Dissertationen

 

Current dissertations:

• Kerstin Schneider M.Sc.
  kerstin-elisabeth.schneider@uni-hamburg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2022 -2025

• Louisa Schneider M.Sc.
  louisa.schneider@uni-hamburg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2021 -2024

• "Economic potential of coastal vegetative ecosystems for regional development on the German coasts" (working title)
  Sarah Rabe M.Sc.
  sarah.rabe@uni-hamburg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2021-2024

• "Regional value creation in Lower Saxony's coastal regions in the context of globalisation, resource availability, sustainability and consumer perception" (working title)
  Annika Runge
  annika.runge@hereon.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2021-2024

• "Transformative Governance im deutschen Fischereimanagement unter Klimawandelbedingungen" (working title)
  Paul Müller M.A.
  paul.mueller@uni-hamburg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2021-2024

• "Cultural importance for storm resilience on Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan" (working title)
  Hanna Yaqing Zhan M.A.
  hanna.yaqing.zhan@uni-hamburg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2020-2023

  Wind is a moving air but nothing else. However, different dimensions of wind plays a role from dancing with leaves to cause deadly damage. Coping with these moving airs such as storms, responses are differentiated from regions to countries. Aim of the doctoral dissertation is looking at the reasons what causes different reactions, especially in cultural perspective. The focus on the adaptive strategies on monsoon and typhoon in Penghu archipelago. Analyzing the motivation behind the cultural framing through islanders' perception and materialization. Revealing the response diversity to storm resilience in socio-ecological system. In the second part of the dissertation, the engage comparative research on Penghu and East Frisian island, to have a comprehensive understanding of storm resilience through the reflections of two different cultures.

• "Making New Spaces 'Institutional Risk Cultures and Climate Change Adaptation on the North German Coast" (working title)
  Lea Stumbitz M.Sc.
  lea.stumbitz@hzg.de
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Beate M. W. Ratter
  Duration: 2017-2021
  
  

Completed dissertations:

• Dr. Arne Jasper Hennig, Hamburg 02/2021: "Enablers and Barriers to Local Adaptive Capacity – A Case Study on Coastal Governance in the Maldives"

• Dr. Martin Bönewitz, Hamburg 12/2020: "Lokale Risikomündigkeit: Eine Untersuchung der Praxis des gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Naturgefahren in Ostfriesland"

• Dr. Lars Bomhauer-Beins 12/2019: "Adaptivität sozial-ökologischer Inselsysteme - Wissen, Lernen und Governance aus einer komplexitätstheoretischen Resilienzperspektive am Beispiel der Insel Abaco, Bahamas"

• Dr. Birgit Gerkensmeier, Hamburg 04/2018: "Governing Risks in a Social Process - Risk Management in the Multi Risk, Multi Scale and Multi-Stakeholder Environment of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Region"

• Dr. Vera Köpsel, Hamburg 11/2017: "New Spaces for Climate Change - The Societal Construction of Landscapes in Times of a Changing Climate"

• Dr. Daniela Siedschlag, Hamburg 06/2017: "Das Konzept Emotionale Vulnerabilität: Ein Beitrag zur Hazardforschung am Beispiel der Insel Pellworm"

• Dr. Corinna de Guttry, Hamburg 01/2017: "Crossing the borders of climate change: An analysis of cultural framings of climate change among migrants in Hamburg"

• Dr. Nicole Kruse, Hamburg 12/2016: "Klimawandel und Sturmfluten: Ein Vergleich der mentalen Modelle und Risikobewertungen zwischen Experten und Bürgern der Stadt Hamburg", Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-515-11949-8

• Dr. Maria Carmona Costa, Hamburg 12/2016: "Risk Perception and governance performance in Multi-Sector Partnerships. The case study of the Permanent Drought Commission of the Jucar River Basin"

• Dr. Diana Süsser, Hamburg 06/2016: "People-Powered Local Energy Transition: Mitigating Climate Change with Commuity-Based Renewable Enegy in North Frisia"

• Dr. Jan Carl Petzold, Hamburg 03/2016: "Social Capital, Resilience and Adaptation on Small Islands: Climate Change on the Isles of Scilly". Springer International Publishing, 2017 ISBN 978-3-319-52224-1, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52225-8 

• Dr. Barbara Weig, Hamburg 06/2015: "Komplex und evolutionär - eine wirtschaftsgeographische Analyse der Regionalentwicklung in Brunsbüttel". Springer Verlag, Springer Spektrum Research, Resilienz komplexer Regionalsysteme – Brunsbüttel zwischen lock-in und Lernprozessen, Wiesbaden, 2016, ISBN 978-3-658-12785-5, DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-12786-2_1

• Dr. Nico Stelljes, Hamburg 01/2012: "Der Einfluss des demographischen Wandels auf Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte in einer Küstenregion – Eine diskursanalytische Betrachtung der Verschränkung zweier Diskurse und die Entwicklung eines dynamischen Simulationsmodells als Beitrag zur post-normal Science"

• Dr. Cilli Sobiech, Hamburg 12/2011: "Agent-based Simulation of Vulnerability Dynamics – A Case Study of the German North Sea Coast" – ausgezeichnet mit Springer Theses Prize Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, erschienen bei Springer Berlin, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN: 978-3-642-32364-5  (Print), 978-3-642-32365-2 (Online) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-32365-2

• Dr. Tanja Michler-Cieluch, Hamburg 06/2009: "Co-Management Processes in Integrated Coastal Management. The Case of Integrating Marine Aquaculture in Offshore Wind Farms"

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