Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Guido Spars

Head of the Chair

Position Description

Since 09/2021: Founding Director of the Bauakademie in Berlin.

Since 04/2006: University Professor for the Department of Planning and Building Economics at the University of Wuppertal

Biography

Since 09/2025
Continuation of the professorship at the Chair of Economics of Planning and Construction, University of Wuppertal

09/2021 – 08/2025
Founding Director of the Federal Bauakademie Foundation, Berlin

04/2006 – 08/2021
Professor at the Chair of Economics of Planning and Construction, University of Wuppertal

06/2007
Habilitation at TU Berlin; Venia Legendi in Urban and Regional Economics, with a particular focus on Real Estate Economics

10/2000 – 03/2006
Research Associate at the Department of Urban and Regional Economics, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning, TU Berlin

06/2000
Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) at TU Berlin

1995 – 2000
Research Associate at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning (ISR)

1993 – 1995
Rittmannsperger + Partner, Darmstadt; Project Manager for the Urban Renewal Project in Leipzig

1993
Diploma in Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne