First Cohort of Environment and Society Doctoral Students Awarded Final Certificates

Yesterday the first cohort from the RCC's Environment and Society doctoral program were awarded their final certificates. The RCC congratulates the eight successful graduates on completing outstanding dissertations in a short time. The candidates, their dissertations titles, and their supervisors are as follows:

• Dania Achermann. Von der Deutschen Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug zum Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre: Wandel und Kontinuitäten institutioneller Identitäten. (Prof. Dr. Helmuth Trischler, Prof. Dr. Matthias Heymann - Cotutelle Agreement with Aarhus University)
• Tim Aevermann. Monetäre Bewertung urbaner Ecosystem Services am Beispiel der Fallstudie Schlosspark Nymphenburg, München. Analyse aus ökologisch-ökonomischer Perspektive. (Prof. Dr. Wolfram Mauser, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude)
• Ewald Blocher. Der Wasserbaustaat. Die Transformation des Nils und die Konstruktion des modernen Ägyptens, 1882-1971. (Prof. Dr. Martin H. Geyer, Prof. Dr. Helmuth Trischler)
• Agnes Kneitz. Literatur - Geschichte - Natur: Reflexionen zu Umweltgerechtigkeit und Umweltbewusstsein im Roman des 19. Jahrhunderts. (Prof. Dr. Christof Mauch, PD Dr. Uwe Lübken, Prof. Dr. Jens Kersten, Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer, Prof. Dr. Alexa Weik von Mossner)
• Felix Mauch. Erinnerungsfluten. Das Sturmhochwasser von 1962 im Gedächtnis der Stadt Hamburg (Prof. Dr. Helmuth Trischler, PD Dr. Uwe Lübken)
• Antonia Mehnert. Climate Change Fictions: Representations of Global Warming in American Literature. (Prof. Dr. Christof Mauch, Prof. Dr. Sylvia Mayer, Prof. Dr. Alexa Weik von Mossner)
• Angelika Möller. Grüne Stadt New York: Freizeit und Freiraum in der Metropole. (Prof. Dr. Christof Mauch)
• Anahí Urquiza. Chilean Model of Water Management in the Context of Water Stress: Sociocultural Conditions and Vulnerability to Climate Change. (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Gill, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Mauser)

The RCC would particularly like to thank Antonia Mehnert for her outstanding work as speaker for the doctoral students during the past academic year.

We look forward to many more successful graduates from the doctoral program in the years to come.