The Master of Environmental Planning at the Berlin Institute of Technology is primarily defined by four Research Groups within the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. These four Research Groups and their faculty are diverse in their interests, backgrounds, and education, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of environmental planning. Their specialties include environmental governance, geoinformation and remote sensing, landscape and environmental planning and development, as well as environmental assessment and planning.

Professor of Landscape Planning and Development

Stefan Heiland is head of the Department of Landscape Planning and Development [2] and serves as executive director of the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning [3] at TU Berlin since April 2011.

Professor of Geoinformation in Environmental Planning

Birgit Kleinschmit is leading the chair of Geoinformation in Environmental Planning [5] at TU Berlin.

Professor of Environmental Assessment and Planning

Johann Köppel is chair of the Environmental Assessment and Planning Research Group [7] and served as Dean of the School of Planning Building Environment [8] at TU Berlin from 2011-2019.

Professor of Environmental Governance

Lena Partzsch leads the chair of Environmental Governance.

The core faculty teaching in the Master of Environmental Planning are part of a team of more than 70 full-time professors and about 200 research associates and lecturers affiliated in the School of Planning-Building-Environment who are committed to teaching, research and practice. A number of these professors and lecturers offer courses as adjunct faculty within the Master of Environmental Planning program where students will benefit from their specialist knowledge and professional experience in the subject areas they teach. The expertise of the adjunct faculty covers topics such as ecology, urban and regional planning, environmental economy, water management, sociology, planning law or sustainability sciences.