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| Name student | MSc thesis title | Supervisor | Branch | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfister, Lou Lena | Pflanzenschutz und Standards in der Bio-Landwirtschaft: Herausforderungen und mögliche Lösungsansätze aus Perspektive der Produzierenden | Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt | WGG (GEO) | 2023 |
| Aalbu, Sofia | Socio-technical transitions in Norwegian Aquaculture: Assessing industrial trajectories and their social, economic and ecological trade-offs |
Dr. Christian Binz Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Andrey, Lionel | Limitations of the Exploratory Capacity of Genetic Algorithms for the Calibration of the HBV Hydrological Model |
Franziska Clerc-Schwarzenbach Marc J. P. Vis Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Angehrn, Sonja Carole | Modelling the current and future distribution of a key species in the Arctic to determine potential climate change refugia |
Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman Dr. Elena Plekhanova |
RS (ESS) | |
| Anthenien, Julian Noah | Contested Green Extraction Narratives, Power and Contestation in Europe’s Emerging Lithium Frontier: The Case of Vulcan Energy’s Lionheart Project in Germany |
Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Bacova, Rebeka Magdalena | Lava & Legacy: Public and scientific perspectives on thirty years of postcolonial volcanic disaster management in the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat | Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Olivier Bachmann Dr. Razvan Popa Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (ESS) | |
| Bäurle, Maya | Assessing the Effectiveness of Structural Mitigation Measures against Debris Flows in Swiss Alpine Catchments using Field Data and Simulations | Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel Dr. Brian McArdell |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Beerli, Damien | Evaluation of Machine Learning Models’ Ability to Preserve Privacy and the Utility of the Generated Synthetic Data |
Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Benzoni, Stefano | A Leisure Attractivity Framework for Destination Choice in Travel Demand Models | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Antonin Danalet Davi Guggisberg |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Beretta Grande, Eranthos | Political Ecology of Populism: a case study of Upper Austria | Dr. Stephan Hochleithner Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Bodei, Michelle | Vergleich von Erhebungsmethoden des Gebäudebestands und Detektion von Aufstockungsmustern in der Stadt Zürich | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt Dr. Olga Koblet |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Bozzi, Laura | Developing a spatially informed matching workflow to link glacier names to unnamed geometries in the Randolph Glacier Inventory through external toponym sources | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp Dr. Ethan Welty |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Brändli, Simona | Identität und Belonging in der «Diaspora rumantscha» | Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf | PGG (GEO) | |
| Breitling, Antonia | Alpine red deer habitat selection during summer using a multi-temporal imaging spectroscopy approach: trade-off between food quality and quantity |
Prof. Dr. Maria J. Santos Dr. Christian Rossi |
ESS (ESS) | |
| Brenn, Jana | Mapping Socio-Ecological Vulnerability to Mining: A Global Composite Indicator Approach | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Cai, Xu | The Integration of the Swiss and the EU Electricity Markets in Past 20 Years (2004-2023) --An analysis from the perspective of different Swiss stakeholders |
Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt | WGG (GEO) | |
| Calonder, Marco | Assessing the impact of glacier-related acid rock drainage on people's livelihoods in the Peruvian Andes | Dr. Randy Muñoz Asmat Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Comagic, Marc | The Role of Local Knowledge in OpenStreetMap in the Context of Disaster Risk Reduction | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Czaderski-Forchmann, Michael Alfred | Mass Movement Processes and Evolution in the Proglacial Zone and at the Margins of Findel Glacier, Swiss Alps | Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli |
WGMS (ESS) | |
| Dreier, Madleina | "So gefühlsmässig ist es Natur" – Naturwahrnehmungen von Jugendlichen in Zürich aus einer mehr-als-repräsentationalen Perspektive | Dr. Annina Michel Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Durrer, Damian | Modeling Tracer Breakthrough Curves in Steep Mountain Streams: Development of a Transport Model for Varying Flow Conditions |
Dr. Martin Lüthi Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
3G (ESS) | |
| Ehrensperger, Anja | Isotope Analysis in the Brazilian Pantanal | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Erni, Sophia | Soil erosion in the proposed Geopark of Corleone, Sicily (IT) determined by 239+240-Plutonium | Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Prof. Dr. Salvatore Raimondi |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Fairless, Hannah Margaret | Perceived Landscape Values and Relations in Corncrake Conservation on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Shelagh Parlane Selina Gattiker |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Falasca, Tanja | Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of the Distribution of Children with Developmental Delay in the Canton of Zurich | PD Dr. Oliver Grübner PD Dr. med. Michael von Rhein Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
GIS (GEO) | |
| Fehr, Michael | Operational Sectorization for Earthquake Response: A Mixed-Methods Quality Analysis and Revised Generation Approach for Switzerland and Liechtenstein | Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Thomas Kühni Sandro Nardi Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Franzelin, Jean Patrick | Integrating Vision and Multimodal Language Models for Collaborative Building Footprint Quality Assessment |
Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Yuchang Jiang Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Frey, Kai | Differences in Anatomical Structure and Isotope Composition of Swiss Willow (Salix helvetica) Shrubs Growing on Active and Inactive Rockglaciers in the Turtmann Valley (Switzerland) | Dr. Holger Gärtner Prof. Dr. Markus Egli |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Gabriel, Marius | Methodische Weiterentwicklung der Kartierung von eisreichem Permafrost im Schweizer Hochgebirge | Dr. Robert Kenner Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli |
3G (GEO) | |
| Galati, Giulia | Krisen- oder Gestaltungsräume? Einfluss Problem-und lösungsorientierter Unterrichtsrahmungen auf Hoffnung und raumbezogene Agency im Geographieunterricht | Dr. Itta Bauer Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Gehrer, Cedric | Rooted in the Past: The Effect of Soil Legacy and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Red Clover and Soil Properties | Prof. Dr. Marcel van der Heijden Dr. Sarah McLaughlin Prof. Dr. Michael W.I. Schmidt |
2B (GEO) | |
| Gmür, Sebastian | DGGS-based Gazetteers for Geoparsing | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves | GCO (GEO) | |
| Goebel, Rieke | Evaluation of avalanche and debris flow danger in Val d’Uina Dadora using Dendrogeomorphology | Prof. Dr. Markus Stoffel Dr. Adrien Favillier Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Goetschi, Fabienne | Interaction Controls on Sediment Entrainment in GLOF-Related Cascading Mass Flows: Evidence from Central Asian High-Mountain Catchments | Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel | Eclim (GEO) | |
| Grichting, Gian | Galician guest workers in Switzerland: Imbrications of bordering and emotional citizenship | Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Habegger, Kathrin | Linking Landforms to Water Signatures: Hydrological and Hydrochemical Variability in Two Alpine Catchments | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Hassler, Marco | Spatio-Temporal Variation of Surface Temperature and Energy Exchange Over Murtèl Rock Glacier | Dr. Kathrin Naegeli Gabriele Bramati Prof. Dr. Alexander Damm |
RSWS (GEO) | |
| Herr Geo Tester | Test Title | Carsten Rose Elias Villiger |
(External) | |
| Hirsch, Annika | Orientation on ski slopes - ski maps | Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant | GIVA (GEO) | |
| Hürlimann, Larissa | Beyond efficiency: Designing Low-Emission and Experiential Tourists-Routes in Zurich |
Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Jiang, Chenxi | Indoor-outdoor detection with GPS and IMU data | Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
GIS (GEO) | |
| Johnson, Severin | Contested Aid Assemblages: How Domestic Political Shifts Shape the Strategies and Practices of Swiss Development NGOs | Dr. Shona Loong Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Jud, Alessandro | Automated Image Annotation and Visual Profiling of Swiss Parks Using COCO-Stuff and Flickr Data | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Marcel Hunziker |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Julita, Dario | After The Ice: Hydrological Regime Shifts and Socio-Economic Risks under Glacier-Free Conditions in Cocuy National Park, Colombia |
Dr. Randy Muñoz Asmat Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Kabakovitch, Gleb | Grain Size Estimation and Change Detection on the Blatten Landslide through Remote Sensing Methods | Dr. Andreas Hüni Dr. Marius Vögtli Prof. Dr. Livia Piermattei |
RSS (GEO) | |
| Kaufmann, Ruben | Der Wandel im Wandel - aktuelle Erkenntnisse zum Klimawandel im Geographieunterricht an Maturitätsschulen | Dr. Andreas Linsbauer Dr. Sara Landolt Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
3G (GEO) | |
| Keller, Nicola | Probabilistic Modeling of Debris Flows in the Swiss Alps under Climate Change Conditions | Feiko van Zadelhoff Brian McArdell Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Keller, Oliver | Die Gemeindeversammlung als Raum politischen Handelns: Perspektiven von Akteur:innen in der Gemeinde Weiningen | Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf | PGG (GEO) | |
| Kern, Jari | Governing Climate change adaptation in the Swiss alps – a case study in Val Lumnezia | PD Dr. Marco Pütz Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Kevic, Sophia | Liminality and Diplomacy - Engagements between Switzerland and Myanmar |
Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Klaudy, Nikolas | The influence of soil structure on wet-dry cycle induced soil respiration pulses in a Swiss grassland | Dr. Johannes Köstel Dr. Florian Walder PD Dr. Guido Lars Bruno Wiesenberg |
2B (ESS) | |
| Landolt, Samuel Nils | Mapping Water Constituents in Lake Geneva Using WASI-2D Inversions of Sentinel-3 OLCI Data | Dr. Daniel Odermatt Loé Maire Prof. Dr. Alexander Damm |
RSWS (GEO) | |
| Leonhardt, Anik | One Fruit – Many Issues: Perceptions of Environmental Challenges in the Global Banana Complex | Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt | WGG (GEO) | |
| Li, Nian | Seeing Street Color, Sensing Street Mood | Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant | GIVA (GEO) | |
| Listemann, Florin | Geo-enabled propensity-to-rebook modelling for car-sharing in Switzerland | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Dr. Michelle Fillekes |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Liu, Baoyu | WHOMOLLM: Inferring Sociodemographic Information from Passively Generated GPS Trajectories Using Large Language Models | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Dr. Ye Hong |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Meier, Leano Mauro | Englacial Debris Concentrations on Zmuttgletscher A Combined Field Study and Modelling Approach Using debrisIGM |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli Dr. Evan Miles Florian Hardmeier |
3G (GEO) | |
| Meissner, Sina | Towards Improved Regional Glacier Area Change Estimates: Application and Evaluation of different Scaling Methods |
Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp | WGMS (GEO) | |
| Mencke, Jael | Stratigraphic Evidence of Holocene Thermo-erosional Valley Development in Ice-rich Permafrost on Kurungnakh Island (Lena River Delta, Siberia) | Prof. Dr. Julia Boike Dr. Jan Nitzbon Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli |
3G (GEO) | |
| Metzger, Dominik | A century of large rock slope failures in the European Alps: Influencing factors & climate change effects | Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel | Eclim (GEO) | |
| Müller, Andrin Daniel | Modelling of Soil Redistribution Rates and Soil Carbon Storage Change following the 2023 Lucas Lake Wildfire in British Columbia, Canada |
Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Dr. Raquel de Castro Portes |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Mürner, Alain | Linking Stream Discharge to Sound: A Case Study from the Alptal | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (GEO) | |
| O'Sullivan, Ciara | Computational Text Analysis of Droughts in Switzerland | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Inhye Kong Dr. Massimiliano Zappa |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Osaigbovo Andura, Jonathan | Mobility Patterns Among Older Adults - Insights from the MOASIS Study | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Panigada, Luca | Evaluating the application of extended NWP-driven streamflow forecasts as socio-economic drought warning tool in Swiss catchments |
Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Dr. Konrad Bogner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Perlmutter, Simon | Discourses on Decolonization in Switzerland: A Media Analysis of Colonial Entanglements |
Dr. Sierra Deutsch Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Peyton, Shelby | Shifting Growth Drivers in the Alptal: The Influence of Climate, Slope Gradient, and Soil Moisture on Norway Spruce Growth over Time | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Holger Gärtner |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Pfammatter, Raul | Role of Observational Precipitation Datasets in Bias Adjustment and Hydrological Impact Studies in Switzerland | Dr. Michael Schirmer Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Pfeifer, Seraphine | Strukturelle Hürden und intersektionale Erfahrungen: Armutsbetroffene Menschen im Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt |
Prof. Dr. Karin Schwiter Reta Barfuss |
LGG (GEO) | |
| Pfenninger, Damian | Overland flow in the Studibach (Alptal, Switzerland): Testing an electrical resistance sensor approach |
Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Planzer, Eva Maria | Machtverhältnisse und Arbeitsteilung in agrarökologischen Betrieben im Kanton Zürich | Dr. Nora Komposch Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Proske, Mayumi | Navigating Public and Intimate Racism: East and Southeast Asian Experiences in Switzerland | Dr. Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Pühringer, Fiona | Assessment and quantification of adjacency effect on optical Remote Sensing of inland waters | Dr. Daniel Odermatt Prof. Dr. Alexander Damm |
RSWS (GEO) | |
| Rakita, Joya | Assessing User Acceptance and Task Success of Adaptive Maps | Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Reich, Ladina | You are what you eat? - A comprehensive analysis of saprotrophic fungi and their substrates in the Laegern forest | PD Dr. Guido Lars Bruno Wiesenberg | 2B (GEO) | |
| Rigoni, Sonja | Urban Greening and Social Change: Assessing Socioeconomic Dynamics Around New Parks in Zurich | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Dr. Josephine Roper |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Rist, Linus | Local Legitimacy and Distant Damage – Performing Sustainability in a Global Financial System | Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt | WGG (GEO) | |
| Rüetschli, Kathrin | Indoor Navigation at UZH | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Sarah Ebling |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Sägesser, Sarina | Thawing pathways: Predictive modelling of archaeological potential in paraglacial landscapes | Leo Hösli Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Sargenti, Noa | Creation of Resource Frontiers for Green Transition: Impact of Fosen Wind Park on the Perception of Geographical Space in Fosen, Norway |
Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Schipoff, Sophie | Leveraging Earth observations to monitor marine biodiversity trends | Dr. Oliver Michele Selmoni Prof. Dr. Meredith Schuman |
SG (GEO) | |
| Schmid, Tamara Alexandra | Multi-temporal Geodetic Mass Balance Analysis of Gran Campo Nevado Ice Cap from 1980-2025 Using Historical Imagery and Modern Elevation Data | Prof. Dr. Livia Piermattei Lucas Kugler |
RSE (GEO) | |
| Schumacher, Noelle Talina | Tracing Catchment-Wide Erosion Using Pu-Isotopes: Explorative Tests for the Erlenbach (Alptal) Watershed | Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Schweiter, Anna | Socio-ecological Mapping of Stakeholders in Ungulate Management around Berchtesgaden National Park | Dr. Nicolas Salliou Dr. Ana Stritih Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Schweizer, Naroa Olivia | Seascape Genomics: Investigating Adaptive Signals of Reef Fish to Global Change | Dr. Oliver Michele Selmoni Prof. Dr. Meredith Schuman |
SG (GEO) | |
| Skomorohovs, Andrejs | Light Limitation and Seasonal Constraints on Arctic Agriculture: Implications of Radiative Enhancement under Future Warming | Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman Dr.Johanna Malle Dr.Miles Timpe |
RS (ESS) | |
| Spaar, Annika | Soil properties and erosion rates of treethrows on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA | Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Dr. Pavel Samonil |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Spirig, Sina | Evaluation der Usability eines Geografischen Informationssystems für Landwirtinnen und Landwirte | Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant | GIVA (GEO) | |
| Stierli, Saskia | How (Mis)Trust in AI-Generated Maps Shapes Map Interaction and Judgment | Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Takov, Djordje | Composite Density Maps for Spatiotemporal Visualization of Aircraft Trajectories | Dr. Armand Kapaj Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Tanner, Vanessa | Der Kohlenstoffmarkt in der Schweiz und der EU: Eine Medienanalyse der Veränderung des Kohlenstoffmarktes in der Schweiz und der EU seit dem Pariser Abkommen 2015 |
Dr. Manuel Wirth Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Vacek, Christopher Jan | Using Computer Vision to Enrich Level of Traffic Stress Mapping with Spatio-Temporal Traffic Volumes in the City of Zurich | Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Maria J. Santos Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Wang, Leqi | Detecting Pedestrian Accessibility Features Using Deep Learning: A Case Study in the City of Zurich with Street View Imagery | Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Welter, Michelle | B/ordering the Banlieue: Lived Experiences of Mega-Event-Driven Renewal and Rebranding in Saint-Denis | Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Wernli, Amelina Sofia Ana | Local Perspectives on Tree-based Restoration Projects in Madagascar: Expectations, Perceived Benefits and Challenges |
Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus Prof. Dr. Maria J. Santos |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Wirz, Yannick Nicolas | Spatial analyses of the CrowdWater data collected by citizen scientists | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Linnaea Cahill Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Wottrich, Maike | Sense of Place in Text: A Top-Down Conceptual Approach to Landscape Representation | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves | GCO (GEO) | |
| Wyss, Johanna Olivia | Geplanter Rückzug als zukünftiges Leitmotiv in Schweizer Berggemeinden? Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung zum Umgang mit Naturgefahren in Brienz/Brinzauls (GR) |
Dr. Marco Pütz Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Xue, Yaze | Cloud-Aware Generative Reconstruction of Satellite Thermal Observations Using Synthetic Cloud Data | Dr. Jennifer Susan Adams Franz Mauthner Max Aragon Carla Arellano Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Zhang, Jiaheng | Spatial mismatch identification and profit-driven mechanisms in shared micromobility for first/last-mile travel in Zurich | Dr. Josephine Roper Prof. Dr. Esra Suel |
UNA (GEO) |