I am an Anglo-German human (economic, political and development) geographer with a natural / environmental / life science education also. I am interested in regional economic development in border regions, ecological modernization and environmental transformations, and urban futures. Furthermore, my fields include transport geography and spatial planning. I also work with service design colleagues on a number of transport, sustainability and wellbeing topics. I have a long-standing academic (including as post-graduate taught and external examiner) engagement with disaster management and sustainable development, integrated emergency management, safety & health, and international development. I regularly peer-review for publishers for book proposals and article manuscripts, and for research councils / funding bodies for bids/funding applications. I have examined externally with regard to both individual students (Masters and PhD) as well as academic programmes (and have been on (re-)validation panels for programmes externally), been a Visiting Lecturer in both Europe and Asia, and have performed a number of University/Faculty/Departmental committee and coordination roles internally at my respective universities over time. I have international practical volunteering experience in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, am an invited Trustee of the International Emergency Team UK charity, and have for two decades being a national lead activist for Amnesty International (GER / UK)