Welcome to
insitu World Heritage Consulting
insitu provides a platform to find the right expertise for your questions concerning World Heritage. insitu offers a large variety of services concerning UNESCO World Heritage. We advise not only on the entire World Heritage nomination process, but as well on the infrastructural set-up of national World Heritage administrations and sites.
insitu offers advice for national and international bodies
On the Outstanding Universal Value
On the Periodic Reporting process
Heritage Impact Assessment
On funding opportunities (Creative Europe, Horizon 2020, EEA ..)
On the Global Strategy
The partners publish articles, teach at Universities and work for private companies. All our partners involved in World Heritage have a deep understanding of the process(es) and a strong personal interest in the matter.
As for most experts in World Heritage, no one works exclusively for insitu but contributes with her/his specific knowledge and expertise. We understand our approach as to be able to give access to the pertinent information you are looking for. We have a multinational, -lingual and thematic background comprising architects, urban geographers, historians, biologists, specialists in project management and in spatial data infrastructures.
Each individual expert has worked at least 10 years on World Heritage issues and follows closely the ongoing development. The people behind insitu realise that there is a poor understanding of World Heritage and the involved processes with many stakeholders and of those interested. With the insitu platform we hope to offer help, a solution and information for everybody.
Do not hesitate to contact us, explain your matter, problem and/or pose a question.
We engage ourselves to put you in contact free of charge with the best expert that we know in the specific matter.
Bring the right solution to the right people!
email your inquiry to: info@whconsult.eu
or directly to akruse@whconsult.eu
Recent projects
- Since 1st of June 2024 Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) in the French-German project ocean literacy and behaviour change lead by Prof. Dr. Susanne Stoll-Kleemann
- Mapping cultural landscape elements at the World Heritage Site Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut, including lectures at TU Wien and workshop with students
- Consulting service within the application for European Heritage Label city of Paderborn: Human-Water-Culture
- Mapping of historic cultural landscape elements in 4 municipalities of district of Wetterau/Hesse/Germany: database, video, article (2022-2023)
- Green infrastructure Lippe, member of the team cultural landscape, E&E project of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
- application document Green Belt of Germany (former iron curtain) for the new German Tentative List, article
Recent talks
- Oct 2024: “UNESCO World Heritage: What does it mean and which steps are necessary?” BESTbelt conference Jurmala/LV, Find the whole program, presentations and posters here
- Mar 2024: “Mapping of Cultural Landscape Elements – Introduction”, “Field Work Essentials – Cultural Landscape Elements” within the Module Cultural Spaces at TU Wien.
- Dec 2023: Das Grüne Band als UNESCO Welterbe? Zelený pás světovým dědictvím UNESCO? Stand – Chancen – Aufgaben | Stav – šance – úkoly at Jahreskonferenz Grünes Band | Výroční konference Zeleného pásu Centrum Bavaria Bohemia
- Okt 2023: Netzwerktreffen: Grenze(n) im Kopf? Transformation, Nachnutzung und Erinnerung am Grünen Band Kunsthaus Salzwedel
- Mar 2023: “Firescapes Germany with some impressions from further countries, especially Russia” – working meeting of EUCALAND on Cyprus, host: Laona Foundation
- Jan 2023: “Reclamation landscapes Germany with some impressions from further countries” – online working meeting of EUCALAND
- Nov 2022: “Agricultural Landscape as Cultural Heritage” at Venice University (Italy)
- Jun 2021: “Dedicated to European Agricultural Landscapes” Farewell speech to Prof. Dr. Hans Renes, Utrecht University