Student Work

Here you’ll find summaries and author reflections of environmental bachelor and master theses, as well as PhDs.

If you would like to share your work, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Youth Living in Auckland: Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and the Factors Affecting their Actions
Youth in Auckland display concern towards climate change and are inclined to reduce their carbon footprint by taking action. However, Read more
Economic Framing Dominates Climate Policy Reporting: A Fifty-State Analysis
This paper analyses the framing of the leading state-level climate change mitigation policy in the USA, renewable portfolio standards, in Read more
Assessing livestock farmers' ecological knowledge and adaptation to climate and environmental change in arid regions of South Africa
Even with challenges to climate change projections at small scales, livestock farmers in local communities use their experience, observations, and Read more
Plastic Pollution and Climate Change
Title of thesis/research question: Is plastic pollution a distraction from climate change?: A study of pro-environmental behavior spillover from action Read more
Non-Refoulement and Environmental Degradation: Examining the Entry Points and Improving Access to Protection
If climate change is a threat to human rights, then it is also a reasonably foreseeable driver of migration. This Read more
Arctic Ozone Depletion Event of 2020
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere is associated with the accumulation of substances which delete ozone. During the spring period of Read more
Interpretations of Concepts and Implementation of Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) in Long-Term Climate Targets: A Cross Country Comparison
A cross-country comparison of net-zero targets between seven countries. What is included within net-zero concepts. What NETs are planned to Read more
What Barriers Can Be Expected To The Community-Based Water Management Programme Implemented In The Ounila Catchment?
This thesis analyses the formal and informal barriers faced by the Community-based Adaptation (CBA) programme implemented by the NGO PermaAtlas Read more
Why Should We Protect Saline Lakes? A Global Analysis of Ecosystem Services
Take a look at Ramesh’s thesis, which examines the importance of saline lakes as an aquatic resource for ecological preservation. Read more
Fighting the Plastic Soup Using Citizen Science Approaches
Lynn Jula Kessler’s thesis investigates how citizen science approaches can mitigate the issue of marine litter pollution. Read more