Immanuel Stieß has been working at ISOE for many years as a research scientist. He is head of the research unit Energy and Climate Protection in Everyday Life. He is a sociologist and planning expert and received his doctorate in Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning from the University of Kassel, with a thesis on communication with tenants during modernisation processes. His focus is on social-ecological life-style research in construction and housing; nutrition; integration of communication instruments in urban and spatial planning; and indicators of sustainability for social life. Immanuel Stieß has wide experience in both quantitative and qualitative empirical research into social life and the related design of target group oriented communication strategies. Bibliography

Focus of research

• Social-ecological life-style research in construction and housing, energy and nutrition
• Integration of communication instruments in urban and spatial planning
• Indicators of sustainability for social life