Vanessa Miriam Carlow was appointed full professor at the TU Braunschweig in 2012, where she heads the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (ISU). She is a licensed architect and urban planner, and co-founder of COBE in Copenhagen (2005-2012) and COBE Berlin (2012), 2021 renamed into Vanessa Carlow Urbanism Research Architecture. Carlow studied architecture and urban design at TU Berlin and TU Delft (1995-2002). She holds a joined MA in Urban Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Copenhagen University, Ca Foscari Venice, Autonomous University Barcelona and Antwerp University (2004), and a PhD from the Center for Strategic Planning at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2012). In 2013, Carlow was appointed Member of the German Association of Architects (BDA) and auditor of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). Vanessa Carlow has lectured and taught at universities worldwide, including Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Riseba Riga, Penn State University and Cornell University. Vanessa Carlow’s research explores sustainable land use patterns, urban form and practices, urban-rural relations, public spaces and infrastructures, and participatory planning. She has been co-spokesperson of the core research area Future City at TU Braunschweig since 2015.Her professional work has garnered prestigious prizes, including the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale (2006, Best National Pavilion) and the MIPIM Award Cannes (2012)-