Master projects
Period: 4th semester Master (summer term)
Duration: 12 weeks
Participants: 3-5 students
The Master project serves for the analysis of current problems in urban and regional development. During this process, problem-oriented strategies and concepts as well as strategies for implementation should be developed and evaluated. Besides this, concrete practice-oriented solutions should be pointed out. Thereby the students demonstrate their ability to work on their own and prove key skills such as their ability for communication and cooperation, presentation, project management and moderation of working groups. It also improves their skills in scientific working and writing which serves as a preparation for the Master’s thesis.
Completed Master projects:
Summer term 2022:
Summer term 2019:
Summer term 2018:
Collaborative Gardening for the revitalization of cities - the example of Guadalajara/Mexico
Summer term 2017:
Summer term 2015:
International comparison of bicycle sharing systems: MVGmeinRad (Mainz) and vcub (Bordeaux)
Summer term 2014:
Shrinking Smart – revitalizing Flint to cope with the spatial effects of urban decline
Summer term 2013:
Cross-border cooperation using the example of the cooperation area “Grünmetropole