The research training group (RTG) “Urban future-making: Professional agency across time and scale” is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and jointly organized by HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU) in cooperation with Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH) and Universität Hamburg (UHH). It investigates the agency of built environment professionals in the face of pressing challenges for transformative change. The project will join scholars and doctoral researchers from the social sciences and from academic disciplines related to the built environment.