Current fields of research at the faculty include socio-ecological transformation, digitalisation, social participation and heritage.
The current priority area ‘Planning.Construction.Heritage’ brings together the fields of research on sustainability and heritage with research into spatial justice. 
The faculty boasts an above-average number of successfully completed Ph.D.s and, through the DFG research training group ‘Gewohnter Wandel’, has distinctive research priorities in heritage and housing research.