Lecturer

The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad W.I
Telephone: 868-662-2002  Ext. 82564
Email: Julia.Kotzebue@sta.uwi.edu 

Dr Julia Kotzebue is a lecturer in the Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management's MSc. Urban and Regional Planning Program. She holds a PhD in Sustainability Governance and Technology from the Department of Technology and Governance for Sustainability (CSTM), University of Twente, The Netherlands. Her thesis has been long-listed for the Van Poelje Prize for the best PhD research in the Netherlands and Belgium. Dr Kotzebue gained her M.A. and B.A. in International Organizations and Relations from the Department of Social Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Julia has a certificate in Higher Education Management from the University of Hamburg, as well as a certificate in governance from the Dutch Institute of Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Dr Kotzebue has collaborated in several international research consortiums founded by the European Union. As co-manager of the international research project "Schools at University" at the UT Twente, and member of the advising team for education for sustainable development at the University of Hamburg, she fostered transformative learning in higher education institutes.

Her research interests are in spatial governance, participatory planning, e-planning, participatory GIS (geographical information systems), immersive virtual reality in planning, sustainable integrated planning, sustainable transport, and education for sustainable development. She is the founder of the UWI sustainable transport working group and editor of the book "Towards Sustainable Transport and Mobility." Julia is a member of the Urban-e-Planning Network, has written many articles and reports, and is a reviewer for the International Journal of E-Planning.

 

Qualification

PhD (Sustainability Governance and Technology) CSTM, Department of Technology, Policy and Society (TPS), Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences, University of Twente
Master of Arts M.A. (International Organisations and Relations) Department of Social Science, University of Groingen, NL
B.A. (International Organisations and Relations) Department of Social Science, University of Groingen, NL
Certificate in Higher Education Management, University of Hamburg, DE
Certificate in Teaching and Assessing Methods, University of Hamburg, DE
Certificate in Governance, Dutch Institute of Governance PhD programme, Erasmus, University Rotterdam, NL

 

Research Interest

Spatial governance, participatory planning, e-planning, participatory GIS (geographical information systems), immersive virtual reality in planning, sustainable integrated planning, sustainable transport, and education for sustainable development.

 

Professional Experience

2021 - present Lecturer Dept. of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management,The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine TT
2019-2021

Project leader and researcher,The University of the West Indies, Department of Geography, TT
2013 – 2021 Habilitand Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, DE
2018 – 2019     Project leader and researcher, University of Hamburg, Institute of Geography, DE
2016 – 2019  Lectureship B. A. / M. A. Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, DE
2007 – 2012  Junior researcher Centre for Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), NL
1997 – 2000  Import and Export management DS Produkte GmbH, Hamburg, DE 

 

Courses Taught

• PLAN6006 Sustainable Cities and Settlements

 • PLAN6007 Community and Participatory Planning

• PLAN6000 Philosophy and Principles of Planning

• GEOM2018 Introduction to Planning

 

Featured Work

Kotzebue, J. (2022). Digital Capacity in Community Transport Development: Experiences from the Man and the Biosphere Area Tobago. In Sustainable Transport and Mobility: Perspectives on Traveling and Commuting in Small Island States. Edited by Julia R. Kotzebue, 67-82. Hamburg, Hamburg University Press.

Kotzebue, J., & Bryan, K. (2022). Smart Public Transport in Barbados: Experiences with smartphone Applications. In Sustainable Transport and Mobility: Perspectives on Traveling and Commuting in Small Island States. Edited by Julia R. Kotzebue, 83-100.Hamburg, Hamburg University Press.

Kotzebue, J. R. (2022). Integrated urban transport infrastructure development: The role of digital social geo-communication in Hamburg‘s TEN-T improvement. Journal of Transport Geography, 99.

Kotzebue, J. R., & Weissenbacher, M. (2020). The EU‘s Clean Energy strategy for islands: A policy perspective on Malta‘s spatial governance in energy transition. Energy Policy, 139, 111361.

 

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