The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning

Research projects

The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) supports federal politics with its projects. The projects deal with current issues of spatial planning, urban development as well as building and housing. They reveal the need for political action and provide scientifically sound bases with which political instruments and measures can be further developed.

You can find an overview of current and completed research projects on this page. You can use the search function to search for specific topics using key words.

15 Search results

Creative ideas for inner cities from young people
Type: Research Project

Vibrant, mixed-used and attractive – this is what inner cities should ideally look like. In many places, however, there are symptoms of crisis such as vacant properties and desolation. What ideas do young people have to counteract these symptoms? What projects are they …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: August 2021 – November 2023

New Urban Quarters – Concepts and Built Reality
Type: Research Project

Many municipalities experience a continued or resumed population growth due to migration. As a result, new urban quarters emerge in numerous local authorities. However, this process has not been a focal point of academic and planning practice-related discourse, mainly …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2017 – November 2020

Youth projects in structurally weak and rural areas Type: Research Project

As numerous successful youth participation projects in recent years have shown, young people want to – and are able to – play an active role in shaping their living environment and in the development of their town or city. Until now, research has focused on projects in …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2019 – February 2021

Integration of refugees into the regular housing market Type: Research Project

The number of asylum seekers and refugees has risen sharply in recent years. This creates new challenges and integration requirements for cities and municipalities. The focus of the study was to what extent it was possible to provide adequate housing for refugees as an …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: August 2016 – August 2017

Baukulturatlas Germany 2030/2050 Type: Research Project

How will changing conditions in society affect our built environment? What will the cities and regions that we live in look like? The Baukulturatlas addresses societal and geographical transformations and speculates on their consequences for Baukultur. Project duration: …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2014 – July 2016

Life and income situation of elderly people - Implications for housing supply and housing markets Type: Research Project

The future number and share of elderly people at risk of poverty will increase significantly. The study describes their income situation, housing situation and housing demand, and it investigates the implications in various housing markets. Project duration: October …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2012 – June 2015

How can municipalities become attractive for highly qualified immigrants? Type: Research Project

An important strategy for addressing the predicted lack of skilled workers in Germany is the promotion of highly qualified workers from foreign countries. This, however, requires towns and municipalities to be appealing to immigrants as places to live and work. In total …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: September 2012 – December 2014

Securing a high quality and sufficient supply of skilled workers Type: Research Project

What challenges do rural areas have to contend with in securing high-skilled workers. How can indigenous development potential and skilled workers in rural areas be activated and how can soft location factors that promote development and infrastructure be strengthened? …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: July 2013 – November 2014

Analysis of potentials of senior-friendly conversion Type: Research Project

The present study analyses to which extent senior friendly housing can be provided by conversions, based on the current housing situation of older and long-term care patients. The target is a longer stay in one’s own home as well as a delay in an in-patient care. Given …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: September 2012 – June 2014

Multigenerational Co-Housing-projects in the legal form of a registered cooperative Type: Research Project

Up to now, there has been a lack of data on the relevance and the future potential of multigenerational Co-Housing projects in the legal form of a cooperative in Germany. There was also little knowledge about the conditions and motives that are important when …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2011 – July 2012

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