As sociologist and urban designer, Nina Manz focuses on (urban) land, property issues and common ownership models. She is involved in the project “WERK – Haus Neuer Arbeit” which develops collective ownership structures at Kraftwerk Bille in Hamburg Hammerbrook. She works for the local initiative “HALLO: Verein für raumöffnende Kultur e.V.”, which functions as a co-productive intersection between art and urban development. As co-founder of “Urban Knowledge Collective”, she is interested in the international transfer of city-specific knowledge pools.