Norbert Gestring, Dr., Dipl. Social Scientist, born 1958, studied in Göttingen and Bremen, 1989 to 1992 research assistant at the ZWE 'Stadt und Region', University of Bremen, since 1992 research assistant at the Urban Research Group, University of Oldenburg

From 1/10/09 to 30/09/11 deputy professorship for urban research at Goethe University Frankfurt; from 8/2014 to 10/2014 Visiting Scholar at the German House of New York University; from 4/2021 to 9/2021 Fellowship of the DFG Research Group "Poetry in Transition", University of Trier.

Main research interests: Urban development, social structure of cities, urban ecology, migration and integration