The research and teaching activities of the working group under the direction of Prof. Dr. Peter Dannenberg focus on the following research areas:

• Global South in the Context of Economic Globalization
• Development and Sustainability in the Global South
• European City and Regional Development

The research conducted by the working group on the Global South focuses in particular on the social and environmental consequences of economic globalisation, as well as on issues relating to development and sustainability in the Global South and human-environment relations. Geographically, research activities concentrate primarily on sub-Saharan Africa (particularly Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Namibia) and South Asia (particularly India). 

European urban and regional development represents another key research area for the working group. Research priorities here lie in the fields of urban development and digitalisation (smart cities, digitalisation in the retail sector), structural change and deindustrialisation in urban areas (including Berlin and Cologne), as well as challenges and prospects for agriculture and rural areas (Central and Eastern Europe). 
We have excellent interdisciplinary networks, including within the Global South Studies Centre (GSSC) and the Food Security Network.

A selection of third party funded research projects can be found here: www.geographie.uni-koeln.en/research

Teaching content including globalisation and trade, urban and regional development, human-environment relations (in particular environmental governance and political ecology), the Global South (especially sub-Saharan Africa and India), and the European Union. Prof. Dr. Dannenberg teaches, among other things, the core lecture ‘Economics and Development’ (Wirtschaft und Entwicklung).