Prof. Dr. Tim Freytag
Chair of Human Geography
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Research topics
- Tourism and mobility studies (in particular, European urban tourism)
- Urban studies and sustainable urban development
- Social geography and geography of education
Lecturing and teaching activities
- Lectures: urban studies, social geography etc.
- Seminars: human geography, cultural geography, social geography, tourism geography etc.
- Field trips and study tours: Northern and Southwestern Germany, France (Strasbourg, Paris, Montpellier und Perpignan) etc.
Advisory roles and memberships
- Chair, Frankreich-Zentrum, University of Freiburg
- Chair, Society for Geography and Ethnography in Freiburg (GGE)
- Executive board member, Working Group in Geography of Education, German Society for Geography (DGfG)
- Executive board member, Working Group in Tourism Research, German Society for Geography (DGfG)
- Scientific council member, Association for Geography at German-language Universities and Research Institutions (VGDH)
- Editorial board member, journal Geographische Zeitschrift
- Editorial board member, open access journal Via. Tourism Review
- Reviewer for academic journals (selection): Annals of Tourism Research, Berichte. Geographie und Landeskunde, Die Erde, Geographica Helvetica, Geographische Zeitschrift, Local Environment, Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Social and Cultural Geography, Sustainable Development, Tourism Geographies, Tourism Management, Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft
- Expert reviewer for institutions (selection): Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Franco-German University (DFH), German Research Council (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), The Leverhulme Trust, Volkswagen Foundation
- Member, German Academy for Regional Studies (DAL)
- Member, German Society for Tourism Studies (DGT)
- Member, Association for Geography at German-Language Universities and Research Institutions (VGDH)
- Member, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
- Host, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
- Past dean (2014-2018) and former vice-dean (2011-2014 and 2018-2019), Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
- Past elected member (2019-2023), Senate, University of Freiburg
- Past head, Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, University of Freiburg (2020-2024)
- Past trustee (2013-2023), German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Vita
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Professor of Human Geography, Institute of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, University of Freiburg, Germany | |
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Professor of Cultural Geography, Department of Geography, Kiel University, Germany | |
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Lecturer, Department of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany | |
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Research fellow, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme and Université de Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France | |
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Lecturer, Department of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany |