Franz Tscheikner-Gratl is since 2019 Associate Professor for Urban water systems well as since 2024 group coordinator of the thematic group on Urban Infrastructure within the strategic research area Civil Security at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on Asset management of water infrastructure within the urban space and its various (inter-)dependencies. He is secretary of the working group on Urban Drainage Asset management (UDAM) of the IWA/IAHR joint committee on urban drainage (JCUD) as well as a member of the joint committee itself. Within this framework he was one of the editors of the 2024 IWA Publishing book on Urban drainage Asset Management broadening the scope from piped urban drainage solutions to green infrastructures.