Rico Herzog
Research Associate
Rico Herzog is the Lead for Modelling, Simulation, AI and Machine Learning in Germany’s largest smart city project, “Connected Urban Twins”, and a research associate at the City Science Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg, in cooperation with MIT Media Lab. With a background in spatial planning, computational modelling, and simulation of complex socio-technical systems, his research revolves around digital urban twins and their contribution to sustainable urban transformation. Focussing on the interplay of digital models and simulations of various kinds, he explores new approaches to capturing urban complexity in the digital sphere. Further academic interest lies in public value conflicts in urban planning and serious gaming as a simulation method.
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Publications
Herzog, R. H., Gonçalves, J. E., Slingerland, G., Kleinhans, R., Prang, H., Brazier, F., & Verma, T. (2023). Cities for citizens! Public value spheres for understanding conflicts in urban planning. Urban Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231207475
Herzog, R. (2023). Exploring multi-modelling approaches in Hamburg, Germany’s evolving digital urban twin infrastructure. Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation, Greece, 2724-0037. https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2023.mas.001
Ziehl, M., Herzog, R., Degkwitz, T., Niggemann, M. H., Ziemer, G., & Thoneick, R. (2023). Transformative Research in Digital Twins for Integrated Urban Development: Two Real-World Experiments on Unpaid Care Workers Mobility. International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), 12(1), 1-18. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJEPR.333851
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Activities
Workshop | Berger, H., Herzog, R., Lüdert, J. (27-29.10.2023). From Pixels to Progress - Climate Resilience, data narration, and the collaborative digital city. German American Conference. Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge, USA.
Workshop | Berger, H., Collier, C., Herzog, R. (13.03.2023). Save your City: Design the Future. SXSW. Austin, USA.
Workshop | Herzog, R. (03.11.2022). Putting people first. Examples of citizen-centered digital social innovation in Hamburg, Germany. International Living Lab Forum. Daegu, South Korea.
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