Friederike Schröder was programme manager of Urban Design and Metropolitan Culture from 2014 to 2018. After studying Geography, Political Science, and Ressource Economics in Göttingen, Singapore and Hamburg she wrote a PhD at the University of Hamburg on informal governance structures in South China’s urban development. In Urban Design, she is responsible for the feasibility of study and teaching and its operation, quality assurance, allocation of resources, and consulting of students.