Teaching

Based on the research conducted by the research group, teaching activities include theoretical and applied approaches in ecohydrology, water resources management, water in global change, and natural hazards and risks. Ongoing and completed courses, as well as thematic impressions for Master's and Bachelor's theses that can be conducted in the research group, are listed below.

Teaching focus:

  • Ecohydrology
  • Human-Water Sytems
  • Water resources management
  • Natural hazards and risks
  • Global Change
  • Inter- und transdisziplinäry methods
  • Szenario- & system analyses
  • Project planning skills
  • Application of Geographical Information Systems

 

In teaching, the RG is actively represented in all courses offered at the GIUB. The courses include topics such as sustainable water management or flood risk management, inter- and transdiciplinary methods, modeling in water management, field internships and excursions, and more.

Excursion at the Glorer Hütte, Austria
© Pamukçu Albers

Current and previous courses

Topics for Bachelor and Master theses

Current and previous courses

Courses of Winter 2022/2023

Bachelor Geography:

  • B0: Physische Geographie des Bonner Raums (Exkursion) (Katja Höreth)
  • B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
  • B8a: Introduction of GIS in Hydrology (Seminar) (Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)


Master Geography und UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M2/JM3: Scenario Analysis (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M3/6: Wasser im Anthropozän (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
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© Pamukçu Albers

Previous courses

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Advanced physical geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu Albers)
  • B9/B5: Regionale Geographie & Räumliche Planung (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Winfried Schenk, Prof. Dr. Claus-Christian Wiegandt)
  • B10: Havel, Elbe, Hamburg - Wasser verbindet (Exkursion) (Katja Höreth)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M4/JM6: Resiliente Wassersysteme im Klimawandel – das Beispiel Bonn (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M9: Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B0: Kottenforst (Exkursion) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B0: Rheinterrassen (Exkursion) (Dr. Kristian Näschen)
  • B1: Einführung in die Physische Geographie (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Herget, Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler, Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau I - II (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)


Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M1: Studienrihtungen der Physische Geographie (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Herget, Prof. Dr. Julian Klaus, Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zumbroich)
  • M2b/JM3: Methods for transdiciplinary research (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M3/M6: Wassersysteme im (Klima-)Wandel (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M9/JM12: Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau I - II (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B2: Geländepraktikum (Claudia Schepp)
  • B8a: Einführung in die Methoden der Gewässerbewertung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B9/B5: Regionale Geographie & Räumliche Planung (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Winfried Schenk, Prof. Dr. Claus-Christian Wiegandt)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M2b: Landschaftsanalyse und -bewertung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B0: Kottenforst I, NEU: Erkundung Bonn und Umgebung (Exkursion) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B1: Einführung in die Physische Geographie (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Herget, Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler, Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott)
  • B2: Geländepraktikum Physische Geographie (Geländepraktikum) (Claudia Schepp)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Kristian Näschen)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M1: Studienrichtungen der Physische Geographie (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M1: Wasserforschung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M3c/M6c: Hydrologie und Wassermanagement (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M9: Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Kristian Näschen)
  • B2: Geländepraktikum Physische Geographie (Geländepraktikum) (Claudia Schepp) 
  • B8a: Einführung in Methoden der Gewässerbewertung (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B11: Anthropogene Belastung von regionalen Gewässern (Projektseminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Kolloquium) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)


Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M2b: Landschaftsanalyse und -bewertung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M2b: Umwelt, Klima und Mensch im Quartär (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • M4c/JM6/JM7: Future Human-Water-Systems (Projektseminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M9: Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B1: Einführung in die Physische Geographie (Vorlesung) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Herget, Prof. Dr. Jörg Löffler, Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau - Weiterführung Seminar (Weiterführung Höllermann) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M3c/M6c: Globale Wasserrisiken. Analysen, Daten und Methoden zur Zustandserfassung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • M5: La Gomera (Seminar und Exkursion) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M9: Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B8a: Participatory Vulnerability mapping using GIS (Seminar)(Dr. Adrian Almoradie)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau - Weiterführung Seminar (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau - Weiterführung Seminar (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B5a: Einführung in Holozäne Mensch-Umwelt Dynamiken (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B9: Kottenforst (Exkursion) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B9: Bonner Bäche - Fluvial geprägter Naturraum Bonn (Exkursion) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M1: Orientierungsseminar Wasser (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M1: Sustainability reloaded. Aktuelle Diskurse, Entwicklungen und Methoden in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Prof. Dr. Claus-Christian Wiegandt)
  • M1: Wasserforschung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M2b/JM3: Flood risk analysis and mapping - quantitative and qualitative Analysis (Seminar)(Dr. Adrian Almoradie)
  • M3c: Hydrologie und Wasserressourcenmanagement (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Simone Giertz)

Bachelor Geography:

  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Henrik Bours)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
  • B2: Physische Geographie Aufbau (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B8a: Introduction to GIS Open Source Floodmodelling (Dr. Adrian Almoradie)
  • B9: Bonner Bäche - Fluvial geprägter Naturraum Bonn (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Kolloquium) (Dr. Linda Taft)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M4c/JM6/JM7: Socio-Hydrological Risks (Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • Kolloquium zur Masterarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
     

Bachelor Geography:

  • B9: Bonner Bäche - Fluvial geprägter Naturraum Bonn I - IV (Exkursion) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
  • B9: Leben am Fluss - Mensch-Umwelt-Dynamiken an Sieg und Rhein I (Exkursion) (Henrik Bours)
  • B13: Seminar zur Bachelorarbeit (Kolloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
     

Master Geography and UNU-Master "Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security":

  • M1: Orientierungsseminar Wasser (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M1: Einführung in die wasserbezogene Forschung (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M2a/JM3: Methods in inter- and transdisciplinary research (Seminar) (Dr. Adrian Almoradie, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
  • M3c: Wasserressourcenmanagement (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Bernd Diekkrüger, Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)

Photos from the excursion 'Havel, Elbe, Hamburg - Water connects' 2022 for the Bachelor of Geography

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© Höreth
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© Höreth
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© Höreth

Topics for Bachelor and Master theses

Are you interested in writing your bachelor or master thesis in our group? Then you are invited to contact Prof. Dr. Evers.

In the following, both general topics and specific topics are listed for empirical (field work or GIS based) and theoretical (literature based) BSc and MSc theses in our group. Please note that the topics are given in English here, but thesis can be written in English or German.

General topics

  • Eco-hydrology (Evers)

  • River basin and water resources management (Evers)

  • Hydrological natural hazards and risk management (Evers)

  • Sustainable water management in the context of human-environment relations (Evers)

  • Scenario & system analyses (Evers)

  • Integrative and transdisciplinary collaboration in hydrological contexts (Evers)

  • Hydrological modeling and GIS in hydrological analysis (Evers)

  • Forest hydrology (modelling and management) (Pamukcu Albers)

  • Ecological restoration and nature based solutions (Pamukcu Albers)

  • Carbon sequestration and emissions (Pamukcu Albers)

  • Ecosystem services (Pamukcu Albers)

  • Urban resilience through green-blue infrastructure (Pamukcu Albers)

Specific topics

    Bachelor theses

    • Potentials of Natural Climate Protection (Literature Analysis) (Evers)
    • Effects of rice cultivation on water quality and quantity (Evers)
    • Development of drought events in Germany (Evers)
    • Potential for the production of hydrogen (also suitable as MA) (Evers)
    • Vulnerability due to drought - which factors are particularly relevant? (Evers)
    • Hydrological and ecological system (incl. spatio-temporal networks) in wetlands

    • Positive and negative ecological aspects of landscape change of floodplains

    • Flood-related challenges at different watershed scales in Germany (literature review and questionnaire)

    • Transboundary flood resilience (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Flood/drought modelling in data scarce watersheds at different scales (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies regarding water (Pamukcu Albers)

       

    Master theses

    • The implementation of the sponge city principle using the example of Bonn (or other cities) (Evers)
    • Ecosystem services of the Siegaue (or other floodplains in Germany/Europe) (Evers)
    • Effects of the sponge city principle on ecosystem services (Evers)
    • Natural climate protection - potentials of renaturation measures. (Evers)
    • Interactions Natural climate protection in changing ecosystems. (Evers)
    • Natural climate protection - potential for minimizing drought and floods (example: a river basin) (Evers)
    • Potential for production of hydrogen (regional/global) (Evers)
    • Holistic vulnerability analysis using the example of the Ahr valley (o.a. other river basins) (Evers)
    • When is a flood a flood? When is a drought a drought? Definition of hydro-meteorological extremes from an affected person's point of view / risk approach (Evers)
    • Factors influencing the resilience of toxic floods (Evers)
    • Vulnerability to drought - which factors are particularly relevant? (Evers)
    • Forest hydrology (hydrological functions of forests and interactions with geography) (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Impacts of landscape fragmentation and connectivity on hydrological system (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Ecological restoration and nature based solutions (renaturation of floodplains) (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Soil and biomass carbon stock accounting and mapping in different ecosystems (Pamukcu Albers)

    • SWAT hydrological modelling (Pamukcu Albers)

    • Enhancing urban resilience to hydro-meteorological risk through green-blue infrastructure (Pamukcu Albers)

     Status January 2023

    Topics include:

    Eco-hydrology 

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    © Pamukçu Albers

    Water resources management

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    © Ntajal

    Human-water relations

    K_Hoereth_2022_Nadelwehr_Havel.JPG
    © Höreth

    Natural hazards and risks

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    © Ntajal
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