Dr. Anja Nelle

Anja Nelle studied architecture at the Berlin University of the Arts in the 1990s, worked as an architect in Berlin and as a research assistant at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus. She completed her doctorate there in 2007 on the subject of museumization in an urban context. This was followed by three years of participatory planning in the city administration of Fortaleza (Brazil) for the German Development Service and six years at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) in Erkner, where she headed the Federal Transfer Office for Urban Redevelopment East, among other things. Since 2018, Anja Nelle has been working at the IfS as a project manager in the fields of urban development and housing. She became a partner in 2023. Until March 2026, Anja Nelle is on leave to work for the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). In Zanzibar City (Tanzania), she supports the city administration in adapting to the consequences of climate change.

Current fields of work:

Housing policy
Integrated urban development
Urban regeneration
Urban Development Support Programs
Climate protection and adaptation
Participation
Evaluation and accompanying research
Monitoring

Project Manager

Researcher