Term papers
Interdisciplinary term papers are written at the end of the interdisciplinary course in teams of 2-3 doctoral students from different countries and disciplines. The topics of each term paper usually tackle an area which is essential for the doctoral thesis.
The best term papers and their respective authors of the previous academic years are listed below.
2019
1st
Title: Up around the bend? How transport poverty can lead to social exclusion in Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Andre Bueno Rezende de Castro, Abby Daniela Ortega Sandoval, Genevieve Odamtten
2nd
Authors: Franciska Geiger, Yauheniya Shershunovich, Klara Dzhakypbekova
2018
1st
Title: Effects of climate on dengue transmission and its economic costs for the Brazilian States
Authors: Fernanda Silva Martinelli, Emily Amondo, Kinsley Nnaemeka Ogbu
2017
1st
Title: Swallow birds. Challenges and opportunities of circular migration
Authors: Juliana Minetto Gellert Paris, Pallavi Rajkhowa, Anna Brückner
2nd
Title: Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in agriculture: Policies analysis of the last ten years
Authors: Merveille Koissi Savi, John Ndungu, Jéssica Francine Felappi
2015
1st
Title: Internal displacement and the reemergence of polio during the Syrian conflict: A descriptive analysis
Authors: Anis Fellahi, Gohar Ghazaryan, Stephanie Ocampo Sangalang, Gabisel Barsallo Alvarado
2nd
Title: Coping with the Floods - Evaluation of Adaptation Technologies for Agriculture in Bangladesh
Authors: Sebastian Forneck, Gabriel Ponzoni Frey, Florent Noulekoun, Md. Fuad Hassan
2014
1st
Authors: Galia Figueroa Alfonso, Cesar Canon Barriga, Kokou Adambounou Amouzou
2nd
Authors: Getachew Legese Feye, Daniel Tutu Benefoh, Pablo Ernesto Evia Salas
2013
1st
Title: Can agricultural yield growth keep track with the worldwide population growth? - A global assessment of supply and demand side drivers affecting food security
Authors: Jan Brockhaus, Amir Hossein Mahrookashani, Hernaude Agosso
2012
1st
Title: Analyzing the trade-offs of wastewater re use in agriculture: An Analytical framework
Authors: Philippa Kanyoka, Tamer Eshtawi
2nd
Authors: Dominik Gilgenbach, Charles Yaw Okyere, Yira Yacouba
3rd
Authors: Hugo Rosa da Conceicao, Muhammad Abdella Usman, Janina Kleemann
2011
1st
Title: Implication of Climate Change on Crop Yield and Food Accessibility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Oyiga Benedict Chijioke, Mekbib Haile, Christine Waschkeit
2nd
Title: Between hope and hype: Traditional knowledge(s) held by marginal communities
Authors: Rapti Siriwardane, Sarah Winands
2010
1st
Authors: Adam Blake, Margarita Quiros Garzon
2nd
Title: Impact of climate change on price instability of agricultural products and food security
Authors: Begzod Djalilov, Christine Ladenburger, José Luis Viveros Añorve
2009
1st
Title: The role of fences in managing land resources
Authors: Girma Kelboro, Manh Quyet Vu
2nd
Authors: Fara Purwaningrum, Maksud Beckhanov, Alejandra Sepulveda
3rd
Title: Food security and the disapperances of glaciers
Authors: Shimeles Damene Shiene, Alisher Mirzabaev
2007
1st
Author: Judith Ehlert
2nd
Author: José Miguel Martins Delgado
3rd
Title: Flood management and development planning: The Allocation of Risk in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Author: Nadine Reis
Title: Generation of New Knowledge: Value and Valuation of the Local Conditions in Vietnam
Author: Tanjana Bauer
2006
1st
Authors: Philine Oft, William Tsuma
2nd
Title: The Dilemma of Water Allocation between Humans and Nature. A Case from Northern China.
Authors: Patricia Woedem Aidam, Jennifer Hauck
3rd
Title: Social-mix policy approaches to urban segregation in Europe and the United States
Authors: Flavia da Fonseca Feitosa, Anna Wissmann
2005
1st
Title: Protected Areas in Pandemonium: Will optimisation of different values lead to sustainability?
Authors: Devesh Rustagi, Jaqueline Garcia-Yi
2nd
Authors: Ermias Habte, Katja Mielke
Title: Poverty and vulnerability
Authors: Donald Makoka Marcus Kaplan
3rd
Title: The role of green water in food trade
Authors: Emmanuel Obuobie, Paul Mwangi Gachanja, Andréa Cristina Dörr
2004
1st
Title: A weaker partner": Why the 'soft' sciences lose out in interdisciplinary research
Authors: Ralf Thorsten Arnold, Caleb Wall
2nd
Title: Commonalities between Cultural and Bio-Diversity
Authors: Marina Maiero, Xiaomeng Shen
3rd
Title: Vulnerability and poverty: What are the causes and how are they related?
Authors: Damas Philip, Israt Rayhan
Title: Sustainable resource use - sustainable development: a contradiction?
Authors: Adelina Maia Mensah, Luciana Camargo Castro
Title: Does decentralization have a positive impact on the use of natural resources?
Authors: Abdeljalil Elsageer Ahmed, Jonathan Stephen Mbwambo
2003
1st
Title: Problems and prospects in utilizing international water resources: The case of river Nile
Authors: Jean-Pierre Sandwidi, Alexander Stein
2nd
Title: Transboundary projected areas for nature conservation - benefits and obstacles
Authors: Tobias Wünscher, René Thomás Capotes Fuentes
Authors: Tamer Afifi, Shilpi Saxena, Sebastian Scholz
Title: Do the Poor Need Democracy? Tracing the debate on the factors which encourage pro poor development
Authors: Stefan Blum, Ricardo José Rocha Guimaraes