H. Detlef Kammeier
H. Detlef Kammeier has lived in Thailand since 1972. From 1976-2000, he held a long-term faculty position at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, an international post-graduate institute with students and faculty from over 50 countries, where he conducted research and taught in the field of urban, environmental and regional development and planning. After leaving AIT, Professor Kammeier has continued to maintain his main residence in Thailand, while his international consulting work takes him to other countries in South-East Asia and the Middle East. He also continues to teach and currently serves as a visiting professor in two international programmes at German universities. His long-term interest in urban conservation is refl ected in his teaching and research at the postgraduate programme in World Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg Technical University (BTU) in Cottbus, Germany. He is also part of the international postgraduate programme in Urban Management at the Technical University of Berlin.