Susanne Zimmermann-Janschitz Department of Geography and Regional Science University of Graz Heinrichstrasse 36 8010 Graz, Austria Email: [email protected] Phone: +43 316 380 8897 Website: geographie.uni-graz.at

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Work Experience Associated Professor December 2011 – now Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz Research fields: GIS, disability studies, sustainability, regional planning

Assistant Professor October 2010 – December 2011 Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz

Research fields: computational geography, disability studies, regional planning

Project Assistant September 1998 – September 2010 Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz Research fields: GIS, European policies, regional planning

Assistant Professor May 1996 – August 1998 Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Klagenfurt Research fields: GIS, tourism, regional planning

Education University of Graz Venia docendi (geography) 2011 Department of Geography and Regional Science, University of Graz, Austria Field: GIS, disability

University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA term abroad during dissertation thesis 1994 Department of Geography Field: GIS

University of Klagenfurt Dr. rer.nat. 1997 Department of Geography Field: Geography

University of Klagenfurt Master (Mag. rer.nat.)

1992 Department of Geography Field: Mathmatics and Geography

Publications Books Zimmermann-Janschitz, S. (2013). Statistik in der Geographie. Eine Exkursion durch die deskriptive Statistik. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer, 383 p. Janschitz, S. (2012). Von Barrieren in unseren Köpfen und ‚Karten ohne Grenzen‘: Geographische Informationssysteme im Diskurs der Barrierefreiheit – ein Widerspruch in sich oder unerkanntes Potenzial. Wien-Berlin: LIT, 272 p.

Papers Zimmermann-Janschitz, S. & Wlasak, P. (2016). Nachhaltigkeit, Gerechtigkeit und Inklusion – Zukunftskonzept oder Wunschtraum? In Zimmermann, F. (Ed.): Nachhaltigkeit wofür? Von Chancen und Herausforderungen für eine nachhaltige Zukunft. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer, 201-228. Mandl, B.T. & Zimmermann-Janschitz, S. (2014): Smarter Cities – ein Modell lebenswerter Städte. In Schrenk et al. (Eds.): Plan it Smart – Clever Solutions for Smart Cities. Schwechat: CORP – Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning, 611- 620. Janschitz, S. & Zimmermann, F. (2010). Regional modeling and the logics of sustainability – a social theory approach for regional development and change. In Environmental Economics 1(1), 129-137