Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas
Institute of Geography
Room: 2.21, Südbau
Otto-Fischer-Str. 4
Email: f.kraas(at)uni-koeln(dot)de
Telefon: +49-(0)221-470-7050
Short Biography
2012 – 2014
Visiting Professor Department of Geography, University of Yangon (resident)
2000 – present
Chair, Full Professor (C4) in Human Geography, University of Cologne
1998 – 1999
Heisenberg Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1996
Habilitation University of Bonn
1991
PhD University of Münster (summa cum laude)
Academic Memberships und Awards
since 2022
Member of the Senate of the Leibniz Foundation and Member of the Senate Evaluation Commission
since 2022
Member of the Scientific Board of the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg (SAI)
since 2021
Chairperson of the Frithjof Voss Foundation for Geography
2020/ 2021
Award of the Albertus Magnus Teaching Award of the University of Cologne
since 2019
Member of the Advisory Board for CRC-TR 228 "Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation"
since 2018
Member of the Senate Committee and Member of the Grants Committee on Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
since 2017
Editor of the publication series "Urban and Regional Development in Myanmar" (Franz Steiner Verlag)
since 2014
International Advisor for the University of Yangon, Myanmar
since 2011
Adjunct Faculty of Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune/India
since 2009
President of the German-Thai-Society
since 2009
Editor of the publication series "Megastädte und Globaler Wandel; Megacities and Global Change"(Franz Steiner Verlag)
since 2009
Member of "Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina"
since 2007
Member of "Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien"
since 2005
Editor of the publication series "Southeast Asian Modernities" (LitVerlag)
since 2004
Member of Academia Europaea
since 2001
Member of Geographical Society of Finland
1997
Gerhard Hess Award of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
since 1996
Spokesperson of the "Scientifc Research Group on Southeast Asia", German Geographical Society (DGfG)
since 1991
Publisher of the "Thailand-Rundschau"
since 1989
Co-head of the federal office of the Association of Geographers at
German Universities, GEO-Office, Cologne
Research Interests
- Megacity and urbanization studies: development dynamics, risks, health, cultural heritage, governance, informality, resource security.
- Social geography: migration, ethnic minorities, socio-economic disparities
- Development, transition and regional studies
- Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia), India, Iceland, Switzerland, China
Research Projekts
Migrant understandings of health and their health-related practices in diverse neighbourhoods
Carsten Butsch, Frauke Kraas
Duration: 2023-2025
Funding: DFG
Rising water and sinking land: Determining spatially resolved subsidence rates for the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) and developing strategic adaptation scenarios for the increased risk of flooding
Dominik Brill, Helmut Brückner, Frauke Kraas
Duration: 2024-2025
Funding: DFG
Management of multiple risks of extreme events in fast growing (mega)cities of Myanmar
Duration: 2017-2025
Funding: BMBF
Driving factors for and societal effects of sea-level rise and delta flooding in the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) - Lessons from the past for disaster governance in the future
Duration: 2019-2024
Funding: DFG
Past Projects
Urbanisation and Migration in Myanmar
Duration: 2020-2023
Funding: DAAD
ForUm for Urban Future in Southeast Asia
Duration: 2020-2023
Funding: DAAD