Barbara Welzel, Professor of Art History and Cultural Education at the Technical University of Dortmund; 2011-2020 Vice-Rector for Diversity Management there; Academic Director of TU Dortmund University's Campus City at Dortmunder U. Research on (medieval) urban culture and (architectural) cultural heritage, on churches and their furnishings as cultural heritage in an intercultural perspective and on cultural participation. Numerous educational projects, also as experimental spaces for research and urban exploration projects, including Stadtspäher:innen and Route Mittelalter Ruhr.