Teaching
The Chair of Climate Geography contributes in particular to the courses offered in the field of physical geography for the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in geography, but also offers numerous interfaces, especially with the Faculty’s natural science programs. In addition to the basics of climate geography and general physical geography, quantitative methods such as scientific programming with Python and other programming languages as well as the use of geoinformation systems are taught. On shorter and longer excursions, processes and connections are examined in the field and geographical thinking is sharpened. In addition to general climatology, the thematic focus is on mountain regions and natural hazards and risk. In addition to the subject matter, emphasis is placed on developing students’ independence and their ability to reflect and make critical judgments.
Offered Courses
Bachelor and Master Theses in CliG
If you are interested in writing your Bachelor or Master thesis in the field of climate geography, fell free to contact us as CLIG directly to discuss potential topics.
Past Bachelor Theses
- Simulation von Kaltluftabflüssen im Münstertal. Welche Wirkung haben Kaltluftabflüsse auf die thermischen Bedingungen der Stadt Staufen im Breisgau? (2025)
- Extremwetterereignisse in den Alpen: Eine Analyse von Topografie und Wetterlage (2025)
- Folgen des Klimawandels für den Wintertourismus am Feldberg (2025)
- Bildung für den Klimaschutz: Klimawandelkommunikation für Schüler*innen, visuelle Darstellungen und ihre Umsetzung in einem Konzept für Studieninteressierte (2025)
- Der Einfluss des Föhneffektes auf Abflusswerte in den Alpen. Eine Analyse Schweizer Standorte mit besonderem Blick auf die Schneeschmelze (2024)
- Analyse des Anpassungsprozesses und der Maßnahmen basierend auf dem Klimafolgenanpassungskonzept Pforzheims (2024)
- Betrachtung der Polarlichter: Klimaeinflüsse und Auswirkungen auf den Tourismus (2024)
- Räumliche Muster von und soziale Vulnerabilität durch Starkniederschläge im Großraum Freiburg (2024)
- Patterns of Severe Convective Weather in the Western Alpine Region. A Climatology of Clustered Hailstorm Types (2023)
- Physical vulnerabilities in mountain communities – A comparison of physical vulnerabilities in mountain communities in the European Alps and the Himalayan region to landslides and debris flows (2023)
Past Master Theses
- How do different precipitation patterns influence the mass balance of glaciers? (2025)
Master theses with first supervision at other Chairs
- Debris Flow Dynamics in the Swiss Alps – Linking Natural Hazards to Large-Scale Weather Patterns, Precipiation Variability, and Seasonal Impacts (2025, with Chair of Geomorphology)
- Assessing the Adaptive Capacity of Municipal Preschools to Heat Waves in Two Coastal Cities in the Brazilian Northeast: João Pessoa and Recife (2025, with Chair of Environmental Meteorology)
- Spatio-temporal shifts of seasonal vegetation cycles in Europe (2025, with Chair of Modelling of Biogeochemical Systems)
- Atmospheric Influences on Permafrost in the Argentine Andes: A Comparison of MODIS Data and Local Observations (2024)
- Einfach vulnerabel? Die Integration des Faktors Vulnerabilität in Hochwasserrisikobeurteilungen
- Characterizing Rock Glaciers in the Central Andes under a Changing Climate using Grain Size Distribution and Remote Sensing
- On the Frontlines of Climate Disasters – Exploring Women´s Intersectional Vulnerabilities to Extreme Weather Events in Loíza, Puerto Rico (2024, with Chair of Political geography)
- Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf den SPI und den SPEI im Einzugsgebiet der Wieslauter im Rahmen des Interreg-Projektes RiverDiv (2024, with Chair of Physical Geography)
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