Marcin Spyra

Dr. rer. nat. habil. Marcin Spyra is a senior researcher (Privatdozent) at the Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). Dr. Spyra graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from Silesian University of Technology (Poland) and Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). His research focuses on the planning and governance of transforming landscapes. He is particularly interested in the study of urban and peri-urban open spaces. He has worked internationally as a consultant in the field of urbanism and architecture. He is a member of the European Land-use Institute, the Ecosystem Services Partnership, the European Global Land Program European Nodal Office and the International Association of Landscape Ecology, where he leads the working group on urban and peri-urban governance. Dr. Spyra has been awarded several research awards, including the Polish State Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scientists.