PLANNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE EUROPE? - TU Berlin

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks are due to the many people and institutions who have supported me in
this multi-year, transatlantic endeavor. Rutgers’ Bloustein School of Planning and Public
Policy provided a first-rate academic home base and much appreciated financial support
for research and travel. Additional financial resources were provided through a Lincoln
Land Dissertation Fellowship, a Fannie Mae AESOP Ph.D. travel grant and
miscellaneous support from the Technical University of Berlin. The Salzburg Seminar
provided a marvelous start into my research summer in 2000 and the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) provided a short-term Ph.D. grant during the final stages in
2002. Susan Fainstein has truly been the best dissertation chair imaginable, and Bob
Lake, John Pucher and Joanna Regulska all supplied useful advice at different stages of
the dissertation. Ann Markusen, Don Krueckeberg and many of my fellow students in
the urban planning program also provided excellent input during the formative stages of
my research. Studying for theory exams with Laura, Marla and David was great fun and
immensely enriched my perspective on urban and regional theory in general. Towards
the end, Frank Fischer shared his own latest work for additional inspiration and provided
welcome encouragement. Lynn Astorga provided crucial administrative and logistical
support. At the legendary 1999 AESOP Ph.D. workshop in Norway, John Forester, Alex
Fubini, Heather Campbell, Barry Needham, Aril Holt-Jensen and the rest of the Finse
gang all helped me think through some initial conceptual problems – and have been an
awesome peer group ever since. More generally, the annual AESOP and ACSP
conferences have become invaluable forums for sharing my research and for learning
from other planning academics. A special thanks goes to the members of the
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