Term Papers
The interdisciplinary term papers are written at the end of the interdisciplinary course by teams of 2-3 PhD students from different countries and with disciplinary background. The topic covers usually an area which is essential for the PhD thesis of the students. The students have 3 weeks time to write the paper.
Here are the best term papers of the Academic Years 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003:
You see the topic, names of the authors, disciplinary background of the authors and country of origin of the author. With a click on the topic, you can download the paper as pdf-file.
2009
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The role of fences in managing land resources
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Food security and the disappearance of glaciers: Impacts and adaptation options in Central Asia
2007
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Flood management and development planning: The Allocation of Risk in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Generation of New Knowledge: Value and Valuation of the Local Conditions in Vietnam
2006
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The Dilemma of Water Allocation between Humans and Nature. A Case from Northern China.
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Social-mix policy approaches to urban segregation in Europe and the United States
2005
1st Rank
Protected Areas in Pandemonium: Will optimisation of different values lead to sustainability?
Authors: Devesh Rustagi (Development Planner, India), and Jaqueline Garcia-Yi (Ecologist, Peru)
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Authors: Ermias Habte (Economist, Ethiopia), and Katja Mielke (Political Scientist, Germany)
Authors: Donald Makoka (Economist, Malawi) and Marcus Kaplan (Geographer, Germany)
3rd Rank
The role of green water in food trade
Authors: Emmanuel Obuobie (Agric. Engineer, Ghana), Paul Mwangi Gachanja (Economist, Kenya) and Andréa Cristina Dörr (Economist, Brazil)
2004
1st Rank
"A weaker partner": Why the 'soft' sciences lose out in interdisciplinary research
Authors: Ralf Thorsten Arnold (Marine & Environmental Scientist, Germany) and Caleb Wall (MSc. In Development Studies, New Zealand)
2nd Rank
Commonalities between Cultural and Bio-Diversity
Authors: Marina Maiero (Development Economist, Italy), Xiaomeng Shen (Linguist, China)
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Vulnerability and poverty: What are the causes and how are they related?
Authors: Damas Philip (Agric. Economist, Tanzania), Israt Rayhan (MSc. in Applied Statistics, Bangladesh)
Sustainable resource use - sustainable development: a contradiction?
Authors: Adelina Maia Mensah (MSc. ín Tropical Costal Management, Ghana), and Luciana Camargo Castro (Biologist, Brazil)
Does decentralization have a positive impact on the use of natural resources?
Authors: Abdeljalil Elsageer Ahmed (Agric. Economist, Lybia), and Jonathan Stephen Mbwambo (MSc. in Natural Resource Management & Agriculture, Tanzania)
2003
1st Rank
Problems and prospects in utilizing international water resources: The case of river Nile
Authors: Jean-Pierre Sandwidi (Hydrologist, Burkina Faso), and Alexander Stein (Economist, Germany)
2nd Rank
Transboundary projected areas for nature conservation - benefits and obstacles
Authors: Tobias Wünscher (Agric. Economist, Germany), René Thomás Capotes Fuentes (Biologist, Cuba)
Authors: Tamer Afifi (Economist, Egypt), Shilpi Saxena (Geographer, Germany), and Sebastian Scholz (Agric. Economist, Germany)
Do the Poor Need Democracy? Tracing the debate on the factors which encourage pro poor development
Authors: Stefan Blum (Economist, Germany), and Ricardo José Rocha Guimaraes (Economist, Brazil)
