Fabian Thiel, studied Law at the University of Regensburg and Geography at the University of Hamburg, PhD 2001 at the University of Hamburg, Habilitation 2017 at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen on the topic of “Legal Geography”. Professional stations among others: Environmental Research Center Leipzig-Halle and Integrated Expert for land management in Phnom Penh/Cambodia. Since 2018, he acts as Full Professor for Property Valuation and Land Law at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Professor Thiel researches and teaches national and international property law, real estate valuation, land readjustment, planning law, land policy, and legal geography. Recent projects: Land market transparency and a book publication on “Reviving Aleppo – Urban, Legal and Digital Approaches for Post-War Recovery”, with Springer Nature.