In Memoriam Jakob Maurer (1929–2025)

ETH Zurich bids farewell to Prof Dr Jakob Maurer. He passed away on 30 May 2025 in his 96th year of life. Jakob Maurer joined ETH Zurich in 1966 as an assistant professor and worked as full professor of spatial planning methodology from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. As head of the interdisciplinary postgraduate programme in spatial planning for many years, he greatly contributed to the high esteem of the spatial planning training both in Switzerland and abroad.