Uni-Tübingen
Award winners 2025

Bachelor theses

 
Elias Grenz
(B.A., Philosophie und Allgemeine Rhetorik)		„Förderung der Nahmobilität – nicht nur klimaschonend, sondern auch sozial gerecht? Bewertung des Einflusses lokaler Verkehrspolitik auf Grundlage des Befähigungsansatzes“
Elizaveta Shcherbinina
(B.Sc., Biologie)		„Cadmium-Microplastic Interaction: Impacts on Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana Performance“
Clara Winter
(B.Sc., Biologie)		„Auswirkungen verschiedener Mahdmaßnahmen im ökologischen Luzerne-/Kleegrasanbau auf Feldlerchenbruten“

Master theses

 
Nicolai Dambacher
(M.Ed., Geographie, Kath. Theologie und Deutsch)		„Kirchenräume in der Geographie. Eine neopragmatische Perspektive auf die Bedeutung und Nutzung von Kirchenräumen in einer säkularen Gesellschaft”
Paul Götzl
(M.Sc., Chemie)		„Synthese und Reaktionen eines Fulvalens mit Carbonsäurefunktionalität"
Julia Güntherodt
(M.A., Human Geography / Global Studies)		"Empowering Sustainable Community Development: Assessing the Potential of Agroforestry to Mitigate the Resource Curse in Ghana's Eastern Region."

Dissertation

 
Dr. Rebecca Mast
(Dr. rer. nat., Geowissenschaften)		„The Impact of Building or Not Building a Dam: Integrating River Conservation and Renewable Electricity Generation in Africa“

Information on the Sustainability Awards 2025

Students or graduates who are writing (or have written) their final thesis in the field of sustainable development can still submit applications for the Sustainability Award for Final Theses until 15.09.2025. The University of Tübingen has been awarding the prize annually since 2011.

The Sustainability Prize is awarded to final theses at Bachelor's and Master's level (or equivalent) that are dedicated to a topic of sustainable development in an outstanding manner. The prize is endowed with 300 euros for Bachelor's theses and 500 euros for Master's theses. This year, for the second time, a prize for dissertations will also be awarded, which is endowed with 1,000 euros. The prizes are awarded in the fall as part of a festive event, the highlight of which is the Sustainability Lecture. 

The concept of the Sustainability Award was developed by the Advisory Board for Sustainable Development, inspired by an idea from the student initiative Greening the University e.V. Tübingen. By establishing and publicly presenting this award, the university fosters incentives for scientific debate on the topic of sustainable development and highlights its relevance for society.

Further information on the competition can be found under “Downloads and links” in the right-hand column, an overview of the award winners from previous years can be found below.