Sophie May<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>Keynote speaker, urban developer and city center consultant<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Sophie May is a graduate engineer and urban strategist with a focus on: City centers, real estate and brand urbanism. The expert is convinced that strategically smart collaborations create cities worth living in. <\/h3>\n<\/div>![\"Sophie](\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Stadtmanufaktur-strategische-Beratung-sophie-may.jpg\" "\\"Stadtmanufaktur-strategic-consulting-sophie-may\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Topics<\/span><\/h3>\nArchitecture, (inner) urban development, reuse of real estate and brand urbanism<\/p>\n
Profile<\/span><\/h4>\nSophie May is currently doing her doctorate on the role of consumer brands in urban development. At the same time, she advises and supports cities and municipalities in city center development and the strategic-creative reuse of large properties as project manager at Stadtmanufaktur <\/b>. Her work is driven by the idea of brand urbanism: <\/b>according to Sophie May, brand urbanism starts where traditional financing models no longer work: it creates spaces and projects that combine economic benefits with cultural added value. <\/span> <\/p>\n“Public and private players in urban development can benefit from each other far more than is currently the case. Closer, strategically smart cooperation is the key to liveable, sustainable cities,” explains the expert.<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2024, Sophie May was part of the Urban Future Young Leaders<\/a> and is in demand internationally as a speaker and moderator: <\/b><\/p>\n“My talks not only provide knowledge, but also new perspectives. I want to inspire my audience to think differently about urban development – with fresh impulses, bold ideas and concrete food for thought for the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Sophie](\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cropped-Stadtmanufaktur-strategische-Beratung-sophie-may.jpg\" "\\"cropped-Stadtmanufaktur-strategic-consulting-sophie-may.jpg\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Links and information:<\/h4>\n\n- LinkedIn profile<\/a><\/li>\n
- Download profile (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/i>Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>More about Sophie May<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Experience<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- since 2023: PhD on the role of consumer brands in urban development<\/li>\n
- since 2020: Dipl.-Ing. architect and project manager at Stadtmanufaktur<\/a>, city centre consultant<\/li>\n
- Since 2020: freelance journalist in the field of architecture and urban development<\/li>\n
- 2020 to 2022: freelance work for the real estate consultant Colliers International<\/a> in the field of Architecture & Workplace Consulting<\/li>\n
- 2016 to 2020: Collaboration in architectural offices, publishing and the UNESCO National Commission Uruguay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
References<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- Sophie May is <\/span>Urban Future Young Leader 2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Brands as designers of public spaces<\/a> (PDF) – Guest article in <\/span>Public Marketing<\/a>, Focus: Trends in public marketing 2025 – November\/December 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keynote speech on the transformation of large properties in Nuremberg (June 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Election Special: Retail \/ Gastronomy<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the Landshuter Zeitung<\/a> – 16.02.2026<\/li>\n
- Vacancies in the city center – expert gives tips<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the <\/span>Schw\u00e4bische Zeitung newspaper<\/a> – 15.05.2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Keynote speaker, urban developer and city center consultant<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Sophie May is a graduate engineer and urban strategist with a focus on: City centers, real estate and brand urbanism. The expert is convinced that strategically smart collaborations create cities worth living in. <\/h3>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Topics<\/span><\/h3>\nArchitecture, (inner) urban development, reuse of real estate and brand urbanism<\/p>\n
Profile<\/span><\/h4>\nSophie May is currently doing her doctorate on the role of consumer brands in urban development. At the same time, she advises and supports cities and municipalities in city center development and the strategic-creative reuse of large properties as project manager at Stadtmanufaktur <\/b>. Her work is driven by the idea of brand urbanism: <\/b>according to Sophie May, brand urbanism starts where traditional financing models no longer work: it creates spaces and projects that combine economic benefits with cultural added value. <\/span> <\/p>\n“Public and private players in urban development can benefit from each other far more than is currently the case. Closer, strategically smart cooperation is the key to liveable, sustainable cities,” explains the expert.<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2024, Sophie May was part of the Urban Future Young Leaders<\/a> and is in demand internationally as a speaker and moderator: <\/b><\/p>\n“My talks not only provide knowledge, but also new perspectives. I want to inspire my audience to think differently about urban development – with fresh impulses, bold ideas and concrete food for thought for the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Links and information:<\/h4>\n\n- LinkedIn profile<\/a><\/li>\n
- Download profile (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/i>Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Sophie May as speaker, moderator and author<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>More about Sophie May<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Experience<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- since 2023: PhD on the role of consumer brands in urban development<\/li>\n
- since 2020: Dipl.-Ing. architect and project manager at Stadtmanufaktur<\/a>, city centre consultant<\/li>\n
- Since 2020: freelance journalist in the field of architecture and urban development<\/li>\n
- 2020 to 2022: freelance work for the real estate consultant Colliers International<\/a> in the field of Architecture & Workplace Consulting<\/li>\n
- 2016 to 2020: Collaboration in architectural offices, publishing and the UNESCO National Commission Uruguay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
References<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- Sophie May is <\/span>Urban Future Young Leader 2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Brands as designers of public spaces<\/a> (PDF) – Guest article in <\/span>Public Marketing<\/a>, Focus: Trends in public marketing 2025 – November\/December 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keynote speech on the transformation of large properties in Nuremberg (June 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Election Special: Retail \/ Gastronomy<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the Landshuter Zeitung<\/a> – 16.02.2026<\/li>\n
- Vacancies in the city center – expert gives tips<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the <\/span>Schw\u00e4bische Zeitung newspaper<\/a> – 15.05.2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Sophie May is a graduate engineer and urban strategist with a focus on: City centers, real estate and brand urbanism. The expert is convinced that strategically smart collaborations create cities worth living in. <\/h3>\n<\/div><\/span><\/div>Topics<\/span><\/h3>\nArchitecture, (inner) urban development, reuse of real estate and brand urbanism<\/p>\n
Profile<\/span><\/h4>\nSophie May is currently doing her doctorate on the role of consumer brands in urban development. At the same time, she advises and supports cities and municipalities in city center development and the strategic-creative reuse of large properties as project manager at Stadtmanufaktur <\/b>. Her work is driven by the idea of brand urbanism: <\/b>according to Sophie May, brand urbanism starts where traditional financing models no longer work: it creates spaces and projects that combine economic benefits with cultural added value. <\/span> <\/p>\n“Public and private players in urban development can benefit from each other far more than is currently the case. Closer, strategically smart cooperation is the key to liveable, sustainable cities,” explains the expert.<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2024, Sophie May was part of the Urban Future Young Leaders<\/a> and is in demand internationally as a speaker and moderator: <\/b><\/p>\n“My talks not only provide knowledge, but also new perspectives. I want to inspire my audience to think differently about urban development – with fresh impulses, bold ideas and concrete food for thought for the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Links and information:<\/h4>\n\n- LinkedIn profile<\/a><\/li>\n
- Download profile (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/i>Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Sophie May as speaker, moderator and author<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>More about Sophie May<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Experience<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- since 2023: PhD on the role of consumer brands in urban development<\/li>\n
- since 2020: Dipl.-Ing. architect and project manager at Stadtmanufaktur<\/a>, city centre consultant<\/li>\n
- Since 2020: freelance journalist in the field of architecture and urban development<\/li>\n
- 2020 to 2022: freelance work for the real estate consultant Colliers International<\/a> in the field of Architecture & Workplace Consulting<\/li>\n
- 2016 to 2020: Collaboration in architectural offices, publishing and the UNESCO National Commission Uruguay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
References<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- Sophie May is <\/span>Urban Future Young Leader 2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Brands as designers of public spaces<\/a> (PDF) – Guest article in <\/span>Public Marketing<\/a>, Focus: Trends in public marketing 2025 – November\/December 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keynote speech on the transformation of large properties in Nuremberg (June 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Election Special: Retail \/ Gastronomy<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the Landshuter Zeitung<\/a> – 16.02.2026<\/li>\n
- Vacancies in the city center – expert gives tips<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the <\/span>Schw\u00e4bische Zeitung newspaper<\/a> – 15.05.2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div>Topics<\/span><\/h3>\nArchitecture, (inner) urban development, reuse of real estate and brand urbanism<\/p>\n
Profile<\/span><\/h4>\nSophie May is currently doing her doctorate on the role of consumer brands in urban development. At the same time, she advises and supports cities and municipalities in city center development and the strategic-creative reuse of large properties as project manager at Stadtmanufaktur <\/b>. Her work is driven by the idea of brand urbanism: <\/b>according to Sophie May, brand urbanism starts where traditional financing models no longer work: it creates spaces and projects that combine economic benefits with cultural added value. <\/span> <\/p>\n“Public and private players in urban development can benefit from each other far more than is currently the case. Closer, strategically smart cooperation is the key to liveable, sustainable cities,” explains the expert.<\/span><\/p>\nIn 2024, Sophie May was part of the Urban Future Young Leaders<\/a> and is in demand internationally as a speaker and moderator: <\/b><\/p>\n“My talks not only provide knowledge, but also new perspectives. I want to inspire my audience to think differently about urban development – with fresh impulses, bold ideas and concrete food for thought for the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Links and information:<\/h4>\n\n- LinkedIn profile<\/a><\/li>\n
- Download profile (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/i>Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Sophie May as speaker, moderator and author<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Request speaker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>More about Sophie May<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Experience<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- since 2023: PhD on the role of consumer brands in urban development<\/li>\n
- since 2020: Dipl.-Ing. architect and project manager at Stadtmanufaktur<\/a>, city centre consultant<\/li>\n
- Since 2020: freelance journalist in the field of architecture and urban development<\/li>\n
- 2020 to 2022: freelance work for the real estate consultant Colliers International<\/a> in the field of Architecture & Workplace Consulting<\/li>\n
- 2016 to 2020: Collaboration in architectural offices, publishing and the UNESCO National Commission Uruguay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
References<\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n- Sophie May is <\/span>Urban Future Young Leader 2024<\/a><\/li>\n
- Brands as designers of public spaces<\/a> (PDF) – Guest article in <\/span>Public Marketing<\/a>, Focus: Trends in public marketing 2025 – November\/December 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
- Keynote speech on the transformation of large properties in Nuremberg (June 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Election Special: Retail \/ Gastronomy<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the Landshuter Zeitung<\/a> – 16.02.2026<\/li>\n
- Vacancies in the city center – expert gives tips<\/a> (PDF) – Interview by Sophie May in the <\/span>Schw\u00e4bische Zeitung newspaper<\/a> – 15.05.2024<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Sophie May is currently doing her doctorate on the role of consumer brands in urban development. At the same time, she advises and supports cities and municipalities in city center development and the strategic-creative reuse of large properties as project manager at Stadtmanufaktur <\/b>. Her work is driven by the idea of brand urbanism: <\/b>according to Sophie May, brand urbanism starts where traditional financing models no longer work: it creates spaces and projects that combine economic benefits with cultural added value. <\/span> <\/p>\n “Public and private players in urban development can benefit from each other far more than is currently the case. Closer, strategically smart cooperation is the key to liveable, sustainable cities,” explains the expert.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2024, Sophie May was part of the Urban Future Young Leaders<\/a> and is in demand internationally as a speaker and moderator: <\/b><\/p>\n “My talks not only provide knowledge, but also new perspectives. I want to inspire my audience to think differently about urban development – with fresh impulses, bold ideas and concrete food for thought for the future.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Links and information:<\/h4>\n
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Sophie May as speaker, moderator and author<\/h2><\/div>
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