Tim Rottleb
Research Associate | Economy and Civil Society
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Since May 2018 Tim Rottleb has been working as a research associate for the Research Area “Economy and Civil Society” in the Junior Research Group “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education: International Branch Campus Development at the Interface of Network and Territorial Embeddedness”.

He completed his B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies with a focus on Political Science which was followed by a M.A. in Politics and Economics of the Middle East, both at Philipps University in Marburg. During his studies he was mainly interested in researching various forms of societal conflicts in the MENA region and their urban dimension. With his M.A. thesis he explored the interrelation of contested public space in Cairo and processes of urban development as a material-spatial condensation of class antagonisms in Egypt. During his Master studies he worked as a research assistant at the research project “Re-configurations” at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies in Marburg. In addition, he has gained experience in the field of international development by working for UN-Habitat in Cairo and the UN World Food Programme in Berlin.

Projects

Ongoing Third-party Funded Projects

Third-party funded project 01/2018 - 12/2022
Open Region: Regional Challenges as Starting Points for Innovation (Innovation Hub13 – Fast Track to Transfer)

The IRS is a participant in the “Innovation Hub13 – fast track to transfer”, a project funded as part of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research's (BMBF's) “Innovative Hochschule” initiative, and obtained by the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg. Prof. Dr. Suntje Schmidt developed the sub-project “Open Region: Regional Challenges as Starting Points for Innovation”, which resides at the intersection of innovation promotion and regional development. The aim of the project is to create the conditions for the integration of until now unconsidered innovation actors, in order to develop cooperative solutions for regionally relevant problem areas in Brandenburg. more info

Third-party funded project 04/2018 - 03/2024
Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education. International Branch Campus Development at the Interface of Network and Territorial Embeddedness (TRANSEDU)

In the past twenty years, the number of students completing university studies in a foreign country has constantly been on the rise. In addition, many universities are investing in international branch campuses (IBCs) abroad. These are initial indices for a parallel globalisation of knowledge-intensive branches of the economy and of the university landscape. The Leibniz Junior Research Group “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education” (TRANSEDU) is concerned with the relationship between globalised economic processes and the internationalisation of the academic and research landscapes. more info

Selected Publications by Year

2023
Rottleb, T., & Schmidt, S. (2023, Oct). Wissenstransfer als kritische Infrastrukturierung: vier Thesen zur Gestaltung von Wissenstransfer als Zusammenspiel von Wissenschaft und gesellschaftlicher Innovationsfähigkeit. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. https://leibniz-irs.de/medien/irs-dialog/wissenstransfer-als-kritische-infrastrukturierung
Kleibert, J. M., Schulze, M., Rottleb, T., & Bobée, A. (2023). (Trans-)Regional Embeddedness and the Resilience of Offshore Campuses. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2157323
Rottleb, T. (2023). Gateway Cities for Transnational Higher Education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah as Regional Amplifiers in Networks of the ‘Global Knowledge-Based Economy’. Global Networks, 23(4), 901-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12429
2022
Rottleb, T., Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2022, Mar). Developing Successful Transnational Education Hubs: Key Challenges for Policy Makers. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251349
Schulze, M., & Rottleb, T. (2022). Case Study: University Offshore Campuses and the Regional Development of Iskandar Malaysia. In J. Ilieva, N. Healey, V. Tsiligiris, C. Ziguras, P. Killingley, & W. Lawton (Eds.), The Value of Transnational Education Partnerships (pp. 52). British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/value_tne_fullreport.pdf
Daldrup, V., Madina, I., Rottleb, T., & Schmidt, S. (2022, Dec 8). Creating Impact – Wie können Hochschulen zu regionalen Transformationsprozessen beitragen? https://innohub13.de/creating-impact/
Rottleb, T., & Kleibert, J. M. (2022). Circulation and Containment in the Knowledge-based Economy: Transnational Education Zones in Dubai and Qatar. Environment and Planning A, 54(5), 930-948. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0308518X221077105
2021
Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2021). Transnational Education Zones: Towards an Urban Political Economy of ‘Education Cities’. Urban Studies, 58(14), 2845-2862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020962418
Kleibert, J. M., Rottleb, T., Schulze, M., & Bobée, A. (2021, Jun 10). Strategy First: Ten Questions to Answer before Starting an International Campus. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. https://leibniz-irs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/IRS_Dialog_Transferpublikationen/IRS_Dialog_Policy_Paper_2-2021.pdf
2020
Beadle, B., Do, S., El Youssoufi, D., Felder, D., Gorenflos López, J., Jahn, A., Pérez-Bosch Quesada, E., Rottleb, T., Rüter, F., Schanze, J-L., Stroppe, A-K., Thater, S., Verrière, A., & Weltin, M. (2020). Being a Doctoral Researcher in the Leibniz Association: 2019 Leibniz PhD Network Survey Report. Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69403-1
  • https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69403-1
    • Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2020). Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315

    • Selected Publications by Type

    Journal Article
    Kleibert, J. M., Schulze, M., Rottleb, T., & Bobée, A. (2023). (Trans-)Regional Embeddedness and the Resilience of Offshore Campuses. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 10(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2157323
    Rottleb, T. (2023). Gateway Cities for Transnational Higher Education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah as Regional Amplifiers in Networks of the ‘Global Knowledge-Based Economy’. Global Networks, 23(4), 901-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12429
    Rottleb, T., & Kleibert, J. M. (2022). Circulation and Containment in the Knowledge-based Economy: Transnational Education Zones in Dubai and Qatar. Environment and Planning A, 54(5), 930-948. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0308518X221077105
    Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2021). Transnational Education Zones: Towards an Urban Political Economy of ‘Education Cities’. Urban Studies, 58(14), 2845-2862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020962418
    Contribution to Forum or Blog
    Daldrup, V., Madina, I., Rottleb, T., & Schmidt, S. (2022, Dec 8). Creating Impact – Wie können Hochschulen zu regionalen Transformationsprozessen beitragen? https://innohub13.de/creating-impact/
    Expertise / Position Paper / Policy Paper
    Rottleb, T., & Schmidt, S. (2023, Oct). Wissenstransfer als kritische Infrastrukturierung: vier Thesen zur Gestaltung von Wissenstransfer als Zusammenspiel von Wissenschaft und gesellschaftlicher Innovationsfähigkeit. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. https://leibniz-irs.de/medien/irs-dialog/wissenstransfer-als-kritische-infrastrukturierung
    Rottleb, T., Kleibert, J. M., & Schulze, M. (2022, Mar). Developing Successful Transnational Education Hubs: Key Challenges for Policy Makers. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251349
    Kleibert, J. M., Rottleb, T., Schulze, M., & Bobée, A. (2021, Jun 10). Strategy First: Ten Questions to Answer before Starting an International Campus. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space. https://leibniz-irs.de/fileadmin/user_upload/IRS_Dialog_Transferpublikationen/IRS_Dialog_Policy_Paper_2-2021.pdf
    Other Contribution to Book
    Schulze, M., & Rottleb, T. (2022). Case Study: University Offshore Campuses and the Regional Development of Iskandar Malaysia. In J. Ilieva, N. Healey, V. Tsiligiris, C. Ziguras, P. Killingley, & W. Lawton (Eds.), The Value of Transnational Education Partnerships (pp. 52). British Council. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/value_tne_fullreport.pdf
    Other transfer publication
    Beadle, B., Do, S., El Youssoufi, D., Felder, D., Gorenflos López, J., Jahn, A., Pérez-Bosch Quesada, E., Rottleb, T., Rüter, F., Schanze, J-L., Stroppe, A-K., Thater, S., Verrière, A., & Weltin, M. (2020). Being a Doctoral Researcher in the Leibniz Association: 2019 Leibniz PhD Network Survey Report. Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69403-1
  • https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69403-1
    • Working Paper, Discussion Paper
    Kleibert, J. M., Bobée, A., Rottleb, T., & Schulze, M. (2020). Global Geographies of Offshore Campuses. Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223315

    • Talks

    2022
    Gateways for transnational higher education: How Doha, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah embed their regional hinterlands in networks of the global knowledge-based economy

    34. Deutscher Orientalistentag

    September/15/2022
    Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Worlding Dubai as an International Education Hub: Offshore Campus Development and Urban Imaginaries of a Globalizing City

    RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2022

    August/31/2022
    Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Gateway Cities of Transnational Higher Education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah as Regional Amplifiers in the Networks of the Global Knowledge-Based Economy

    6th Global Conference on Economic Geography 2022

    June/09/2022
    Trinity College und University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Gateway cities of transnational higher education? Doha, Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah as regional amplifiers in the networks of global capitalism

    Cosmopolis Lunch Seminar

    March/31/2022
    Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Brüssel, Belgium

    2021
    Making a ‘knowledge city’: worlding Dubai through offshore campus development

    AGAPS Graduate Student Workshop 2021

    July/28/2021
    online

    Anticipated Benefits and Missed Opportunities of Offshore Campus Imports – Experiences from Southeast Asia and the Arab Gulf Region

    Third TNE-Hub Research Symposium

    March/31/2021
    Hosted online by King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    2019
    Aufbau einer Wissensökonomie oder urbanes Spektakel? Die Rolle von Transnationalen Urbanen Bildungszonen in Dubai und Ras al-Khaimah

    Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2019

    September/26/2019
    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Transnational Urban Education Zones in the Context of Economic and Urban Development Strategies in the WANA Region

    Gemeinsames Kolloquium IRS-Humboldt Universität Wirtschaftsgeographie

    February/19/2019
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geographisches Institut, Berlin, Germany

    Building the Knowledge Economy, Transforming Cities? Transnational Urban Education Zones in the Nexus of Urban and National Economic Development Strategies in the Globalising West Asia and North Africa Region

    International Workshop “Constructing Transnational Spaces of Higher Education”

    January/11/2019
    Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung, Erkner, Germany

    2018
    International Branch Campuses in the MENA-Region – Spatial Condensations of a Social Relationship of Forces

    25. Internationaler DAVO-Kongress 2018

    October/06/2018
    Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | Campus Westend , Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Memberships

    • Leibniz PhD Network. Steering Committee (External organisation)

    Tim Rottleb in the Media

    UAE seeks ‘global innovation centre’ status in strategy
    (The Pie News, 02/15/2023)