Gala Nettelbladt is an interdisciplinary urban scholar, postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Institute for European Urban Studies. With a background in Social Sciences and Urban Planning, her research broadly centres on socio-political conflicts and negotiations in cities, critically examining the role of civil society, planning and state authorities in navigating today’s multiple crises, such as the rise of the far right and climate change. She is currently developing work on the contentious politics of planning for water scarcity.
She holds a PhD in Urban Sociology from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, an MRes in Interdisciplinary Urban Design from the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) and a BA in European Studies from King’s College London and Sciences Po Paris. Her research has been funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the DAAD, among others.

Gala is part of the editorial collective s u b \ u r b a n, zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung

Research interests:
    •    Local responses to the rise of the far right
    •    Socio-ecological transitions: Infrastructure, water
    •    Participation in urban and regional planning
    •    Planning theory, democratic theory
    •    Urban governance

Find the curriculum vitae and a list of publications here.