Staff

Dr. Allegra Celine Baumann

Urban and Spatial Sociology

Working area(s)

Urban and Spatial Sociology, DFG Projekt TuWiK

Contact

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Mail: Dolivostraße 15, 64293 Darmstadt
Residenzschloss 1
64283 Darmstadt

  • Cities
  • Tourism
  • Critical Infrastructures
  • Rhythmanalysis

Working Title: From the Cruise to the City – A Rhythmanalsysis of Cruise Tourism Circulation at the Traffic Infrastructure in Dubrovnik

In the context of pressure on the road infrastructure as a technical net-bound infrastructure, this thesis deals with the circulation of cruise tourism passengers in the city, the measures of the city government to handle overload situations, and conflicts which arise with locals.

This dissertation strives to answer the research question, how the criticality of the traffic infrastructure and its elements is produced and reproduced by the rhythms of the circulation of cruise tourism and urban society. Hence, a rhythmanalysis is undertaken using Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythmanalysis, converting it into empirical research and developing it further.

Academic Education
2022 Dr. phil. Sociology (magna cum laude) at TU Darmstadt “From the Cruise to the City – A
Rhythmanalysis of Cruise Tourism Circulation at the Traffic Infrastructure in Dubrovnik“
(examiner: Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank, Prof. Dr. Jens Ivo Engels)
2018-2022 Ph.D. student at the Institute of Sociology, Working Area Urban Sociology and
Sociology of Space, TU Darmstadt (magna cum laude)
2013-2020 Studies Bachelor of Science Environmental Engineering, Specialised Studies:
„Space and Infrastructure Planning, Water and Soil Protection“, TU Darmstadt, Degree
Bachelor of Science Environmental Engineering
2013-2017 Studies Master of Arts Sociology, Specialised Studies: "Urban Sociology and
Sociology of Space“, TU Darmstadt, Degree Master of Arts Sociology (with honours)
2009-2013 Studies Bachelor of Arts Sociology, Specialised Studies: "Urban Sociology and
Sociology of Space“, TU Darmstadt, Degree Bachelor of Arts Sociology
Professional Training
Since 2023 Post-Doc Researcher in the DFG-funded Research Project “Tourismus und
Wohnqualität in Kleinstädten” (TuWiK), TU Darmstadt
2022 Part-time lecturer „Stadt und Rhythmus“, MA Sociology, TU Darmstadt
Guest lecture in the seminar „Henri Lefebvre“, Sociology, TU Darmstadt
Part-time Representation for Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank, Urban Sociology and Sociology of
Space at TU Darmstadt
2021 Workshop „Kreuzfahrttourismus und Kritische Infrastrukturen“, STUBE Hessen, World
University Service
Gastvortrag „A short walk through culture and tourism in Germany and concepts in the
Sociology of tourism“, Prof. Dr. Carolin Lusby, Tourism Management, FU Miami
Gastvortrag „City and Film“, BA Motion Pictures, Hochschule Darmstadt
2018-2021 Research Associate at the DFG-Research Training Group „Critical infrastructures:
construction, functional crisis and protection in cities (KRITIS)“ at TU Darmstadt
2020 Guest lecturer in the teaching research project of Prof. Dr. Sybille Frank, MA Sociology,
TU Darmstadt
2019-2020 Part-time lecturer „Mitten im touristischen Zeitalter? – Perspektiven und Theorien einer Soziologie des Tourismus“, TU Darmstadt, BA Sociology
2019 Guest lecturer „City and Film“, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, BA Motion
Pictures
2018 Gastvortrag „Stadt im Film“, BA Motion Pictures, Hochschule Darmstadt
Part-time lecturer „Integration sozialwissenschaftlicher Theorieangebote“, University
of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, BA Applied Social Sciences
2017-2018 Part-time lecturer „Soziologie des Wohnens“, TU Darmstadt, BA Sociology

2022: Dissertation Prize by the Section Urban and Regional Sociology at the German Sociological Association

2021: Emerging Scholar Award, Tourism & Leisure Studies Research Network

2020: Emerging Scholar Award, Tourism & Leisure Studies Research Network

2020: Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, at the invitation of Prof. Scott Cohen

Baumann, Allegra Celine. (in Veröff.) „Cruise tourism, local life and rhythms in pre-, during and past-
pandemic times”, in: Chaudhary, Manjula / Ul Islam, Naser / Marković Vukadin, Izidora (Hg.). Tourism
in VUCA World: Managing the Future of Tourism, Emerald Publishing.
Baumann, Allegra Celine. 2022. Von den Schiffen in die Stadt: Eine Rhythmusanalyse
kreuzfahrttouristischer Zirkulation auf der Verkehrsinfrastruktur in Dubrovnik. Dissertation, TU Darmstadt.
Baumann, Allegra Celine. 2021. „On the Path Towards Understanding Overtourism -Cruise Tourism and the Transportation Infrastructure“, in: Lusby, Carolin (Hg.). Benefits and Threats of Travel and Tourism in a Globalized Cultural Context, Special Issue, World Leisure Journal.
Baumann, Allegra Celine. 2021. „Spaces for Encounters between Tourists and Locals in Times of Cruise Tourism and Overtourism“, in: Lusby, Carolin (Hg.). Destination Unknown, Champaign: Common Ground Publishing, S. 5-18.
Baumann, Allegra Celine / Hacke, Ulrike. 2018. Wohnverhalten im Passivhaus. Eine Studie in zwei Mietwohnobjekten in Frankfurt am Main. Darmstadt: Institut Wohnen und Umwelt.
Baumann, Allegra Celine / Renz, Ina / Müller, Kornelia / Hacke, Ulrike. 2018. Zusammenleben in gemeinschaftlichen Wohnprojekten – Ergebnisse einer Bewohnerbefragung in sechs Fallbeispielen – TransNIK-Werkstattbericht Nr. 8. Darmstadt: Institut Wohnen und Umwelt.
2023 Herbsttagung der Sektion Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie der DGS, Weimar (Germany) –
Präsentation/Talk „Henri Lefebvres Rhythmusanalyse in der Stadtsoziologie: Eine empirische
Umsetzung“ (application and selection by conference management)
Deutscher Kongress für Geographie (DKG) 2023, Frankfurt (Germany) –
Präsentation/Talk „Im Rhythmus der Stadt: Tourismus und Rhythmenkonflikte“ (application
and selection by conference management)
2021 Tourism & Leisure Studies International Conference 2021, Dubrovnik (Croatia) –
Präsentation/Talk „Cruise Tourism and Criticality of Infrastructure“ (application and selection
by conference management) – online
ISA Forum 2020, Porto Alegre (Brazil) – Präsentation/Talk „Cruise Tourism and Leisure“
(application and selection by conference management) – online
2020 Tourism & Leisure Studies International Conference 2020, Dubrovnik (Croatia) –
Präsentation/Talk „On the Move – Mobilities and Materialities in Cruise Tourism Research“
(application and selection by conference management) – online
2019 International Tourism Conference Dubrovnik 2019, Institute for Tourism Zagreb,
Dubrovnik (Croatia) – Präsentation/Talk „Overtourism and Urban Infrastructure“ (application
and selection by conference management) – online
Public lecture „Stadt und Natur in Darmstadt“, BUND Darmstadt (Germany)
Royal Geographic Society (with IGB) Annual International Conference 2019, RGS,
London (GB) – Präsentation/Talk „Overtourism and Critical Infrastructure“ (application and
selection by conference management)
Training Research Group KRITIS International Conference 2019, TU Darmstadt,
Darmstadt (Germany) – PhD project presentation „Cruise Tourism and Critical Infrastructure“
Tourism & Leisure Studies International Conference 2019, Florida International
University, Miami (USA) – Präsentation/Talk „Cruise Tourism and Overtourism“ (application
and selection by conference management)
Konferenz „Touristifizierung Urbaner Räume“ 2019, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
(Germany) – Präsentation/Talk „Kreuzfahrttourismus und Touristifizierung“ (application and
selection by conference management)
  • German Sociological Association (DGS)
  • Network Urban Research (NUR), TU Darmstadt