Prize for the Best Master’s Theses

Each year, Faculty VI awards a prize of at least 150 euros to the best final thesis in each of its degree programs. Master’s theses submitted between 1 October and 30 September of the following year are eligible. Recipients are nominated by their degree programs and confirmed by the Faculty Board of Faculty VI. In addition to the prize money, they also receive a certificate for their achievement.

Architecture, M.Sc.

2022: Moritz Henes and Daniel Geistlinger - “Neighbourwood”

2021: Max Blake - "Hubertuskrone"

Architecture - Typology, M.Sc.

2022: Katrina Malinski - “Co-Housing on the Periphery”

Environmental Planning, M.Sc.

2022: Alina Langkau - “Cutting red tape for climate - greenwashing in the discourse on climate protection and streamlining impact assessment?”

2021: Charlotte Collins - "Urban Green Space Interaction and Wellbeing – Investigating the Experience of International Students in Berlin during the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, M.Sc.

2021: Timothy Davis - "Random forest similarity measures for the semantic analysis of remote sensing images"

Geotechnology, M.Sc.

2022: Henrik Prell - “Crystal structure variations and opto-electronic properties of alkali doped kesterite-type semiconductors”

2021: Alexander Zech - "Severe Meteorological Events in Jena, Thuringia: Geophysical Investigation on the Seismological Footprint at the Geodynamic Observatory Moxa"

Building Archeology and Heritage Conservation, M.Sc.

2022: Léa Venezia Lorenza Geisler - “Das sog. Untere Westliche Gymnasion von Pergamon”

2021: Bruno Torres Suñén - "Der Kiosk am Steinplatz (Berlin) von Alfred Grenander"

Landscape Architecture, M.Sc.

2022: Anne Arndt - “Projektionen Seddiner See”
and Kay Mangelsdorf - “Reuse Heimathafen - Umbaustrategie zur Nachnutzung des ehemaligen Fischereihafens Friedrichskoog”

2021: Karoline Haerter - "Pocket Forests as green strategy to increase resilience for future challenges in suburban Melbourne"

Ecology and Environmental Planning, M.Sc.

2022: Frederik Sorbe - “Maxent Modeling to Predict the Potential Distribution of Ulex europaeus and Rubus ulmifolius in Chile under Changing Climate Conditions”

2021: Corinne Meunier - "Für Umwelt und Natur im digitalen Dialog: Anforderungen an Akteure des Umwelt- und Naturschutzes in den Sozialen Netzwerken – Das Beispiel des Facebook-Auftritts des Umweltbundesamtes"

Sociology and Technology Studies, M.A.

2022: Ann-Katrin Kastberg - “Antifeminismus und das Konzept des ‘autoritären Charakters.’ Überlegungen zum Potenzial der frühen Kritischen Theorie für die gegenwärtige Antifeminismusforschung”

2021: Nina Meier - "Refigurierte Gelder. Raumlogiken monetärer Ordnungen"

Urban Ecosystem Sciences, M.Sc.

2022: Laura Tams - “Rethinking Nature Based Solutions. The potential of natural recycled green roof materials to improve their ecological footprint”

2021: Marius Grabow - "Integrating camera trap data and presence-only observations to model Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) occurrence along an urbanisation gradient"

Urban and Regional Planning, M.Sc.

2022: Lisa Lorain Selmar - “Alternative Eigentumsmodelle in der postneoliberalen Stadt – eine Untersuchung am Beispiel des Bezirks Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg von Berlin”

2021: Alexander Dickow - "Der sektorale Bebauungsplan Wohnen gemäß §9 Absatz 2d BauGB-E"

Urban Design, M.Sc.

2022: Evelina Faliagka - “The Thessalian Campos in the era of the Plantationocene. Agricultural Policies, Multispecies Exhaustion and the Shift Towards a Landscape of Care”

2021: Christina Krampokouki - "Hybrid Landscapes and Bioprocessing in the Lausitz Region"
and Andreas Horn -"Nahrungsmittelproduktion am Potsdamer Platz - Ressourcenkreisläufe im Quartier gestalten"