Dr. David Kaufmann appointed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor
At its meeting of 10/11 July 2019 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, and the President of EPFL, Professor Martin Vetterli, the ETH Board appointed Dr. David Kaufmann as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Spatial Development and Urban Policy.
Dr. David Kaufmann (*1985) is currently a post-doctoral student at the University of Bern. David Kaufmann’s research focuses on the analysis of governance processes and policy formulation in cities and metropolitan regions. He is interested in locational policies in densely populated areas and in multi-level systems.
At ETH Zurich he will launch research projects on densification strategies in spatial planning and on participative policy processes in cities.
By appointing David Kaufmann, the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering is strengthening its interdisciplinary research in the field of spatial and urban development.