MSc Theses

If not available below, PDFs of Masters' theses can be found in the library catalogue of the University of Zurich.

Ongoing MSc Theses


Bozzi, Laura GEO	Nomen est omen – Naming the world’s glaciers from open web sources	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp
Brenn, Jana GEO	Assessing the Impact of Metal Mining on Different Ecosystems Using Environmental Indicators	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt
Comagic, Marc GEO	The Role of Local Knowledge in OpenStreetMap in the Context of Disaster Risk Reduction	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel
Eberhard, Fabio GEO	A participative approach towards modeling tranquility: A case study in Glarus, Switzerland	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Franz, Jann Micha GEO	Between nature and law: Approaches to enhance the definition of the upper treeline	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Geistlich, Cyril GEO	Modeling Small-Scale Demographic Changes	Dr. Marco Schmid Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Gmür, Sebastian GEO	DGGS-based Gazetteers for Geoparsing	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Hadobas, Amanda Michelle ESS	Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Global Biodiversity	Dr. Dirk Karger Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Hamm, Marie GEO	A Multi-Criteria Decision Approach to Site Selection for Photovoltaic Systems in Switzerland: Balancing Renewable Energy and Biodiversity	Leonhard Zwiauer Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Haus, Laura GEO	Framing Disaster Resilience: A Media Discourse Analysis of British Newspapers	Dr. Inhye Kong Dr. Veruska Muccione Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Jud, Alessandro GEO	Automated Image Annotation and Visual Profiling of Swiss Parks Using COCO-Stuff and Flickr Data	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Marcel Hunziker
Moffat, Nina Danielle GEO	Towards holistic forest monitoring in Europe: An exploration of forest definitions, cultural ecosystem services and their interactions in Germany’s Natura 2000 sites	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
O'Sullivan, Ciara GEO	Computational Text Analysis of Droughts in Switzerland	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Inhye Kong Dr. Massimiliano Zappa
Tang, Jing GEO	UGuideRAG: Intent-Enhanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation with User-Generated Content for Personalized Urban Tourism	Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Vacek, Christopher Jan GEO	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
Wang, Leqi GEO	Detecting Sidewalk Accessibility Features Using Deep Learning: A Case Study in the City of Zurich with Street View Imagery	Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wei, Yilin GEO	Understanding Public Engagement with Macao’s Urban Heritage via Social Media	Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Widmer, Claude GEO	A Computer Vision Framework for Automated Evaluation of School Route Safety in Zurich	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher
Wottrich, Maike GEO	Sense of Place in Text: A Top-Down Conceptual Approach to Landscape Representation	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Xue, Yaze GEO	Deep generative Land Surface Temperature reconstruction using synthetic cloud data	Dr. Jennifer Susan Adams Franz Mauthner Max Aragon Carla Arellano Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

Completed MSc Theses

2025
Besse, Martine GEO	The wolf debate in Switzerland: A spatial and temporal analysis performing geographic information retrieval on newspaper articles PDF	Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Besson, Nils GEO	Enhancing Snow Avalanche Forecasting: Developing User-Centered Dashboards for Data Visualization and Decision Support PDF	Dr. Frank Techel Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Cui, Xiao GEO	Green Space and Healthy Aging: Evidence from Static and Dynamic Green Space Exposure Measurements PDF	Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel Changyu Han Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Rohr, Philipp Sebastian GEO	Landscape Perception: Analyzing Environmental Discourse in Spanish-Speaking Central and South America Using Twitter Data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Carlota de Benito Moreno

2024
Bolliger, Lynn GEO	The Perception of Urban Change: A Computational Text Analysis of Newspaper Articles in Zurich North from 1991-2024 PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann
Di Vincenzo, Simona GEO	Exploring the frequencies and thematic context of place names in the Swiss National Park in the past 110 years using computational text analysis PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Stefanie Gubler Tamara Estermann
Fässler, Tim GEO	Low-Stress Connectivity and Accessibility; 'Leave no one behind' in the Bicycle Network in the City of Zurich PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Gomes, Diego GEO	Geoparser: A Transformer-Based Bi-Encoder Approach for Efficient Toponym Disambiguation PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Michele Volpi
Koenig, Fabienne GEO	Geomorphometric analysis of a debris flow event in Buffalora and catchment properties in the Swiss National Park PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer Dr. Samuel Wiesmann
Kunz, Annika GEO	Developing a Spatially Explicit Humanitarian Flood Vulnerability Index for Refugee Camps using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis PDF	Bruna Rohling Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Maiani, Nicola GEO	Traffic coverage quality by bike in Switzerland: A comparison of cities' bikeability PDF	Dr. Cheng Fu Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Morlang, Marc GEO	Creating a Diffuse Bicycle Traffic Assignment Model for Switzerland PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Pfoster, Carmen GEO	Energy Poverty in Switzerland? A Geospatial Analysis. PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt
Pleisch, Hans Peter GEO	Modelling the Effects of Tourism Development Scenarios on Land Use/Cover Change PDF	Dr. Franziska Komossa Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Soland, Katia GEO	Towards automating avalanche forecasts: A kriging model to interpolate modelled snow instability in the Swiss Alps PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Frank Techel, SLF Günter Schmudlach
Stutz, Marco GEO	Geospatial Sentiment Analysis of different Energy Sources using historical Twitter Data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Tharmalingam, Eric GEO	Extracting Structured Flood Information for Nigeria from News Media in GDELT PDF	Dr. Thomas Phillips Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wang, Songlin GEO	Comparing Semantic Geographic Information of Toponyms through Landscape PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Sara Racca
Xu, Leyi GEO	Discovering Visiting Behaviors and City Perceptions by Mining Semantic Trajectory PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Zhang, Anjing GEO	Using Social Media Data to Understand People’s Activities in Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) PDF	Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2023
Asper, Lino GEO	Electronic governance with an infrastructure reporting platform: The case of Züri wie neu. PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt
Durband, Gabriele GEO	Partizipative Erfassung der kulturellen Ökosystemleistungen in der Valposchiavo PDF	Dr. Enrico Celio Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Groenveld, Quinten GEO	Scenicness Model Based on the British Scenic-or-Not Data Set for Switzerland, Landscape Beauty Through the Eyes of a Computer PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Maximilian Christoph Hartmann
Hauser, Joel GEO	Spatial Accessibility to Pediatricians in Switzerland An Improved Application Approach of the MHV3SFCA Method PDF	Dr. Oliver Grübner Micheal von Rhein Reto Jörg Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Meier, Chantal Angela GEO	Identifying toponyms and location references in residential real estate listings in Zurich City PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Özvegyi, Thomas GEO	Modelling Bicycle Ridership Using Crowdsourced Data in the Urban Area of Zurich PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Ralph Straumann Arnim Wagner
Schäfer, Leonie GEO	Predicting and Characterizing Backcountry Skiing Activity in the Swiss Alps using VGI Data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Frank Techel Günter Schmudlach
Schär, Eric ESS	Cross linguistic comparison of Wilderness Perception in Switzerland - Perceptions of French-speaking and German-speaking Switzerland in two Regional Nature Parks PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Felix Kienast
Schenker, Patrick GEO	Effect of Urban Area Definition on Urban Sprawl Measurement PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Yves Maurer
Sigrist, Jan GEO	Multifunctionality of Urban Green Spaces in the EU PDF	Dr. Franziska Komossa Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Steinmann, Nicolas GEO	Analysing Spatial Patterns of Coastal Cultural Ecosystem Services using Flickr and Wikipedia Data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Yuan, Mingyang GEO	What Roles do social media Play in Hurricane Ian, Before, During and After the Event PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2022
Graf, Philipp GEO	Trends in European Climate Change Perception: Where the Effects of Climate Change go unnoticed PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Kirsteina, Dace GEO	Characterising London City Parks Using Open Data. PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Marie Mueller
Stuber, Julian GEO	Opportunities for geomorphological and glaciological research from the Arctic-wide high resolution ArcticDEM PDF	Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Sturzenegger, Sophie GEO	What Makes an Urban Public Space Popular? A Data-Based Analysis of Existing Urban Public Spaces in the City of Zurich PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2021
Arnet, Hans Thomas GEO	Die Abgrenzung von Wald - Wo beginnt der Wald und wo hört er auf? Fallstudie im Kanton Aargau PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Flurina Wartmann
Biland, Fabian GEO	Perception of landscape along hiking trails in the UNESCO Biosphere Entlebuch, Switzerland PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Vuokko Heikinheimo
Brandenberg, Natalie GEO	Automatisches Extrahieren von Landschaftsbeschreibungen aus öffentlich zugänglichen Texten über den Kanton Schwyz PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Maarten van Strien
Christen, Fabienne GEO	Extracting cultural landscape properties of UNESCO cultural heritage sites in Switzerland PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wyler, Lisa GEO	Characterisation of the Evolution of Vineyards in Canton of Ticino and Moesa Region since the 1930s PDF	Patrik Krebs Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wysling, Laura GEO	Where to improve cycling infrastructure? A case study on the city of Paris. PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2020
Amrhein, Adina GEO	Three-Dimensional Topographic Model as Public Participation GIS: A tool for place-based Wind Energy Planning?	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Stefanie Müller
Frey, Tobias GEO	The Cultural Eye. Exploring Cultural Differences in Landscape Preference based on Flickr Images. PDF	Dr. Olga Koblet Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Füglister, Benjamin GEO	From Text to Coordinates: Machine-Coding the Location of Historical Battles to Create a New Spatial Conflict Dataset PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Grcic, Tomislav Spec. MA	Understanding changes in tourists' behavior in the last decade of tourism in Croatia using User-generated content PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Hug, Dario GEO	Comparison of Bike Sharing Systems (BSS) in Different Cities and the Impact of Different Influencing Factors PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Ralph Straumann
Lechtenböhmer, Marius Spec. MA	Uncertainty aware density estimation with user-generated tick bite data PDF	Prof. Dr. Patrick Laube Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

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2018
Baumann, Markus GEO	Approach to the perception of wilderness based on user generated open data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Nicole Bauer Olga Chesnokova
Hanimann, David GEO	Geotagged Tweets as a Proxy for Human Settlements PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Emanuele Strano
Schönenberger, Christoph Spec. MA	Analysis of Planned Route Trajectories to Gain Insights into Route Planning Behaviour for Backcountry Ski Tours PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Stephan Harvey Frank Techel
Urner, Jorim	Incorporating Spatio-Temporal Context for Predicting the Next Place Using Neural Networks and Random Forests PDF	Dominik Bucher Martin Raubal Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2017
Bär, Manuel	Development, Implementation, Assessment and Analysis of a Real-Time Tile-Based Location-Based Game for Geographic Information Mining Regarding Land Cover Data PDF	Dr. Flurina Wartmann Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Henzi, Martina	Mapping and GIS analysis of place names along the Sonora coast in Mexico PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Flurina Wartmann
Korporaal, Michelle	Der Einfluss von Unsicherheitsvisualisierungen auf kartenbasierte Entscheidungen ohne und unter Zeitdruck PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant
Ludwig, Andreas	Automatisierte Erkennung von tiefgreifenden gravitativen Hangdeformationen mittels geomorphometrischer Analyse von digitalen Geländemodellen PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2016
Duss, Joël	Die naive Geographie von Fliessgewässern: Wie werden Fliessgewässer im Vergleich zu hydrologischen Konzepten beschrieben?	Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Pfister, Regula	Extraktion von Hängen rund um Anrisszonen - Eine Methode angewendet auf Unfalllawinen PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2015
Huldi, Ramón	Extrahierung von Landschaftswahrnehmungen aus Tourenberichten - Vorstellung einer neuen Analysemethode basierend auf Sentiment Analysis und Dependenzgrammatik PDF	Dr. Flurina Wartmann Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Mändli, Urs	Eine Untersuchung zur qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse von Twitter anhand von Fallbeispielen PDF	Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Rodrigues, André	A Spatial Analysis of German Lemma Variation with Twitter PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Sautier, Jérôme	Localizing the Internet - Linking Web N-Grams to Geographic Space PDF	Dr. Curdin Derungs Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Yamgouet, Monique Ndam	Demonstrating Spatial Patterns in the Construction & use of the GeoNames Gazetteer Data PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2014
Grossenbacher, Timo	Studying Human Mobility Through Geotagged Social Media Content PDF	Florian Straub Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Lenggenhager, Anja	Modellierung der Bodenacidität mit terrestrischen LiDAR Daten im Alptal PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Schmid, Martin	Geomorphometrische Klassifikation von Murkegeln in den Alpentälern Mattertal und Goms PDF	Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wicki, Sergio	Statistische Modellierung von Rutschungsanfälligkeit unter multiskalarer Betrachtung PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2013
Braun, Eveline	Investigation of Scottish Avalanche Data Using Spatiotemporal Data Analysis PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Kleiner, Jonas	Uncertainty communication - The use of Visualisations to provide Uncertainty Information	Dr. Arzu Cöltekin Dr. Stephan Gruber Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Nowak, Mario	Landschaftsschönheit in Texten - Modellierung der Landschaftsqualität mit Opinion Mining PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Streit, Adrian	LAWINENBEURTEILUNG MITTELS KARTEN - Empirische Evaluation von Visualisierungs-methoden PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant
Venzin, Christian	Analyzing the Impact of High Resolution DEM Uncertainty of Hydrological Models Using a Parallel Computing Approach PDF	Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wick, Reto	Unsicherheiten und Positionsfehler von GPS-Trajektorien PDF	Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Wider, Thomas	Georeferenzierung von nutzergenerierten Daten PDF	Damien Palacio Prof. Dr. Ross Purves
Zihler, Oliver	Implementation of a Spatially-Aware Image Search Engine and Its Evaluation using Crowdsourced Relevance Judgements PDF	Damien Palacio Prof. Dr. Ross Purves

2012
Alexandra Zeiler	Einfluss von Skaleneffekten auf raum-zeitliche Bewegungsparameter (Prof. R. Purves, Dr. P. Laube) PDF (PDF, 4022 KB)
Florian Zellweger	Strukturelle Vielfalt in Gebirgswäldern – Eine LiDAR- und feldbasierte Habitatanalyse für das Haselhuhn (Dr. K. Bollmann, Dr. F. Morsdorf, Prof. Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 13118 KB)

2011
Linda Ettlin	Identifying Unregistered Vernacular Toponyms and Alternative Spellings of Placenames in Switzerland (Prof. Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 6669 KB)
Susan Schnur	Assessing the Effects of Extraction Method and Resolution on the Accuracy of Automatic Fault Extraction at Mid-Ocean Ridges (Prof. Dr. R. Purves, Dr. G. Bernasconi-Green) PDF (PDF, 7708 KB)
Irene Vontobel	Geländeanalyse von Unfalllawinen (Prof. Dr. R. Purves, S. Harvey) PDF (PDF, 18948 KB)

2010
Norina Andres	Unsicherheiten von Digitalen Geländemodellen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Berechnung von Gletscherseeausbrüchen mir RAMMS (Dr. R. Purves, D. Schneider, Dr. C. Huggel) PDF (PDF, 15874 KB)
Christian Gschwend	Erfassung umgangssprachlicher Geographie im Zusammenhang mit Geomorphometrie (Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 28591 KB)
Barbara Gmür	Geographische und thematische Einordnung von historischen Zeitungsartikeln (Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 13346 KB)
Nicola Lang	Toponyme in der Einsatzdisposition (Dr. R. Purves, Rainer Büchel, Raphael Näf) PDF (PDF, 8113 KB)
Miro Meyer	Perimeter der Gemeinderzusammenarbeit im Kanton Zürich (Dr. R. Purves, Dr. T. Hagmann, G. Cavelti) PDF (PDF, 10256 KB)
Stefan Zolliger	Räumliche Interpolationsmethoden zur kontinuierlichen Modellierung der Schneehöhe in den Schweizer Alpen (Dr. R. Purves, Dr. I. Petzold) PDF (PDF, 31394 KB)
Benjamin Stadler	Zusammenhänge zwischen Bildbewertungen und Landschaftsklassen mit Corine Land Cover-Klassen (Dr. R. Purves, Dr. M. Tomko) PDF (PDF, 4116 KB)

2009
Livia Hollenstein	Capturing Vernacular Geography from Georeferenced Tags (Dr. R. Purves, Dr. C. Davies) PDF (PDF, 4533 KB)
Raphael Kunz	Evaluation of Spatial Relevance in Geographic Information Retrieval (Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 2934 KB)
David Müller	Räumliche Beziehungen in einer Bilddatenbank (Dr. R. Purves, Dr. A. Edwardes) PDF (PDF, 2679 KB)
Jonas Snozzi	Quantitative Assessment of Context for Mobile Services: a case study on the WebPark service in the Swiss National Park (Prof. R. Weibel, Dr. R. Purves, Dr. T. Reichenbacher) PDF (PDF, 5190 KB)
Flurina Wartmann	Seasonality in spatio-temporal behaviour of female orangutans - a case study in Tuanan Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (Dr. R. Purves, Prof. C. van Schaik) PDF (PDF, 2368 KB)

2008
Tobias Brunner	Geographic Information Retrieval: Identifikation und Ambiguitäten der geographischen Lage von Zeitungsartikeln (Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 1765 KB)
Curdin Derungs	Was ist ein Berg? Wo ist ein Berg? (Dr. R. Purves, Prof. S. Fabrikant) PDF (PDF, 6701 KB)
Chris Nussbaumer	Das Potenzial der Zuflüsse des Zürich- und Obersees für die natürliche Reproduktion der Seeforelle (Salmo trutta lacustris);(Prof. R. Weibel, Dr. R. Purves, R. Schmidt, A. Hertschig, Fischerei- und Jagdverwaltung, Kt. Zürich)
Christian Sailer	Algorithmen zur Filterung von LIDAR-Daten im Sihlwald: extrahieren von Geländepunkten (St. Steiniger, R. Schmidt, Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 42397 KB)

2007
Christoph Suter	Lawinenausbildung mit mobilen Systemen (Dr. Ross Purves, Harvey (SLF))
Mathias Ulmer	Unsicherheitsanalyse und Validierung eines Modells der Hangstabilität (Prof. Dr. R. Weibel, Dr. R. Purves, Dr. C. Huggel)
Markus Vetsch	Einfluss der topographischen Auflösung auf Ablationsmodelle für eine Eisschildmodellierung (Dr. R. Purves, Hölzle, F. Hebeler)

2006
Sascha Oehler	Visualisierung von Unsicherheiten unter Einbezug grossräumiger Modellierungsdaten (Dr. R. Purves, F. Hebeler)
Ralph Straumann	Sensitivität von Prozessmodellen in Bezug auf die Auflösung Lidar-basierter Höhendaten (Dr. R. Purves) PDF (PDF, 16616 KB)

2005
Thomas Philipps	Kartierung des Gornersees, seines Einzugsgebietes und Schätzung des Zuflusses mittels GIS (Dr. R. Purves, Prof. A. Kääb, Prof. H. Blatter (IAC ETHZ))

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