13 Beiträge in Kategorie: Master’s and PhD students projects

  • · by Marco Stutz · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Public opinion on energy sources: the power of reliability

    The energy transition is not just a technological challenge – it’s a societal one. Public acceptance is crucial for the success of renewable energy projects. A master’s thesis analysed 2.6 million German-language tweets from 2008 to 2023 to categorise public sentiment towards nuclear, coal, solar, wind, water and gas/oil energy.

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  • · by Zélie Stauffer · in Master's and PhD students projects, Research

    Understanding human-nature relationships through the lens of birdwatching 🦉🌿

    Think of a natural entity that you love… A tree, a lake, an animal, your pet, a sunset or even a whole forest. And now ask yourself: “What is it that connects me to this natural entity? Its beauty? The memory I have of it?” Two PhD projects are investigating what makes up our relationship with nature.

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  • · by Louise Faure · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Hearing the “cry” of raptors through human narratives

    During my research stay at GIUZ, I explored how birds of prey are represented in historical written texts. The motivation for my work was a desire to understand how these raptors are represented in written texts and relate this to human behavior with respect to these species.

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  • · by Studierende des Mastermoduls GEO 422 Urban Geography: Research and Methods · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Stadt auf Zeit

    Wohnen mit «Ablaufdatum» – inmitten der Wohnkrise ist das für viele normal. In der Stadt und Region Zürich werden viele Häuser leergekündigt, um neue, teurere Wohnungen zu bauen – und nur befristet vermietet. Das stellt Menschen vor existenzielle Probleme. Was kostet es eine Gesellschaft, wenn befristetes Wohnen normal wird? Im Sommersemester 2024 ging eine Gruppe von Master-Studierenden dieser Frage nach.

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  • · by Rocco Bagutti · in Master's and PhD students projects, Research, Sustainability

    High altitude dilemmas: Is GIUZ ready to reduce its air travel and move towards a more sustainable academia?

    A master’s thesis investigated the willingness of the staff of the Department of Geography to implement measures to reduce air miles and the impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The result: There is no easy way forward to reduce academic air travel.

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  • · by Flurina Durisch · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Hochpräzise Daten, beste Betreuung: eine Masterarbeit im swisstopoEDU Programm

    Wie bewegen sich Blockgletscher über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Jahrzehnten? Dieser Frage ging eine Masterarbeit nach, die im Rahmen des swisstopo-EDU Programmes nicht nur mit Daten, sondern auch mit wertvollen Einblicken in die Arbeit des Bundesamtes für Landestopografie unterstützt wurde.

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  • · by Tim Fässler · in Master's and PhD students projects, Research

    «Leave no one behind»: Erfüllt das Velonetz der Stadt Zürich diesen Anspruch?

    Wieviel das Velo im Stadtverkehr genutzt wird, hängt stark davon ab, wie sicher sich die Velofahrenden fühlen. Dabei gibt es grosse Unterschiede im Sicherheitsbedürfnis der verschiedenen Nutzer:innengruppen. Welche Routen für wen geeignet sind und was der geplante Ausbau des Velonetzes für sie bringt, hat eine Masterarbeit untersucht.

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  • · by Katia Soland · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Cholera 1855 in Basel: Between History, Epidemiology and Geographic Visualisation

    In 1854, Dr. John Snow creates a map of cholera cases in London’s Soho district. He can thus show that the disease is transmitted through contaminated water. In her Master’s thesis, Inga Birkhölzer investigated what can be extracted today from the cholera figures of 1855 in Basel using geographical visualisation.

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  • · by Jessica Powell · in Master's and PhD students projects

    Climate migration: The value of refugee perspectives

    How will the impact of climate change affect already increasing global migration flows, especially in Europe? In my master’s thesis, I conducted 27 semi-structured interviews with refugees and asylum seekers in Greece from eleven different countries.

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  • · by Mona Bartling · in Master's and PhD students projects, Research

    Shape the future of mobile map design: We need your help!

    Have you ever used a map app on your smartphone outdoors and had to pause your activity midway because the sunlight was just too bright so you couldn’t read the map properly? Or have you ever tried finding your way to a coffee shop downtown efficiently without getting shoved by the crowds?

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