Christian Rosen Author & Editor

Christian Rosen is a sociologist, postdoctoral researcher and principle investigator in the Hybrid Urbanisms project at Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus. He obtained his PhD from Frankfurt University. His research interests include urban development practices, especially in the global South, secondary cities, comparative research, political sociology and spatial theory.

Nina Gribat is Professor for Urban Planning at Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany. Her research interests include: hybrid urbanisms and infrastructural delivery configurations in the global South; governance and planning in small towns; and cultural actor networks in rural areas. Nina is a member of the editorial collective of the open access journal sub\urban.zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung (www.zeitschrift-suburban.de).