Possible Thesis Topics Offered by MEG Lecturers or External Sponsors (Feb. 2012)

Please contact the respective supervisors or sponsors if you are interested in any of the following thesis topics. Click on the links below for more information.

Georg Winkel, Metodi Sotirov, Lars Borras (IFP – Forest and Natural Resource Policy)

• Various topics in the frame of the EU research project “European Beech Forests for the Future” (BeFoFu).
• Information brochure of the BeFoFu project.
• Webpage: http://www.befofu.org/

Philipp Späth (IFP – Environmental Governance)

• ‘Politics of Scale’ and Multi-Level Governance of water conflicts in Erongo/Central Namib, Namibia (or: Copperbelt, Zambia or: Gauteng, South Africa).
• The political ecology of electronic waste in Accra, Ghana: Situation and possible changes from a local and a global perspective.
• Comparing urban energy policy in Heidelberg and Freiburg: Twins competing for championship?
• The “European Super Grid” for electricity (DESERTEC): A critical assessment of a promising sociotechnical vision.
• ‘Politics of Scale’ in the governance of GM crops (in Europe/ India).
• The contribution of a municipal/regional energy utility to a local energy transition – The case of FEW/Badenova in the Freiburg region.
• Is cohousing and shared ownership blurring the ‘household level’? Analyzing mobility practices and sociospatial relations in Vauban, Freiburg.
• Various other topics on “Scaling in Sustainability Transitions.”

Michael Pregernig (IFP – Environmental Governance)

• Analysis of innovative knowledge brokerage models in climate policy (within the research project “ReSciPI – Reshaping Science-Policy Interactions in Climate Policy”).
• Information brochure of the ReSciPI project.
• Webpage: www.wiso.boku.ac.at/rescipi.html

Chantal Ruppert-Winkel, Jürgen Hauber (Centre for Renewable Energy - ZEE)

• Various topics in the context of an ongoing research project on renewable energy regions.
• Webpage: www.ee-regionen.de

Prof. Dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl (University of Osnabrück)

• The role of informal institutions in water governance
• Information brochure of the Twin2Go project
• Webpage: www.twin2go.uos.de

DIE AGRONAUTEN, Peter Volz, Christian Hiss

• Various topics related to sustainable regional agriculture and to Regionalwert AG
• Webpages: http://www.agronauten.net/en/; www.regionalwert-ag.de

Öko-Institute (Dr. Dierk Bauknecht)

• The role of network planning in liberalised electricity markets.
• Market Integration of renewable electricity: Is there sufficient
  flexibility potential?
• Webpage: http://www.oeko.de/home/dok/546.php

Unpredictable Environment – Dealing with Uncertainty and Ignorance (Dr. Roderich von Detten, Fenn Faber - IFE)

• Unpredictable Environment – Dealing with Uncertainty and Ignorance (2011).
• Unpredictable Environment – Dealing with Uncertainty and Ignorance (2012).

Note - Further topics can be found on the webpage of the Institut of Forest and Environmental Policy - IFP (partly in German) [www.ifp.uni-freiburg.de/lehre/abschlussarbeit]

More topics might be added soon.