Student projects
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Student projects
Master projects (30 ECTS) aim to develop deeper knowledge, understanding, and capabilities on a topic related to the student’s program of study. They aim to demonstrate the ability to conduct independent work in research or development.
Semester projects (4 ECTS/10 ECTS) aim to plan and carry out an interdisciplinary project, explore research questions in a wider context, identify and structure the problem systematically, and become aware of and deal with the challenges of interdisciplinary work.
Applications welcome
We are always looking for highly motivated and engaged students to join our team. Beyond the open projects listed below, we welcome applications from students interested in developing their own project topics related to sustainability assessment, urban metabolism, material flow analysis, and energy transition.
To best evaluate how your skills and research interests align with our laboratory’s objectives, please send a CV along with a brief project proposal to Prof. Claudia Binder [email protected].
In your proposal, please outline the specific issues or topics you want to tackle, your core research questions, and the methodologies you plan to implement. Providing these details allows us to match you effectively with an ongoing project and a supervisor.
We look forward to discussing potential project and collaboration opportunities with you.
Open student projects
Exploring triggers, co-adoption patterns, and spatial contexts in the residential building sector ([email protected])
Urban resilience at the international level: Using the global human settlement area data for analyzing urban resilience across continents ([email protected])
Urban metabolism revisited: Quantifying urban stocks of durables and simulating circularity scenarios ([email protected])
Sequencing in urban transitions: Analyzing the role of time in urban transitions ([email protected])
A social-ecological typology of civic nature-based solutions in cities ([email protected])
Improving urban land surface temperature mapping: Comparing thermal sharpening methods ([email protected])
Specialization project for the Master in Urban Systems (MUS)
Supply-side interventions and behavioral options in urban provisioning systems: Developing a database and assessment framework for cities ([email protected])
Co-living for urban sufficiency: Identifying regulative and institutional barriers, and well-being impacts of new housing models ([email protected])