Research

RESEARCH FIELDS

Professors

 
PROF. DR. KRISTOF DASCHER
RETAIL REAL ESTATE

Research topics:

• Urban Economics
• Retail Real Estate
• Urban form and political economy

 
PROF. DR. TOBIAS JUST
REAL ESTATE

Research topics:

• Demographics and Real Estate
• Housing markets and policy
• Economic and real estate markets
• Urban economics

 
PROF. DR. JÜRGEN KÜHLING, LL.M.
PUBLIC LAW & REAL ESTATE LAW

Research topics:

• Public Real Estate Law
• Law of network industries
• Law of the Information Society

 
PROF. GABRIEL LEE, PH.D.
REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS

Research topics:

• Housing demand and investment under uncertainty
• Dynamic general equilibrium model of housing search and unemployment
• Demography, labor and urban growth
• Asymmetric information and business cycles
• Commercial real estate cycles and propagation mechanism with time to build
• Demographic and demand for commercial property markets
• Optimal real estate investments with hetrogeneous firms 

 
PROF. DR. GERRIT MANSSEN
REAL ESTATE LAW

Research topics:

• Construction Planning & Regulatory Law
• German and European Administrative Law

 
PROF. DR. DR. H. C. JOACHIM MÖLLER
EMPIRICAL MACRO- & REGIONAL ECONOMIC

Research topics:

• Relationships between wages, prices and employment
• Development of the wage structure
• Regional adjustment processes

 
PROF. DR. WOLFGANG SCHÄFERS
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT

Research topics:

• Corporate/Public Real Estate Management
• Real Estate Controlling
• Corporate Governance in the Real Estate Industry
• Innovative Real Estate Financial Products (Real Estate Private Equity, Real Estate Securitisation, REITs)

 
PROF. DR. STEFFEN SEBASTIAN
REAL ESTATE FINANCE

Research topics:

• Real estate as an asset class
• Financing of real estate investments
• Design of mutual funds
• Performance measurement / real estate indices
• Real estate securitization: Open- and closed-end real estate funds; REITs and property companies; Mortgage backed securities

 
PROF. DR. WOLFGANG SERVATIUS
CIVIL LAW & REAL ESTATE LAW

Research topics:

• Foundations, recent developments and real estate law covers the civil law, company law, banking and capital market law and insolvency law.
• Central corporate and capital market regulations for the construction,acquisition and management of real estate and financing of real estate projects in banks and the capital market.

Honorary Professors

PROF. DR. SVEN BIENERT, MRICS
SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE

Research topics:

• Identify and Understand: e.g. intergenerational challenges, Sustainability Due Diligence
• Avoid and Adapt: e.g. CSR/ GRI in the real estate business, quantification of sustainable features (e.g. LCC)
• Modify and Innovate: e.g. creation/ harmonization/ enhancements of certification standards, advancement of `Green Leases`s

PROF. DR. STEPHAN BONE-WINKEL
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

Research topics:

• Performance of office properties (in cooperation with IAO Fraunhofer and the Society of Property Researchers, Germany (gif e.V.))   

• Revitalization of real estate assets   

• Real Estate Asset Management   

• The branding of real estate projects   

• Urban District Development (in cooperation with Vivico Real Estate)   

• Capitalization and value-added strategies in portfolios   

• New financing instruments for real estate asset portfolios (e.g. REITs, Private Equity)   

• Zentrum für Arbeitswelten (in cooperation with the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, Department for Design and Structuring)

 
PROF. DR. DR. HERBERT GRZIWOTZ
REAL ESTATE LAW

Research topics:

• Real estate purchase and financing
• Purchase from the developer
• Home ownership and leasehold
• Construction and development law
• Urban development contracts
• Real estate transfer tax
• Neighbor Law and Mediation

 
PROF. DR. KARL-WERNER SCHULTE, HONRICS CRE
REAL ESTATE

Research topics:

• Real estate analysis and valuation
• Real Estate investment
• Real Estate Marketing
• Corporate and Public Real Estate Management
• Education and training in the real estate industry

 
PROF. DR. FRANK STELLMANN
REAL ESTATE LAW

Research topics:

• Commercial Leases
• Land contract law
• Architect law
• Private construction

 
PROF. DR. MARTIN WENTZ
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Research topics:

• Urban development
• Town planning