Astrid LeyAstrid Ley (Prof. Dr.) heads the Department of International Urbanism and Design and the Institute for Urban Planning and Design and is the course director of the international master program »MSc Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design« (ISD) at Universität Stuttgart. She has continued interest in a people-centred urban transformation in the context of the manifold global challenges urban areas are both exposed and contribute to. Her expertise and publication record include topics related to urbanisation, housing and informal settlement processes, the role of local governance, co-production and civil society as well as the contextualisation of global agendas. Read More Read Less