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Abbreviation	difu
Formation	February 15, 1973; 51 years ago
Type	Think tank
Headquarters	Zimmerstr. 13-15; 10969 Berlin; Germany
Location	Berlin, Germany; Cologne, Germany (branch);
Director	Carsten Kühl
CEO	Busso Grabow
Website	difu.de

The Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (English: German Institute of Urban Affairs) is a German think tank. It conducts research on urban development in Germany and in other German-speaking countries or regions.^[1]

The institute was founded by the German Association of Cities on 15 February 1973, and was named on 1 October 1973.^[2] It is headquartered in Berlin, runs a branch in Cologne and is structured as a company with limited liability.^[3]

Leaders

1973-1978: Wolfgang Haus [de]
1978-1981: Erika Spiegel [de]^[4]
1981-1992: Dieter Sauberzweig
1992-2006: Heinrich Mäding
2006-2013: Klaus J. Beckmann [de]
2013-2018: Martin zur Nedden
2018–present: Carsten Kühl [de]

References

^ Heinrich Mäding [in German] (2011). "On the Variety of Policy Advice in Spatial and Urban Development: Experience and Considerations Taking the German Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning and the German Institute of Urban Affairs as Examples". Informationen zur Raumentwicklung. 7–8. ISSN 0303-2493.
^ Christian Engeli. "Geschichte: Der Weg zum Difu - Aus der Vorgeschichte des Deutschen Instituts für Urbanistik". Difu.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu)". Difu.de (in German and English). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ Einhard Schmidt-Kallert (2018). "Erinnerung an Erika Spiegel (1925–2017)". DisP - the Planning Review (in German). 54. ISSN 2166-8604.