Hüffer T. (2018): Geographies of Difference in Digital Spaces of Encounter:
Results from Singapore and New Avenues for Research, Geographiewerkstatt Österreich, 27 June 2018, Tainach, Österreich
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): Der Methodenpluralismus in der Humangeographie und das Nicht-repräsentationale Paradigma. Schwerpunkttag des Forschungsschwerpunktes „Kulturelle Konflikte – Kulturelle Begegnungen“ der Universität Innsbruck, 29 of May 2018, Innsbruck
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): “Aktuelle Schwerpunkte und Projektideen im Bereich der digitalen Geographie”, Netzwerktreffen Digitale Geographien, 20th April 2018, Humboldt University Berlin
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2018): “Zur (Un)Wirksamkeit der Begrenzung von Migration durch Mauern und Zäune”, Wissenschaftlicher Habilitationsvortrag im Fach Geographie, 18th January 2018, University of Cologne
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Mediated Sense of Place? Zur Auswirkung von Digitalisierung und Mobilität auf Raumwahrnehmung”, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, September 30th, Tübingen
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Interkulturelle Begegnungen in digitalen Räumen – Auswirkungen auf Vorurteile und Stereotype”, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, October 3rd, Tübingen
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Asian Urbanisms, Worlding Practices and the Model City: Singapore’s Smart Nation Strategy”, Annual Conference of the AK Stadtgeographie im Entwicklungskontext of the DGfG, July 8th, University of Cologne
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2017): “Challenge: Rising Xenophobia – Effects on Immigration Politics and Migrants’ Lives in Singapore”. Annual Conference of the AK Stadtgeographie im Entwicklungskontext of the DGfG, June 25th, University of Göttingen
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Etzold, B./ Gransow, B./ Tomba, L./ Sterly, H./ Suda, K./ Kraas, F. & R. Flock (2015): “Transient urban spaces: Migrants‘ agency, translocality and the transformation of urban spaces”, Junior Researcher Workshop on “Translocal Spatial Practices, Urban Transformations: Migration and Mobile Urbanism in South and South-East Asia”, January 14th-16th, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies in cooperation with the FREINEM (Freiburger Network for Migration Research) and the Freiburg Center for Transcultural Asian Studies (CETRAS), Freiburg
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2014): “Environment and Health in China‘s Urban Marginal Settlements”, Humboldt Kolleg on “Environment and Health in the 21st Century, September 22nd, Center for Life Sciences, Singapore
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2014): “Intersections of Offline and Virtual Contact Zones: Transnational Migrants’ Transcultural Encounters in Singapore”, Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, October 21th-24th, Daegu, Korea.
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2014): “Mediated Sense of Place: Changes in Place Perception During the Migration Process of Highly Skilled Transnationals in Singapore”, Workshop “Manoeuvering Through Physical and Virtual Spaces: Mobility and New Media in Asian Cities”, August 4th-5th, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “Self-organisation and the Creation of New Urban Spaces: Analysing African Migrants’ Agency in Chinese Urbanisation”, Bi-annual Meeting of German Geographers, October 3rd, Passau
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “Mobility, New Media and the City”, Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union, August 5th, Kyoto, Japan
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “ICT and the Change of Notion of Place. The Example of
German Migrant Professionals in Singapore”, Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union, August 5th, Kyoto, Japan
Bork-Hüffer, T./ Etzold, B./ Gransow, B./ Tomba, L./ Sterly, H./ Suda, K./ Kraas, F. & R. Flock (2013): “Migrants’ Agency and the Making of Transient Urban Spaces.
Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, and Dhaka, Bangladesh”, Final Symposium of the DFG Priority Program 1233, April 15th-16th, Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn
Bork, Hüffer, T. (2013): “Migration, Agency, and Health in China”, Final Symposium of the DFG Priority Program, 1233, April 15th-16th, Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2013): “Migrants’ Health Seeking Practices in Guangzhou, China: Understanding the Nexus Between Reflexivity, Rules and Constraints”, Asia Research Institute Seminar Series, January 15th, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): “Intervention II: An Example of a Mixed Methods Research Approach: Benefits and Constraints for Migration Research”, Workshop “Outsiders, Migrant Workers, New Citizens – What Story to Tell? Migrants in the Mega-urban Pearl River Delta/China”, November 17th, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): “’The Place of Culture in Social Theory’ and in Social Geography. A New Approach Towards Linking Agency, Structure and Culture”, International Geographical Congress (IGC), August 28th, Cologne
Bork-Hüffer, T. (2012): “Health Seeking Actions – A New Approach towards Conceptualizing the Health Seeking Process”, Pre-Conference Meeting of the IGC “The Geography of Health: The Challenges of Environmental and Societal Issues in the 21st Century”, August 24th, Berlin
Bork-Hüffer, T., Garschagen, M. & F. Kraas (2012): “Pathways and Challenges of Urban Development Under Transformation in China and Vietnam: Commonalities and Differences”, Annual Conference of the Work Groups “Southeast Asia” and “East Asia” of the German Association of Geographers (DGfG), May 12th, Duisburg
Bork, T. (2010): „Auswirkungen von Globalisierung, Zuwanderung, Stadtentwicklung und -management auf die Umweltgesundheit in Chinas Dörfern-in-der-Stadt“, Annual Conference of the AK Stadtgeographie im Entwicklungskontext of the DGfG, November 12th, Erlangen
Bork, T. (2010): “Internal and International Migrant Communities in the Pearl River Delta/ China – Linking Informal Migration Dynamics, Global Change and Urban Health”, Scientific Colloquium of Priority Program 1233 of the German Research Foundation, May 11th, Berlin
Bork, T. (2010): “Governance Challenges in China’s Urban Health Care System – The Role of Stakeholders”, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 15th, Washington DC, USA
Bork, T. (2009): “DFG-project: Internal Migrant Communities and Health Strategies in Urban Villages of Pearl River Delta, China: Key Findings”, Presented at the Scientific Colloquium of Priority Program 1233 of the German Research Foundation, June 23rd, Dortmund
Bork, T. & F. Kraas (2009): “Governance Challenges in China’s Urban Health Care System – Informal Health Care Providers in Guangzhou”, Annual Conference of the Work Group: “Geographical Urban Research in the Development Context” of the German Association of Geographers (DGfG), June 7th, Innsbruck, Austria
Bork, T. (2009) “Governance Challenges in China’s Urban Health Care System – The Example of Informal and Illegal Health Care Providers in Guangzhou”, Regional Workshop of Priority Programme 1233 of the German Research Foundation, February 26th, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh
About Me
The main question that guides my research is how practices and power relations shape spaces, cities, and societies, especially in relation to three interconnected processes: urbanisation, mobilities and, digitisation. Throughout the last 15 years I have worked on particularly quickly changing regions, urban, and cON/FFlating spaces in Southeast and East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, China) as well as Central Europe (Austria, Germany). I am a geographer whose work is characterised by an interdisciplinary outreach, and a focus on cross-sectional topics.
I have a high interest in debating, developing, and refining theoretical-conceptual approaches based on ethically sound, and empirically founded research, in which I apply qualitative, mixed, mobile, non-representational, and digital methods. Research-led, student-focused, and interactive teaching as well as learning methods are inspiring my work with my student(researcher)s.
My research has been supported by grants from the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). For my doctoral thesis I received the award of the Association of Geographers at Universities and Research Institutions in the German-speaking area (VGDH, Austria, Germany, Switzerland). Among others, I was coordinator of the DFG priority programme “Megacities – Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change” at Cologne University, and guest lecturer at the National University of Singapore, and the Sun-Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. I studied at the Universities of Bonn, Belfast, and Cologne, and received my doctoral, and habilitation degrees from Cologne University.
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