Ulrike Grabski-Kieron, Dr., Professor Emeritus. Professor of Local and Regional Development and Spatial Planning at the Institute of Geography of the University of Münster (Germany). Research interests: applied research on rural areas and rural spatial development, spatial planning, cultural geographical landscapes and land use management. She has long-term international collaborations, especially with French partners. She studied Applied Geography at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), received her doctorate in 1985, was a research assistant until 1986 and was an executive employee of the state agency for urban and regional development in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), in the Technical Management Department (1986 - 1996). She was also a member of the ARL - Academy for Territorial Development of the Leibniz Association, Germany. She has served on several advisory boards and committees of the Police Council. Co-editor of the book series “Ländliche Räume: Beiträge zur lokalen und regionalen Entwicklung” (Rural areas: Contributions to local and regional development) (Lit-Verlag, Münster, Germany). Since 2017, she has conducted freelance scientific activities and scientific writing projects.