Lucia Layritz worked from August 2017 until January 2018 as a student assistant for the projects. For her masters she studies Environmental Technology at TU Berlin and additionally Economics with the University of London International. Before joining the ZTG, she researched urban systems and water conflicts in the middle east as an intern at the American University Beirut and worked in R&D management for an international chemical company. Her research interest include Urban planning, informal urban systems, circular economy and sustainable resource management, resources and conflicts, urban finance and environmental economics.