Our team combines the expertise of Social Sciences with Urban Planning as well as Computer Science. We work at the Department of Social Sciences at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.
![Tobias Escher](https://www.cimt-hhu.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Escher-IMG_0970-web_©Tilman-Schenk-1024x683.jpg)
Tobias Escher is Assistant Professor of Sociology and leads the research group. His research focuses on the effects of political participation for transformation and sustainability.
![Katharina Huseljić](https://www.cimt-hhu.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Huseljic-IMG_0687-web_©Tilman-Schenk-1024x683.jpg)
Katharina Holec (née Huseljić) is a sociologist and focuses on the effects of public participation processes on legitimacy beliefs.
![Laura Mark](https://www.cimt-hhu.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mark-IMG_0737-web_©Tilman-Schenk-1024x683.jpg)
Laura Mark is an Urban Planner and investigates the effects of public participation processes on the content of planning decisions.
External Associates & Alumni
![Julia Romberg](https://www.cimt-hhu.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Romberg-IMG_0804-web_©Tilman-Schenk-1024x683.jpg)
Julia Romberg is a Computer Scientists that developed (semi-)automated procedures for the analysis of public participation processes within the CIMT project.