Nicole Kirchberger (Climate- and Energy Fund)

Nicole Kirchberger is head of the Regional and Urban Transformation and Climate Change Adaptation Department at the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund. Her work focuses on spatial, regional and urban development, with an emphasis on climate, energy and environmental issues. After studying architecture in Linz, Vienna and Istanbul, she completed a postgraduate degree in European Urbanism and worked at the Amsterdam Urban Planning Department. Research and teaching activities at the Vienna University of Technology and Graz University of Technology on urban design, urban and spatial planning, metropolitan and regional governance, strategic planning processes, environmental justice and the socio-ecological dimension of planning.