Bachelor and Master Thesis
Annex to the record for the Bachelor/Master Thesis - “Corona form”
This form is the confirmation that students, despite the Corona virus restrictions, can work on their topic and do not have to apply for an extension of time due to the Corona virus measures.
The form must be signed by the examiners and students before it is submitted. The topic will only be issued if this signed form has been received.
The information sheet on the covering letter for issue of the bachelor and master’s degree dissertation topic as well as the current template and guidelines on producing scientific work are available under Notes and Downloads .
DIDACTICS OF GEOGRAPHY
Topics for dissertations for Didactics of Geography are announced by posting on the noticeboard in the chair.
The individual lecturers are also available for consultations.
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND TRANSFORMATION RESEARCH
All chair employees are permitted to supervise bachelor degree dissertations. If you are interested in a particular topic, please contact the respective chair member. Please note the given office hours.
Dissertations for human geography can be produced under the following lecturer:
Supported subject areas: All subareas of human geography.
Supported subject areas: Urban geographical research (urban geography)/urbanisation, sustainable urban development (smart city, green city and resilient city) and (new) cultural geography. You are also welcome to submit your own dissertation topics for discussion!
Supported subject areas: All subareas of human geography (see Topic suggestions Dated 08/2020).
Supported subject areas: Geographical energy research, renewable energy, energy landscapes
Supported subject areas: Human-environment relationships, transformations in the Global South.
Supported subject areas: Sustainability and sustainable mobility, political geography, geographies of the Global South, participation in urban development, regional development, economic geography and tourism geography.
Supported subject areas: Transformations in the Global South, human-environment relationships and tourism geography.
The overview of completed dissertations of the Chair for Human Geography can be found on the chair’s webpages.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY WITH FOCUS ON CLIMATE RESEARCH
Dissertations in physical geography, climate research and quantitative methods can be produced under the following lecturers:
Supported subject areas: All subareas of physical geography.
Supported subject areas: In particular, climatology, geostatistics and regional geography.
Supported subject areas: All subareas of physical geography.
The overview of completed dissertations of the Chair for Physical Geography and Quantitative Methods can be found on the chair’s webpages.
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Dissertations can be produced under the following lecturers:
Supported subject areas: Biogeography, nature conservation and environmental research.
Supported subject areas: Biogeography, soil science and geomorphology.
REGIONAL CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann.
HYDROGEOGRAPHY
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Karl Wetzel.
Supported subject areas: All subareas of physical geography, in particular hydrogeography.
WATER AND SOIL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
If you are interested, please contact Prof. Dr. Peter Fiener.
GEOINFORMATICS AND APPLIED GEOINFORMATICS
All professorship employees are permitted to supervise bachelor degree dissertations. If you are interested in a particular topic, please contact the respective lecturer. Please note the given office hours.
Prof. Dr. Sabine Timpf
Prof. Dr. Jukka Krisp
Dr. Eva Nuhn
Maja Kalinic
Irada Ismayilova
Christian Röger
The overview of completed dissertations for the geoinformatics course can be found on the webpages of the geoinformatics and applied geoinformatics professorships.