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Current PhD theses

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Valentin Aich 6/2011 needs to be specified F. Hattermann Uni Potsdam
Benjamin Bodirsky 1/2010 Policy options for sustainable agriculture within the challenges of climate change H. Lotze-Campen und A. Popp TU Berlin
Markus Böttle 7/2009
The economics of adaptation:  Derivation of a standardised assessment functions for damages and adaptation costs J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Matthias Büchner
2008 High resolution climate scenarios over East Africa for climate impact assessment studies F.W. Gerstengarbe
FU Berlin
Doreen Burdack 07/2010 Water Management Policies and its Impacts on Agricultural Production in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia H. Lotze-Campen Uni Potsdam
Tobias Conradt
2005 Challenges of regional hydrological modelling in the Elbe River basin - Investigations about model fidelity on sub-catchment level
F. Wechsung
Uni Potsdam
Luis Costa
2008 Climate Change impacts and sea-level rise: Assessing risk and potential economic consequences J. Kropp/
S. Stoll-Kleemann
Uni Potsdam
Jan Feldhoff 1/2012 needs to be specified
Samuel Fournet
2/2011
Climate change and river basin management in Africa
F. Hattermann Uni Potsdam
Martin Gutsch
2005 Modellgestützte Analyse von Eichen-Kiefern-Mischbeständen in Brandenburg mit Berücksichtigung der Wurzeltiefe und Wurzelverteilung P. Lasch Uni Potsdam
Cornelia Hesse
2005 Integrated water quality modelling in meso- to large scale river basins under uncertainty V. Krysanova Uni Potsdam
Anne Holsten 2008 Sektorale Klimawirkungsanalyse ausgewählter Regionen/Sectoral Climate Impact Assessment of Selected Regions J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Oleksandr Kit
4/2009 Climate change impacts and adaptation measures for Hyderabad as a megacity of tomorrow W. Lucht HU Berlin
Michael Krause 9/2009 Bio-physical and economic trade-offs between global agricultural and forestry land use in an integrated modelling framework H. Lotze-Campen HU Berlin
Cornelius Laaser 1/2010
Fostering effectiveness of interactions between policy and science communities. Applying knowledge brokering instruments (role playing games, group model building, scenario planning) in the context of climate change impacts at the regional water management level V. Krysanova Uni Hamburg
Stefan Lange 2/2012 Climate simulations with CCLM with various states of the Amazon rainforest J. Volkholz HU Berlin
Jascha Lehmann needs to be specified
Tabea Lissner 2008
Integrated Analysis of impact-dependent parameters for adaptation J. Kropp HU Berlin
Julia Lutz 5/2010
Regional climate modelling in the Mediterranean Basin using the statistical regional climate model STAR F.W. Gerstengarbe HU Berlin
Christoph Menz
8/2009
Regional climate modelling for Asia using CCLM and STAR
F.W. Gerstengarbe HU Berlin
Jacob Möhring 3/2010
Economic estimation of adaptation options to climate and socioeconomic change in the Guanting Basin in the Peoples Republic of China with focus on agriculture and forestry. F. Wechsung TU Berlin
Mady Olonscheck
2010
A country comparison of the sectoral energy consumption and the related CO2 emissions. J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Christian Pape
2009 Formalising adaptation: defining efficiency measures for action J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Mahé Perette 10/2010 Probabilistic sea-level projection at global and regional scale S. Rahmstorf Uni Potsdam
Prajal Pradhan 2009
Ecosystem services in marginal areas and climate extremes J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Boris Prahl
7/2009
Assessing climate-change-induced trends in insurance risks J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Julia Reinhardt 5/2011 needs to be specified V. Krysanova Uni Potsdam
Christopher Reyer
8/2009
Sustainable forest productivity under global change: Analysis of model results and uncertainties, drivers of change, and adaptation options. P. Lasch
W. Lucht
HU Berlin
Michael Roers 9/2011 Klimacheck der Maßnahmenplanung in der Elbe zur EU-WRRL mit der Elbe-Expert Toolbox F. Wechsung open
Olivia Roithmeier
12/2009 Klimawirkungsanalyse ausgewählter Umweltsektoren auf regionaler Ebene/
Climate change impact assessment of selected environmental sectors on regional scale
J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Christoph Schmitz 07/2009 Driving forces behind the global food system - The future impact of technological change and international trade H. Lotze-Campen HU Berlin/Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Economics
Sebastian Schubert
2009 Modelling of Urban Surfaces in the COSMO/CLM model F.W. Gerstengarbe FU Berlin
Judith Stagl 9/2010
Climate change and nature reserves
F. Hattermann Uni Potsdam
Anastassi Stefanova 01/2012 needs to be specified V. Krysanova Uni Potsdam
Till Sterzel
2008 Analysis of vulnerability patterns and their integration into a spatially explicit web platform for adaptation information J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Bastian Stößel 5/2010
Statistische Analyse und Modellierung des klimaabhängigen Auftretens von Schaderreger und Krankheiten in der landwirtschaftlichen Pflanzenproduktion
F. Wechsung
Uni Halle
Julia Tecklenburg 7/2010
Climate change in subsaharian Africa
F. Hattermann/ A. Bronstert Uni Potsdam
Vera Tekken 2007
Climate Change and adaptation: Regional taxonomy of physical and socioeconomic pressures in Mediterranean North East Morocco (moved to Uni Greifswald)
J. Kropp/
S. Stoll-Kleemann
Uni Greifswald
Katharina Waha 11/2008 Application of a global vegetation model (LPJmL) for assessing climate change impacts on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. W. Cramer Uni Potsdam
Isabell Weindl 5/2011 Livestock Futures and the Multicurrency of Impacts: Thoughts on Sustainability H. Lotze-Campen, W. Lucht HU Berlin
Tobias Weiss 2009
Usage of web and geospatial web technologies for efficient decision support J. Kropp Uni Potsdam
Jana Werg 2010
Urban dwellers, natural hazards and climate change
- Cognitive, economic and governance indicators for assessing vulnerabilities and building resilient cities
J. Kropp HU Berlin
Michel Wortmann 1/2012 needs to be specified V. Krysanova University College London