Tania Berger

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Tania Berger

Scientific Staff Member - Department for Building and Environment

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Current Position:

Head of Cluster "Social sPACe based research in built Environment" (SPACE) at Department for Building and Environment

 

Projects (Extract Research Database)

Running projects

Hitzeschutz für Leben daheim bei Energiearmut - Grundlagen für einen One-Stop-Shop zur Umsetzung von Sonnenschutzmaßnahmen in häuslichen Pflegesettings

Duration: 03/11/2026–30/11/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)

Transformation of Neighborhoods According to Criteria of New European Bauhaus

Duration: 01/04/2025–31/03/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Markus Winkler
Funding: FFG

Facilitating Shift Towards Active Forms of Mobility by Changing the Attitude and Travel Behaviour of Residents Through the Use of Green, Low-cost Tactical Urbanism and Placemaking Solutions

Duration: 01/03/2023–28/02/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Stefanie Kotrba
Funding: EU

Socio-sPatial framework conditions for inclusive housing for persons with complex mental health needs in rural and small-town areas

Duration: 02/02/2023–31/07/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)

Strengthening Research and Educational Competences of HEIs for Gender sensitive Urban (InfoRmal Settlement) Transformation

Duration: 01/05/2022–30/04/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)

Completed projects

NIILS - New Approaches for Inclusive Informal Learning Spaces

Duration: 01/01/2022–30/06/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Christina Ipser
Funding: EU

Precarious Housing in Europe

Duration: 01/09/2019–31/08/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: EU

Building Resilient Urban Communities

Duration: 15/01/2019–14/01/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: EU
Program: ERASMUS+

ClimB! - Buildings and neighborhoods in climate change

Duration: 01/10/2020–31/03/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Christina Ipser
Funding: FFG

Social Inclusion and Energy Management for Informal Urban Settlements (SES)

Duration: 15/10/2016–14/10/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: EU
Program: ERASMUS+

Building Inclusive Urban Communities

Duration: 15/10/2015–01/10/2019
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: EU
Program: ERASMUS+

Gebäudesoftskills - Qualifizierungsnetzwerk Humanwissenschaften und Bautechnik

Duration: 01/01/2017–31/03/2019
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Gregor Radinger
Funding: FFG
Program: FFG (Forschungskompetenzen für die Wirtschaft)

Konzept NÖ Netzwerk Wohnen

Duration: 01/09/2015–31/08/2016
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Program: Land NÖ Wissenschaft - Forschung

Social Inclusion and Energy Management for Informal Urban Settlements

Duration: 17/11/2015–15/02/2016
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Romana Bates
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
Program: Austria Mundus+

Reduktion der Energiearmut durch Gebäudesanierung unter Beteiligung der BewohnerInnen

Duration: 01/10/2013–30/09/2015
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
Program: Klima und Energiefonds

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Publications (Extract Research Database)

Köcklera, H.; Shresthac R.; Aslam, A. B.; Berger T.; Börner, S.; Cheung, C.; Fabian C.; Shankavarami, H.; Shrestha, R.; Shrestha, S.; Simon D. (2024). Physical activity in public space: insights from a global community of practice applying photovoice as a tool for digital participatory place analysis. CITIES & HEALTH, ?: 1-13

Berger, T.; Shankavaram, H.; Thiagarajan J.; (2023). Exploring impacts of resettlement and upgrading on the urban poor's daily lives in a second tier city in India. World Development Perspectives, Volume 32, December 2023, 100545: 100545

Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.; (2023). Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City. Routledge, Delhi

Berger, T. (2023). Too Cool or Too Hot: Thermal Comfort in Low-Income Homes and Lived Experiences of Energy Poverty in India and Austria. In: Paola Velasco Herrejón, Breffní Lennon, Niall P. Dunphy, Living with Energy Poverty: Perspectives from the Global North and South: 11, Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY

Berger, T.; (2023). PLACE AS ASSEMBLAGE AND THE VIRTUAL - EXPERIENCING PLACE THROUGH LAYERS OF PHOTOVOICE AND VIRTUAL MEETING TOOLS. In: Pfeiffer, A.; Krishna, N.; Denk, N.; Wernbacher, T.;, MEDIA, ARTS AND DESIGN (MAD) ANTHOLOGY II MAD Pandemic: Stories of Change and Continuity during the COVID-19 Crisis: 137-152, University of Krems Press., Krems

Berger, T.; (2023). The Vertical versus Horizontal City: Why Vertical Resettlement (Mostly) Does Not Work for the Urban Poor. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 9, Routledge, Delhi

Berger, T.; (2023). Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods and the New Meaning of “Community” in the Global North. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 9, Routledge, Delhi

Berger, T.; Chundeli, F.A.; (2023). Tolerance to Heat as a Coping Strategy of Low-Income Households in India and Austria. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 15, Routledge, Delhi

Berger, T.; Singh, B.; Parmar,, M.; Menon, S. B.; (2023). Conclusion. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 10, Routledge, Delhi

Girmay, A.; Berger, T.; (2023). Home-Based Income Generation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 20, Routledge, Delhi

Shankavaram, H.; Thiagarajan, J.; Berger, T.; (2023). “Nothing Is to Be Gained by Involving Them”: Exploring Residents' Lived Experiences of Resettlement in a Medium-Sized City in India. In: Singh, B.; Berger, T.; Parmar, M.;, Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City: 16, Routledge, Delhi

Berger, T.; Chundeli, F.A. (2023). Urban Heat and the Housing-Health Nexus. How Do They Affect Livelihoods of Low-income Residents in India? Trialog- A Journal for Planning and Building in a Global Context, 145/146: 32-38, Trialog

Gebremeskel, S. A.; Berger, T. (2023). Built Form and Energy Transition. The Case of Condominium Housing in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Trialog - A Journal for Planning and Building in a Global Context, 145/146: 52-59, Trialog

Semunugus, D.; Nigusie, E.; Berger, T.; (2023). Countering the Narrative of an ‘Informal Settlement Free’ City. How Urban Housing Demand Induces Changes of Livelihood in Peri-urban Areas of Mekelle, Ethiopia. TRIALOG – A Journal for Planning and Building in a Global Context, 145/146: 67-73

Berger, T.; Chundeli, F.; Pandey, R.; Jain, M. Ayon Kumar Tarafdar , Adinarayanane Ramamurthy (2022). Low-income residents’ strategies to cope with urban heat. Land Use Policy, 119: 106192

Shridharan, N.; Pandey, R.; Berger, T. (2022). Co-production through tacit knowledge for water resilience. Land Use Policy, 126: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106446

Berger, T. (2021). Gebäude als Ausdruck von Gesellschaft. In: Buxbaum, P.A.; Oberzaucher, E.;, Gebäudesoftskills Bauen in menschlichen Dimensionen: 98-101, IBO Verlag, Wien

Berger, T. (2021). Housing the Poor - Staatliche Wohnbaumaßnahmen in Äthiopien und Indien im Vergleich. In: Bronberg, R.; Herbig, U., Vergleichende Architektur- und Bauforschung. Ein Forschungs- und Lehrmotto. Festschrift für Erich Lehner: 302-312, IVA-Verlag, Wien

Höltl, A.; Brandtweiner, R.; Bates, R.; Berger, T. (2020). The Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals: The Case of Urban Informal Settlements in Ethiopia. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Vol. 15, No. 3: 287-294

Höltl, A.; Berger, T.; Bates, R.; Desta, M.K.; Lewis, A.; Semunugus, D.; Indorewala H. (2020). The Nexus of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Their Link to Quality of Life: A Case of Urbanization in Ethiopia and India. In: Javier Martinez, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen, Rhonda Phillips, Handbook of Quality of Life and Sustainability: 113-138, Springer, Cham

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Lectures (Extract Research Database)

Women's right to the city in Ethiopia and Mozambique

APPEAR in Practice Event, 10/06/2025

Particularities of conducting transdisciplinary processes on questions of urban transition in Ethiopia: Reflections on expectations and challenges

Re-/Searching to Transgress Collaborative Formats and Practices of Social-ecological Transformation, 10/04/2025

Raum zum Leben - Zeitgemäßes und klimafittes Wohnen im Bestand

. Kremser Klimakonferenz 2024, 27/09/2024

Klimawandel & Pflegeheim: Was tun gegen sommerliche Überhitzung?

Zukunftsforum Bauen und Umwelt 2024, 24/04/2024

Debates on Sustainable Urbanism: Potential learning from failures and challenges

8th Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS 8.0), 08/02/2024

Contemporary European Housing Debates: Challenges, Policies and Potential Solution

Guest Lecture at KAMLA RAHEJA VIDYANIDHI INSTITUTE FOR ARCHITECTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, 05/02/2024

Green New Europe

Podiumsdiskussion organisiert vom Team: MMag.a Susanne Fraczek, Europäisches Dokumentationszentrum (EDZ), Department für Rechtswissenschaften und Inte, 20/10/2022

Rolle der Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft - Stellungnahme des Klimaforschungsnetzwerks CCCA

2. Nachhaltigkeitstag der VetMed, 06/05/2022

Prekäres Wohnen in Europa - Zwischenbilanz einer Erasmus Strategischen Partnerschaft

Forum Building Science 2022, 06/05/2022

Climate change adapation of urban poor - European perspective

No Time to Waste: Building Resilient Urban Communities and Cities through Locally Led Adaptation, 08/12/2021

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