Thesis research topics
Research topics:
Working title |
Evolution of community-based institutions and implications for forest management. A comparative analysis of the Bakossi and Santchou Reserves (Cameroon) |
Level |
MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Design/Methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe (between May 2020 and August 2021) |
Partner |
College of Technology (COLTECH), The University of Bamenda, Cameroon |
Funding |
Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
Contact |
Working title |
Measuring the effect of formal and informal institutions on forest management choices: Case study of The Santchou Reserve in Cameroon |
Level |
MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Design/Methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe (between May 2020 and August 2021) |
Partner |
College of Technology (COLTECH), The University of Bamenda, Cameroon |
Funding |
Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
Contact |
Working title |
Rural transformation (social, institutional, economic) and forestry: potentials, challenges and upscaling options in the Global South |
Level |
MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Design/Methods |
quantitative (surveys)
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Timeframe |
Timeframe (between March 2020 and August 2021) |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos) |
Contact |
Working title |
Determining recovery rates of current small-scale sawmilling practices in Uganda |
Level |
MSc, BSc (one of the objectives 1, 2a, 2b objectives) |
Context, objectives and research methods |
- (2a) the standing trees (tree stands) and round wood logs purchased by saw millers for milling; and
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Timeframe |
Timeframe: to determine upon individual agreement (rainy seasons: Mar to May and Oct-Nov) |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Makarere University, Uganda, |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Determining single-tree growth of selected native timer tree species in Uganda |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement, rainy seasons: Mar to May and Oct-Nov |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Makarere University, Uganda, |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Determining increment and production of small holder wood lots in Uganda |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement, rainy seasons: Mar to May and Oct-Nov |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Makarere University, Uganda |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Business plan elaboration for a charcoal production from sawdust from small-scale sawmills |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Makarere University, Uganda or Sokoine University, Tanzania |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Bee honey and wax value chains for sustaining tropical forests |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement |
Partner |
WoodCluster team Makarere University, Uganda |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos) |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Determining increment of short rotation coppice tree production systems in Ethiopia |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Hawasa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ethiopia Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production, TU Dresden Chair of Tropical Forestry, TU Dresden |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |
Working title |
Assessing single-tree productivity of selected native timer tree species in Ethiopia |
Level |
BSc, MSc |
Context, objectives and research methods |
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Timeframe |
Timeframe to determine upon individual agreement |
Partner |
WoodCluster team from the Hawasa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Ethiopia Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production, TU Dresden Chair of Tropical Forestry, TU Dresden |
Funding |
Individually by the student (e.g. Promos), lump sum from WoodCluster project depending on the quality of the research proposal |
Contact |
Before starting fieldwork, the research design has to be outlined and agreed upon in detail with the partners. |