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Dr. Johannes Flacke is Associate Professor for Spatial Planning and Decision Support Systems at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Nethelands. He holds a Diploma degree in Geography (1994) from Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany and received his PhD in Geosciences at the Ruhr-University Bochum in 2002 with a dissertation on information systems promoting sustainable land use based on spatial indicators. Before joining ITC at the University of Twente  in 2007 he worked as a postdoc researcher at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, TU Dortmund University.

Dr. Johannes Flacke has over 20 years of theoretical and practical experience in urban and regional planning in the global north and south and the development and use of geo-information and planning support systems. Fields of application have been urban land use planning, informal settlements, health and environmental inequalities, sustainable land management, climate change adaptation, hazard and risk management, and poverty alleviation and targeting. His research focuses on the transformation of urban areas into sustainable and resilient places for all. Main research interests are currently informed spatial decision making for urban planning in the global south, climate change adaptation planning at the local level, the application of collaborative spatial decision support systems in urban planning and micro-level modelling of urban dynamics.

Publications

2026

Code and Dataset for Social Side Effects Analysis (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Martínez Görbig, G., Susani, A., Flacke, J., Efthymiou-Charalampopoulou, N., Sliuzas, R. & Reckien, D.https://doi.org/10.4121/98349ee1-e581-4433-a460-25ddca225b36Working Datasets & Training Data for IDAMME Development (2026)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Martínez Görbig, G., Flacke, J., Keller, M., Pflugradt, N., Sliuzas, R. & Reckien, D.https://doi.org/10.4121/a01df1cc-16cf-4507-8414-4e0d570f2306.v1Designing a serious collaborative learning game for flood- resistant housing reconstruction in Nepal (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] International Conference on Resilient Systems, ICRS 2026. Naik, G., Flacke, J. & Hendriks, E.Actionable knowledge generation for better implementation of innovation and technologies to achieve climate resilience  (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Atun, F., Champlin, C., Martinez, J., Flacke, J., Dijk, M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-18617An urban air quality sensor network in Enschede, the Netherlands: Opportunities for science, technology, education, and policy (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Penning de Vries, M., Javan, F. D., Flacke, J., Ostermann, F. & Timmermans, W.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-21198Motivation and engagement in disaster mapping in Europe (MEDiME): Understanding hydrogeological risks and vulnerability through serious gaming (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Petraroli, I., Flacke, J. & Atun, F.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17956Empirical insights on the adaptation planning-implementation gap from the Global Covenant of Mayors European signatories (2026)npj Urban Sustainability, 6(1). Article 66. Martínez Görbig, G., Flacke, J., Treville, A., Sliuzas, R. & Reckien, D.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-026-00365-6

2025

A large-scale dataset for analysing remote working in urban and rural areas across Europe (2025)Scientific Data, 12(1). Article 1681. Fellnhofer, K., Angelidou, M., Flacke, J., Fontanella, L., Fransz, M., Karanfil, Ö., Kelmali, E., Kiran, S., Kolias, P., Kundu, V., Mataftsi, K., Mone, T., Nasi, G., Orer, H. S., Papageorgiou, M., Papanikolaou, P., Pfeffer, K., Istoriou, T., Plastara, D., … Kayı, İ.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05972-zEnhancing community understanding on the cascading effects of critical infrastructure service failure via interactive learning (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Purwar, D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036567985Cultures of risk: Exploring resident water-related disaster preparedness in a multi-country context (2025)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 15th International Conference of Integrated Disaster Risk Management Society . Petraroli, I., Flacke, J., Atun, F. & Terumoto, K.https://idrim2025.com/book-of-abstracts/

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Hallenweg 8
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