Ludger Fischer is a German

Germany

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 historian on building history, reviewer of contemporary architecture and political scientist.

Work

In 1986 Fischer received his doctorate with a dissertation "Über den Denkmalwert sogenannter Zweckbauten [On the historical value of so called functional buildings]". In his 2010 habilitation

Habilitation

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 treatise he examined the book Versuche baukünstlerischer Denkmalpflege [The attempts of artistic monument preservation] by architect Bodo Ebhardt (1865–1945). Sinince 1995 Fischer focuses on contemporary building in the Netherlands and Belgium. He has been a member of the “advisory group on food store chains” of the European Commission

European Commission

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, member of the Stakeholder Consultative Platform of the European Food Safety Authority

European Food Safety Authority

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 EFSA and several other EU-panels on food safety. Based on his work as political consultant in Brussels he publishes books on the chemical and physical conditions of cooking. Fischer lives in Brussels

Brussels

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Reception

Fischer's work on the treatise by Ebhardt on preserving historical castles received a positive review in the bulletin of the Baden-Württemberg state office for the preservation of monuments. His books on the common errors of cooking practice were also well received by the German press including Frankfurter Rundschau

Frankfurter Rundschau

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, Financial Times

Financial Times

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and Hamburger Abendblatt

Hamburger Abendblatt

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