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| Name student | MSc thesis title | Supervisor | Branch | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albrecht, Ivo Alexander | Reconstructing the extent and change of selected glaciers in Greenland using historical glacier photographs from 1974-2010. | Dr. Samuel Nussbaumer Dr. Jacqueline Bannwart Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp |
WGMS (GEO) | |
| 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) | |
| Bassfeld, Lawrence | Assessment of a rock–ice avalanche process chain at Lej da Vadret (Val Roseg, Upper Engadin) and its downstream flood hazard |
Dr. Simon Allen Evan Miles Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
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) | |
| 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) | |
| Brändli, Simona | Leben in der «Diaspora rumantscha»: Zugehörigkeit, Rumantsch-Sein und Gemeinschaft ausserhalb des traditionellen Sprachgebiets |
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf | PGG (GEO) | |
| Brunner, Svenja Potosi | Temporär arbeiten und wohnen – Wohnraumzugang und Alltagsgeographien von saisonalen Tourismusbeschäftigten im Oberengadin |
Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt Xiang Han |
SURB (GEO) | |
| Bucheli, Alana | Expectations, Needs and Uncertainties in Co-Designing Nature Based Solutions: a Transdisciplinary Maltese Case Study | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Rebekka Frick |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Calligher, Giovanni | A Systematic Study of the Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Field: Petrogenesis of Melilitites and Their Links to Kimberlites and Carbonatites | Dr. Stamatis Flemetakis Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
H2K (ESS) | |
| 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) | |
| Carvalhais Almeida, Claudia | How Swiss Newspapers Shape the Discourses on Racial Profiling and Police Violence: A Critical Discourse Analysis | Dr. Sara Landolt Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Casutt, Amin | Climate, Hazards, and Renewables: A Basic Siting Framework for Future Green Hyperscale Data Centers | Prof. Dr. Andreas Zischg Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Comagic, Marc | Beyond the Footprint: Local Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in OpenStreetMap Attributes Across Nepal | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Conrad, Runa | Macroplastics in the Soil after Removal of Ground Stabilisation Grids in Horse Housing Systems |
Marianne Cockburn Prof. Dr. Michael W.I. Schmidt |
2B (GEO) | |
| Dörig, Florian | Automated snow avalanche detection with Satellite imagery | Yves Bühler Andrea Manconi Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (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 | Water Sources of Tabebuia aurea and Soil Properties of Murundus in the Southern Pantanal: A Stable Isotope and Multi-Proxy Analysis | 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) | |
| Feller, Javier | Mapping wildfire risk in Switzerland | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Boris Pezzatti |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Franzelin, Jean Patrick | Towards AI-Assisted Building Footprint Quality Assessment in the Global South Using Vision and Multimodal Foundation Models |
Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Yuchang Jiang Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (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) | |
| Geissmann, Muriel Andrea | Analyzing the Relationship Between Stand Structural Parameters and Premature Leaf Discoloration of European Beech Using Airborne Laser Scanning | Dr. Andri Baltensweiler Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (ESS) | |
| Gmür, Sebastian | Describing Places by Their Surroundings: Enriching Candidate Descriptions with Spatial Context for Toponym Resolution | 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) | |
| Gohm, Niklas Léon | Green Gentrification and Neighbourhood Transformation on Cooperative Housing Residents in the Case of the Überlandpark | Dr. Ifigeneia Dimitrakou Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt |
SURB (GEO) | |
| Gosteli, Severin Peter | CO₂ Evasion from Intermittent Streams in the Krycklan Catchment | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Kevin Bishop Prof. Thomas Grabs |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Grichting, Gian | Galician guest workers in Switzerland: Imbrications of bordering and emotional citizenship | Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Guntli, Chiara | Quantifying Long- and Short-Term Erosion Using 10Be and 239+240Pu in a Future UNESCO Geopark, Sicily | Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Prof. Edoardo Rotigliano (University of Palermo) |
GCH (GEO) | |
| Han, Lingyi | To what extent does domain-specific fine-tuning improve toponym resolution in English-language news articles about extreme heat events? | Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Harbaugh, Eleonora Mae | Wie der Val Calanca Park zur Attraktivität der Region als Lebensraum beiträgt und wie er die Touristenströme beeinflusst. | Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus | SNS (GEO) | |
| Hebeisen, Tanisha Momoyo | Beyond Apathy: Youth Activism, Political Imaginaries and Alternative Futures in Contemporary Japan | Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf | PGG (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) | |
| Hofer, Mario | Spatial resolution and temporal aggregation of Earth observation data in genome-environment association analysis of wild rice | Dr. Oliver Michele Selmoni Prof. Dr. Meredith Schuman |
SG (GEO) | |
| Hüppi, Christoph | Climate Adaptation of Swiss Ski Resorts: Which climatic and non-climatic factors influence the decision-making of ski resort operators to remain in operation under current and future climatic scenarios, a case study on the future of Swiss ski resorts. |
Dr. Veruska Muccione Dr. Rebecca Göpfert Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Jeanmaire, Marius Salvador | Developping a monitoring system for groundwaterbalance in the context of climate change and biodiversity restoration in a revitalised central-alpine wetland | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Jud, Alessandro | Assessing Landscape Preference in Swiss Parks Using Flickr Images and OWLv2 Object Detection | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. 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) | |
| Kaiser, Linda Valeria | Smart Lighting in Wetzikon - Innovation or Irritation? | Dr. Nitin Bathla Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Kälin, Deborah | The temporal evolution of soil redistribution rates after wildfires in central British Columbia | Prof. Dr. Markus Egli Dr. Raquel de Castro Portes Dr. Diogo Spinola |
GCH (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 Michael Bründl Jan Kleinn Prof. Dr. Christian Huggel |
Eclim (GEO) | |
| Kevic, Sophia | “We do what we can” - Navigating Support from Switzerland for the Restoration of Democracy in Myanmar in Changing Political Environments | Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Kläger, Anina | The Hintersulzfirn: How does it survive? The function and survival of an avalanche-fed low altitude glacier | Prof. Dr. Andreas Vieli | 3G (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 Prof. Dr. Guido Lars Bruno Wiesenberg |
2B (ESS) | |
| Leutenegger, Timo | Wie internationale Tech-Unternehmen Wohnzugang in Zürich herstellen und die Folgen für den lokalen Wohnungsmarkt |
Prof. Dr. Hanna Hilbrandt | SURB (GEO) | |
| Listemann, Florin | Behaviour-Based Home Location Detection in Round-Trip Car Sharing | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Dr. Michelle Fillekes |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Liu, Baoyu | Sociodemographic Inference from GNSS Trajectories: An Exploration with Machine Learning and Large Language Models |
Dr. Janody Pougala Dr. Ye Hong Prof. Dr. Esra Suel |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Mariani, Lisa | Eine qualitative Analyse der Erlebnisse von Unternehmerinnen mit Fluchterfahrungen im Raum Luzern | Dr. Nora Komposch Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Matsouka, Athanasia | Reconfiguring Water and Power: A Political Ecology Analysis of the Evrytos Water Redistribution Programme in Evrytania, Greece |
Dr. Sierra Deutsch Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (ESS) | |
| Meissner, Sina | Towards Improved Regional Glacier Area Change Estimates: Application and Evaluation of different Scaling Methods |
Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp Dr. Albin Wells |
WGMS (GEO) | |
| Müller, Andrin Daniel | Modelling of Soil Redistribution Rates and Estimation of 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) | |
| Müller, Peppino Vasco | Working Title: Dynamic heat exposure and risk assessment during heat-warning-days in the city of Zurich | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel | UNA (GEO) | |
| Mürner, Alain | Linking Stream Discharge to Sound: A Case Study from the Alptal | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (GEO) | |
| Osaigbovo Andura, Jonathan | Mobility Patterns Among Older Adults - Insights from the MOASIS Study | Prof. Dr. Esra Suel Prof. Dr. Robert Weibel |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Ott, Sebastian Tobias | Influence of Soil Properties on the Hydrological Impact of the Keyline Design for Water Retention. | Dr. Manfred Stähli Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Pelczar, Karolina | Drought-Induced Dynamics of Epicuticular Wax Alkanes in European Beech (Fagus sylvatica): Quantification and 13C Isotope Tracing | Prof. Dr. Guido Lars Bruno Wiesenberg Prof. Dr. Meredith Schuman Shilong Guo |
2B (ESS) | |
| Pfammatter, Raul | The Role of Observational Datasets in Bias Adjustment and Hydrological Impact Studies in Switzerland | Franziska Clerc-Schwarzenbach Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Dr. Michael Schirmer Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Planzer, Eva Maria | Machtverhältnisse und Arbeitsteilung in agrarökologischen Betrieben im Kanton Zürich | Dr. Nora Komposch Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Proske, Mayumi | Raceless Racism and the Invisibility of Anti-Asian Racism in Switzerland: East and Southeast Asian Experiences in Public and Intimate Spaces | Dr. Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Pühringer, Fiona | Assessment and Quantification of the Adjacency Effect on Optical Remote Sensing of Inland Waters | Dr. Daniel Odermatt Dr. Abolfazl Irani Rahaghi Prof. Dr. Alexander Damm |
RSWS (GEO) | |
| Rakita, Joya | How Much Adaptivity Do Mobile Maps Need? A Field Study on Task Performance, Usability and User Acceptance | Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Rhyn, Ladina | A comparison of different national glacier inventories with a focus on vanished glaciers | Dr. Andreas Linsbauer Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp |
3G (GEO) | |
| Robert-Nicoud, Chanita | Modal shift on HGZZ campus | Dr. Josephine Roper Prof. Dr. Esra Suel |
UNA (GEO) | |
| Rüetschli, Kathrin | Developing an Accessibility-Enriched Hybrid Network for Indoor-Outdoor Routing of People with Mobility Impairments at the University of Zurich | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Hoda Allahbakhshi |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Sägesser, Sarina | Thawing pathways: Predictive modelling of archaeological potential in paraglacial landscapes | Leo Hösli Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Schärer, Ylana | Assessing soil health across a gradient of vegetable farms engaged in different supply chain models | Dr. Franz Bender Prof. Dr. Michael W.I. Schmidt |
2B (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) | |
| Schneider, Fiona Franziska | Degrowing Urban Planning through Alternative Food Initiatives (AFIs): missing links in the case of Zürich? | Dr. Xavier Balaguer Rasillo Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Schwab, Jan | Alternative Landwirtschaft im Rahmen von Schweizer Agrarsubventionen | Dr. Xavier Balaguer Rasillo Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Schweiter, Anna | Social-Ecological Mapping of Stakeholders in Ungulate Management in and around Berchtesgaden National Park | Dr. Nicolas Salliou Dr. Ana Stritih Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus |
SNS (GEO) | |
| Sigrist, Hanna Lena | Changes in soil organic matter quality and lignin cycling under elevated temperature and CO2 in an alpine treeline ecosystem |
Dr. Mike C. Rowley Erica Ceresa Prof. Dr. Guido Lars Bruno Wiesenberg |
2B (GEO) | |
| Skomorohovs, Andrejs | Conditional gains from space-based solar reflectors: a CLM5 assessment of enhanced shortwave radiation for high-latitude agriculture under future warming | Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman Dr.Johanna Malle Dr.Miles Timpe |
RS (ESS) | |
| Steiger, Dimitri Sebastian | Territorialität in der Zürcher Fussballrivalität | Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Stierli, Saskia | Who Made This Map? How Perceived AI Authorship Shapes Trust and Reliance in Cartography |
Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Studer, Selina Tabea | Modelling N leaching from vegetable fields in Switzerland | Maria Eliza Turek Annelie Hozkaemper Prof. Dr. Meredith Schuman |
SG (ESS) | |
| Takov, Djordje | Volumetric Composite Density Maps for Aviation Trajectories | Dr. Armand Kapaj Prof. Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant |
GIVA (GEO) | |
| Tarnovskaya, Alisa | Flood Harvesting in Switzerland: Quantifying extractable volumes from peak flows for drought mitigation. | Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Tattersall, David | Being Greenlandic in Copenhagen: How do Greenlanders in Denmark negotiate Greenlandic and Danish identities across different social and spatial contexts? | Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
PGG (GEO) | |
| Vacek, Christopher Jan | Making Bicycles Count: Vision-Based Mobile Traffic Monitoring for Bicycle Planning |
Hoda Allahbakhshi Prof. Dr. Maria J. Santos Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Vittoz, Michel | Assessing the value of high-resolution radar-rain-gauge precipitation data in a semi-distributed HBV model for flood event modelling: A case study in the Emme catchment | Dr. Maria Staudinger PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
H2K (ESS) | |
| Volkova, Anastasiia | Navigating Sponge City incorporation as a climate adaptation strategy in spatial planning: Case study of the city of Zurich | Dr. Marco Pütz Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Voser, Andri | FROM ONLINE IDEOLOGIES TO OFFLINE REALITIES: THE INFLUENCE OF THE MANOSPHERE ON ADOLESCENT MASCULINITIES |
Prof. Dr. Karin Schwiter | LGG (GEO) | |
| Wan, Tianyuan | Quantitative Evaluation of Spatial Experience and Built Environment in Urban Historic Streets: A Multi-modal Social Sensing Approach | Dr. Inhye Kong Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (GEO) | |
| Wiesner, Gwendolyn Victoria | Potential Effects of Beaver Dams on Amphibian Habitat Connectivity in Switzerland | Dr. Benedikt Schmidt Prof. Dr. Ross Purves |
GCO (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 Swiss Newspaper Discourse: A Lexicon-Based Comparison Across Landscape Types | Prof. Dr. Ross Purves Dr. Flurina Wartmann |
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) | |
| Yuan, Weiqi | Environmental Governance of the Arc’teryx Fireworks Event in an Ecologically Sensitive Himalayan Landscape | Dr. Marco Pütz Prof. Dr. Christian Berndt |
WGG (GEO) | |
| Zhang, Jiaheng | Aligning Shared Micromobility with First/Last Mile Potential: A Spatiotemporal Supply–Potential Analysis and Reallocation Scenarios for the Canton of Zurich | Dr. Josephine Roper Prof. Dr. Esra Suel |
UNA (GEO) |