Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann
Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann
Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Deputy head of Inst Spatial and Landscape Development / Head of Network City and Landscape ARCH and BAUG
ETH Zürich
Raumentwicklung und Stadtpolitik
Additional information
Research area
urban studies, planning, public policy, migration studies
David Kaufmann is the Assistant Professor of Spatial Development and Urban Policy at ETH Zürich. He serves as the Director of the Network City and Landscape and as the Deputy Director of the Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development (both at ETH Zürich).
He is an urban studies scholar with an interest in planning, policy, and migration studies. His research motivation is to understand and contribute to sustainable, democratic, and just urban development through policy-making and planning.
David Kaufmann studied political science at the University of Zürich and the University of Lund. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Bern in December 2016. He was a guest researcher at the University of Toronto, Leiden University, Virginia Tech, and the University of Ottawa.
He is the author of the book Varieties of Capital Cities (2018, Edward Elgar) and co-author of the book The Political Economy of Capital Cities (2018, Routledge). His work has been published in leading international journals such as PNAS, Nature Sustainability, Urban Studies, Planning Theory, Journal of the American Planning Association, British Journal of Political Science, and Governance.
David Kaufmann received the 2018 Carl-Goerdeler-Preis for the best Ph.D. thesis about local politics or local administration in business and social sciences in German-speaking countries and the 2020 Clarence Stone Scholar Award as well as the 2017 Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award both awarded by the American Political Science Association section Urban and Local Politics for outstanding early career researcher. He also received the 2021 Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics (together with Dr. Raffaele Bazurli) awarded by the Urban Affairs Review and the American Political Science Association section “Urban and Local Politics” and the 2017 Best Comparative Policy Paper Award (together with Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager) awarded by the journal JCPA and the „IPSA Research Committee on Comparative Studies on Local Governments and Politics”.
At ETH Zürich, he is a member of the Network City and Landscape, ETH for Development, the Institute of Science, Technology and Policy, and of the Center for Comparative and International Studies at ETH Zürich.
Academic positions
- 2019-ongoing: ETH Zürich, Assistant Professor
- 2017 – 2019: University of Bern, Postdoctoral Researcher
- 06-07/2019: University of Toronto, School of Cities, Visiting Fellow
- 2013-2016: University of Bern, Ph.D. student, Research and Teaching Assistant
- 03-05/2015: Ottawa University, Guest Researcher
- 12/2014-02/2015: Virginia Tech, Guest Researcher
- 09-11/2014: Leiden University, Guest Researcher
Education
- 2016: Ph.D. University of Bern
- 2012: M.A. University of Zürich
- 2010: B.A. University of Zürich
- 2008-2009: University of Lund, Erasmus exchange year (two semesters)
- 2006: Higher education entrance qualification for adults (Passarelle)
- 2004: Commercial Apprenticeship with Professional Maturity
Membership
Since | Membership |
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2021 | Deputy Director NSL (Network City and Lanscape) |
2020 | Co-convenor of the Swiss Political Science Association working group Federalism and Territorial Politics |
2020 | Editoral Board Member Urban Affairs Review |
2020 | Executive Council member, Urban and Local Politics, Section of the American Political Science Association |
2020 | Member of the scientific advisory committee "Langfristige Raumentwicklungsstrategie" Kanton Zürich |
2019 | Member Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich |
2019 | Member Institute of Science, Technology and Policy, ETH Zürich |
2019 | Member Network City and Landscape, ETH Zürich |
Honours
Year | Distinction |
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2021 | Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics, presented at the 2021 American Political Science Association conference. |
2020 | Clarence Stone Scholar Award, American Political Science Association, Section Urban and Local Politics |
2018 | Kommunalwissenschaftlicher Preis der Carl und Anneliese Goerdeler-Stiftung |
2017 | Best Comparative Policy Paper Award, at the International Political Science Association Conference 2016 |
2017 | Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award, American Political Science Association, Section Urban and Local Politics |
Course Catalogue
Autumn Semester 2024
Number | Unit |
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103-0317-00L | Spatial Planning and Development |
103-0377-10L | Basics of RE&IS |
135-0305-00L | Modul 5: Transformation gestalten: Veränderungsprozesse & Change-Management |