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.
Current and previous courses
Topics for Bachelor and Master theses
Winter 2024/2025
Bachelor Geography:
- B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Katja Höreth)
- B1: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
- B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth)
Master Geography:
- M1: Fields of study in Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
- M1: Water Research (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
- M3: Water management - instruments for climate mitigation and adaptation (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
- M5: France (Excursion preparation seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
- M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Previous courses
Bachelor Geography:
B2: Field practical in the Katzbach valley (Field trip) (Katja Höreth, Mark Tuschen)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
Master Geography:
M2: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
Bachelor Geography:
B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Katja Höreth)
B1: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Mark Tuschen)
B8a: Introduction of GIS in Hydrology (Seminar) (Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
B15: Introduction of Conservation and Management of Water Resources (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
Compulsory elective: Regional Geography of Ghana – the physical characteristics, socio-economic, governance, and cultural scape of Ghana (Seminar) (Dr. Joshua Ntajal)
Master Geography:
M1: Fields of study in Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B2: Field practical in the Katzbach valley (Field trip) (Katja Höreth & Mark Tuschen)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
B8: Introduction to Hydrological Modeling (Seminar) (Dr. Rholan Houngue)
B9: Regional Geography & Spatial Planning (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B11: Landscape analysis and assessment (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers & Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
Master Geography:
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B0: Physical Geography of the Bonn area (Field trip) (Katja Höreth)
B1: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
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":
M1: Fields of study in Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M2/JM3: Scenario Analysis (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M3/6: Water in the Anthropocene (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
B9: Regional Geography & Spatial Planning (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B10: 7-day excursion ‘Havel, Elbe, Hamburg - water connects’ (Field trip) (Katja Höreth)
Master Geography:
M4: Resilient water systems in a changing climate - the example of Bonn (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers & Dr. Pinar Pamukçu-Albers)
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Dr. Linda Taft)
B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Dr. Kristian Näschen)
B1: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
Master Geograpy:
M1: Fields of study in Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M2: Methods for transdiciplinary research (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M3: Water systems under (climate) change (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
B2: Field practical (Field trip) (Claudia Schepp)
B8a: Introduction to water assessment methods (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
B9: Regional Geography & Spatial Planning (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B13: Seminar on the bachelor thesis (Seminar) (Dr. Britta Höllermann)
Master Geography:
M2: Landscape analysis and assessment (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M6: Global water risks (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Katja Höreth)
B0: 1-day excursion Physical Geography (Field trip) (Dr. Linda Taft)
B1: Introduction to Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth)
Master Geography:
M1: Water Research (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M1: Fields of study in Physical Geography (Lecture) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M3/6: Hydrology and Water Management (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Bachelor Geography:
B2: Advanced Physical Geography (Seminar) (Katja Höreth, Kristian Näschen)
B8a: Introduction to water assessment methods (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
B11: Anthropogenic pollution of regional waters (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
Master Geography:
M2b: Landscape analysis and assessment (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M2b: Environment, climate and humans in the Quaternary (Seminar) (Dr. Linda Taft)
M4 / JM6/JM: Future Human-Water-Systems (Seminar) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M5: La Gomera (Field trip) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
M9: Master thesis colloquium (Colloquium) (Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers)
Photos from the excursion 'Havel, Elbe, Hamburg - Water connects' 2022 for the Bachelor of Geography
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
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Eco-hydrology (Evers)
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River basin and water resources management (Evers)
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Hydrological natural hazards and risk management (Evers)
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Sustainable water management in the context of human-environment relations (Evers)
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Scenario & system analyses (Evers)
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Integrative and transdisciplinary collaboration in hydrological contexts (Evers)
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Hydrological modeling and GIS in hydrological analysis (Evers)
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Forest hydrology (modelling and management) (Pamukcu Albers)
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Ecological restoration and nature based solutions (Pamukcu Albers)
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Carbon sequestration and emissions (Pamukcu Albers)
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Ecosystem services (Pamukcu Albers)
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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)
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Hydrological and ecological system (incl. spatio-temporal networks) in wetlands
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Positive and negative ecological aspects of landscape change of floodplains
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Flood-related challenges at different watershed scales in Germany (literature review and questionnaire)
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Transboundary flood resilience (Pamukcu Albers)
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Flood/drought modelling in data scarce watersheds at different scales (Pamukcu Albers)
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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)
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Forest hydrology (hydrological functions of forests and interactions with geography) (Pamukcu Albers)
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Impacts of landscape fragmentation and connectivity on hydrological system (Pamukcu Albers)
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Ecological restoration and nature based solutions (renaturation of floodplains) (Pamukcu Albers)
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Soil and biomass carbon stock accounting and mapping in different ecosystems (Pamukcu Albers)
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SWAT hydrological modelling (Pamukcu Albers)
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Enhancing urban resilience to hydro-meteorological risk through green-blue infrastructure (Pamukcu Albers)
Status January 2023
Topics include:
Eco-hydrology
Water resources management
Human-water relations
Natural hazards and risks
