{"id":10071,"date":"2022-07-27T16:08:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexusinstitut.de\/?page_id=10071"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:15:09","slug":"katharina-fender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nexusinstitut.de\/en\/about-us\/katharina-fender\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharina Fender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:5%;--awb-padding-bottom:5%;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:#f5fafa;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1460\" height=\"2048\" title=\"Katharina Fender_verkleinert\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271460%27%20height%3D%272048%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201460%202048%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271460%27%20height%3D%272048%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/nexusinstitut.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Katharina-Fender_verkleinert-scaled-e1658930454739.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-10226\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h1 data-fontsize=\"48\" data-lineheight=\"60\"><strong>Katharina Fender<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Research Associate<br \/>\ntel.: +49 30 4220664-15<br \/>\nfender@nexusinstitut.de<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5%;width:100%;max-width:80%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#54e881;border-color:#54e881;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Katharina Fender (M.Sc.) studied spatial planning at the TU Dortmund University and the TU Vienna University. She now works as a research assistant in the Space and Society department at the nexus Institute. In this role, she supports urban and regional transformation processes, aiming to bring together different perspectives and to develop joint solutions. <\/p>\n<p>Her Work focuses on supporting municipal development and sustainability processes, as well as the practical application of research findings to inform urban development strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Katharina Fender has extensive experience in managing and designing participation processes, as well as moderating committees, working groups and workshops. She also has experience of linking theory and practice within the context of applied research and consulting in integrated urban development.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:5%;width:100%;max-width:80%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#54e881;border-color:#54e881;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2>Selected publications<\/h2>\n<p>Zetek, U., Fender, K., Dienel, H.-L., Kersting, N. (2025): Zivilgesellschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen st\u00e4rken und vernetzen. 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