Frauke Kraas#
| Membership Number: | 2260 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.geographie.uni-koeln.de/kraas-frauke.474.en.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2000 Professor for human geography (C4), Department of Geography at the Unitversity of Cologne
- 1989-1999 Scientific assistant at the Department of Geography, University of Bonn
- 1988-1989 Scientific assistant at the Department of Geography, University of Muenster
Fields of Scholarship
- Metropolis and megacity research, urbanization, urban geography
- Cultural and social geography, ethno-geography
- Development research
- Southeast Asia, India, China, high mountain regions
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the German Academy of Sciences Lepoldina
- Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
- Corresponding Member of the Geographical Society of Finland
- 1997 Awarded with the Gerhard-Hess-Preis of the German Research Foundation
