CV Bettina Oppermann
I Personal
Education:
Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture &endash; Munich Technical University,
1981-1988
Specialised in regional planning and landscape ecology
1999 PhD (Dr.-Ing.) with a thesis on "Cooperative and participatory
projects, new instruments in the environmental planning field?"
URL: http//elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus/volltexte/2001/784
Professional background:
1988 &endash; 1994: research and teaching position at the Institut of Landscape
Ecology (Department of Architecture and Urban Planning) at the University of
Stuttgart.
1994 &endash;1999: research position at the Center for Technology Assessment in
Baden-Württemberg
Since 1999: KOMMA.PLAN, consultancy for communications-management in the
field of environmental and urban planning at Stuttgart
Fields of specialiciation:
Methods and instruments to run planning processes more effectively and
efficiently. Tools, techniques and theoretical approaches to improve the
communication skills of experts in their dialogue with each other and with
lay people, citizens and politi-cians.
Present works:
- consultancy for municipalities, regional institutions, stakeholder groups
etc.
- training of landscape architects and other environmantal experts
- evaluation studies and research in the field of cooperative and
participatory planning
Possible contribution to the network:
- Improvement of the theoretical models to improve the understanding and
analysis of cooperative planning.
- Ideas to compare different implementation processes of informal "green"
and other planning tools in formal planning systems.
- Criteria to evaluate the process and the outcomes of discursive projects
in spatial planning
II Institution
www.komma-plan.de
I work together with Prof. Dr. Orwtin Renn and Prof. Dr. Giselher Kaule who
both
may contribute interesting findings to the field:
www.ta-akademie.de (Prof. Dr. Ortwin Renn)
www.ilpoe.uni-stuttgart.de (Prof. Dr. Giselher Kaule)
Present work in connection with the action subject
We are now working on a research project to analyse real and potential
'win-win' so-lutions in urban planning. We use the arena-model (Lowi 1967,
Coser 1967, Renn 1994) as a framework to explore social resources (power,
financial funds, social prestige) of different stakeholder groups and
institutions in the field. In order to identify new creative solutions we
wish to explore the factors which trigger negotia-tion, what resources they
exchange with whom and what makes them agree to a proposed outcome.
Support, facilities offered to the action
I can contribute to possible case studies in Germany and could also
facilitate spatial workshop sessions if this is needed in the working group.
I can also use my personal links to many German institutions in the field of
green-structure planning and planning communication.