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 2010, 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.

2010

1st rank

ICT for Development: sustainable technology-supported participatory development for poverty alleviation in the context of digital divides
Autors: Adam Blake and Margarita Quiros Garzon

2nd rank

Impact of climate change on price instability of agricultural products and food security
Authors: Begzod Djalilov, Christine Ladenburger and José Luis Viveros Añorve

2009

1st Rank:

The role of fences in managing land resources

2nd Rank

The role of knowledge in developing a local agricultural value chain; The story of "White Gold" from Uzbekistan

3rd Rank:

Food security and the disappearance of glaciers: Impacts and adaptation options in Central Asia

2007

1st Rank:

Local and Global Knowledge on Flood Management: How Can Local Knowledge Contribute to Resilience in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam?

2nd Rank:

The anthropogenic influence on the flow regime of the Mekong - levels of awareness among scientist an population

3rd Rank:

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

1st Rank:

'Mobilizing resilience from below'. Linking institutions to actors and knowledge to decisions. A case of the Netherlands

2nd Rank:

The Dilemma of Water Allocation between Humans and Nature. A Case from Northern China.

3rd Rank:

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)

2nd Rank

What are the effects of external food aid on vulnerable and fragile states, and do methods of delivery matter?

Authors: Ermias Habte (Economist, Ethiopia), and Katja Mielke (Political Scientist, Germany)

Poverty and vulnerability

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)

3rd Rank

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)

Is the WTO Cancun a lost opportunity for "free trade" or an opportunity for more “fair trade” in the future?

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)

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