Ongoing MSc Theses
Beretta Grande, Eranthos GEO |
Political Ecology of Populism: a case study of Upper Austria
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Dr. Stephan Hochleithner Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Gärtner, Lea GEO |
Negotiating sacred space: Islam, Gender and Space in Switzerland
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Dr. Shona Loong Dominik Müller Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Graf, Tobias GEO |
Remaking the palm-oil frontier: Realities in West-Kalimantan
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Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Keller, Oliver GEO |
Die Gemeindeversammlung als Raum politischen Handelns: Perspektiven von Akteur:innen in der Gemeinde Weiningen
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Plozza, Elisa GEO |
Lombard Across the Border: A Case Study of Borderland Dynamics on Minority Language Revitalization
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Dr. Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Raemy, Brandon GEO |
Rethinking Development Aid in Post-coup Myanmar’s Non-state Education System: An Ethnographic Inquiry Into Spring University Myanmar’s Navigation Through Turmoil
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Dr. Shona Loong Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Steiger, Mirjam GEO |
Unpacking Racial Geographies of Colonialism & Coloniality of Tourism Imaginaries and Encounters. An Exploration of the Case Study Bocas del Toro
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Dr. Shona Loong Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Tolusso, Olivia GEO |
Exploring Producer-Buyer Relationships: Organic & Conventional Cocoa Farming in Eastern Ghana
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Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Welter, Michelle GEO |
B/ordering the Banlieue: The Impact of Urban Infrastructure on Saint Denis Residents
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Dr. Jasnea Sarma Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Widmer, Sophia GEO |
To what extent must aid organizations make compromises in conflict situations? An analysis using the UNRWA debate in Switzerland as a case study
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Completed MSc Theses
2025 | ||
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Gerber, Livio GEO |
A Frontier of Imagination: The Impact of the Tourism Industry on the Geographical Imagination of Antarctica PDF
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Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
2024 | ||
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Berglas, Gabriela GEO |
Competing and Complimentary Framings in the National Irrigation Policy in Kyrgyzstan. A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Helvetas TIRIP project PDF
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Dr. Asebe Regassa Debelo Bernd Steimann Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Mariniak, Mariia GEO |
The Authenticity of Fado and Touristification: Implications of a Modern Phenomenon for the Perception of a Traditional Music Genre PDF
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Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Zeller, Livia GEO |
Klimaaktivismus in der Schweiz: Die Entstehung neuer Politischer Subjektivitäten im Klimastreik PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
2023 | ||
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Alessi, Daria GEO |
Internal Borders, Bordering Processes and Intersectionality as Lived Experiences – A Case Study of Refugee Women in Switzerland PDF
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Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Gadze, Jan GEO |
How Climate Change discourse manifests under a right-wing populist narrative framework, based on discourse analysis of the Swiss weekly magazine "Die Weltwoche" PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Joos, Linus GEO |
Die Rückkehr der europäischen Rüstungspolitik PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Zinnenlauf, Rafael GEO |
Tore schiessen für die Nation? Fussball und Identitätspolitik in der Schweiz PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
2022 | ||
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Bernhard, Maxie GEO |
Die Konstruktion der «Coronakrise» und ihre Implikationen für die Handlungsbefugnisse des Bundesrates - Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung der Medienkonferenzen und Medienmitteilungen der Schweizer Bundesregierung von Januar 2020 bis Juni 2020 PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Grünenfelder, Marco GEO |
Die Darstellung des Jurakonflikts in den Schweizerischen Medien (1964 - 2017) PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
van der Haegen, Thilo GEO |
The Canadian Arctic Resource Frontier: Renegotiations of Space in a Changing Environment PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
2021 | ||
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Grob, Marc GEO |
Experiencing and Negotiating Everyday Liminality - A Case Study of Young Provisionally Admitted Foreigners in Switzerland PDF
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Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Landolt, Lara GEO |
How do Swiss International Cooperation Stakeholders Frame the Role of the Private Sector for Sustainable Development? A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Controversies Around Switzerland’s New International Cooperation Strategy PDF
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Niehaus, Sabrina Gabriella GEO |
Die Aushandlung der Rolle Schweizer Entwicklungsorganisationen in der Politik und die Bedeutung von Recht im Diskurs - Eine Kritische Diskursanalyse am Fallbeispiel der Konzernverantwortungsinitiative PDF |
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Salzmann, Moritz GEO |
Urbane Transformation in Basel. Eine empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel der Entwicklungsgebiete Volta Nord und Westfeld. PDF
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Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Seger, Vanessa GEO |
Corona – eine Zeit beispielloser Solidarität? Die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie auf das Schweizer Asylwesen und seine Asylsuchenden und Migrant*innen PDF |
Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
2020 | ||
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Baumann, Heidi Spec. MA |
The Native Friendship Center of Montreal: A Space of Expression for Urban Indigenous People
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Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Burkart, Meret GEO |
"Who gets certified?" Participation in the Fairmined Certification and its Added Values explained by Miners and NGO involved in Colombia PDF
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Dr. Muriel Côte Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Duarte Torregroza, Lina Maria GEO |
Legal clothes made by illegal people: A case study of working conditions and unionization of Senegalese street vendors in Barcelona
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Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Dr. Xavier Balaguer Rasillo Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Graber, Andrea Spec. MA |
A Critical Analysis of the New Mining Company Town Kalumbila, Zambia PDF
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Dr. Muriel Côte Dr. Stefan Leins Dr. Patience Mususa Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Jörin, Thierry GEO |
The Potential of Public-Private Partnerships for Actors in Development Cooperation: The Case of Switzerland and the Better Gold Initiative
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Dr. Muriel Côte Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Kobayashi, Hiromi Spec. MA |
The dynamics of accepting refugees in Japan - Asylum policy and the immigration bureau- |
Dr. Timothy Raeymaekers Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Lienhard, Charlotte GEO |
Linking Humanitarian Aid and Development through Local Capacity Building - Case Study on a Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project in Post-Earthquake Nepal PDF |
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |
Steinegger, Sarah Spec. MA |
Resource Politics in Frontier Spaces: The Use and Governance of the Mangrove Ecosystem in Djangoa, North-Western Madagascar |
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf |