studied Human Geography and Sociology in Potsdam and Berlin between 2007 and 2014. Since 2010, she works at the Departments of Geography and Social Science at Humboldt University Berlin and the Department of Regional Studies at University of Potsdam. With a focus on qualitative research methods, she looks at the contested relations between state/government, economy, civil society, and social movements in the context of contemporary systems of (local) urban regulation. Email: katja.thiele@posteo.de