Sonja Dümpelmann

Prof. Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann is Professor and Chair of Environmental Humanities at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. She was previously Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Dümpelmann is a historian of urban landscapes and environments. Her books include the award-winning Landscapes for Sport: Histories of Physical Exercise, Sport, and Health (2022), and Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin (2019).