After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
- critically engage with issues of European spatial development, mutliscal development and data availability in the context of urban and regional research.
- delineate a topic area in a workable manner
- present the core findings of the existing literature on the subject area
- identify relevant data sources and process them statistically and cartographically
- develop a clear research question
- select research methods appropriate to the research question (e.g. statistical analyses, spatial visualisations, qualitative analyses, theoretical work, ...)
- analyse the results of their research work
- independently write a scientific paper according to generally accepted scientific criteria
European development is increasingly integrated, both spatially and politically. In the past decades, the possibilities of European spatial observation have therefore also increased. In this seminar we will focus on these available data sources. Furthermore, we will focus on questions of European influence on spatial development on the ground.
Possible foci for the bachelor thesis can be, but are not limited to: the influence of European policies, trends in spatial development, comparative spatial analysis.
Bachelor's theses can be written both as theory or literature work and as empirical work, for example in the context of a case study.
Examples of basic literature:
Atteslander, Peter, et al. Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. 14., neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Schmidt, Erich, 2023.
Egner. Theoretische Geographie. WBG, Wiss. Buch-Ges., 2010.
Pfaffenbach,Carmella & Reuber, Paul . Methoden der empirischen Humangeographie. Westermann, 2005.
Weber, Karsten. Einführung in die Erkenntnis-und Wissenschaftstheorie. Frankfurt/Oder 2004.
