Geodata Analysis in Environmental and Urban Research

• Alternative geodata sources (social media, citizen science, earth observation from the International Space Station, etc.) for observing the transformation of metropolitan areas
• Variability of Light Pollution Throughout the Night at Selected Locations in Bochum: An Investigation Using In-situ Measurements and Remote Sensing
• Comparative Analysis of Spatially Explicit Geodata Products for Urban Land Use
• Refining Runoff Coefficients by Analyzing Surface Texture Features in Lidar Data (NRW)
• Mapping Urban Shrinkage and De-industrialization in [Name City]: A Time-Series Analysis Using Earth Observation Data
• Advancing Environmental Monitoring Through Remote Sensing and Satellite Data: Applications and Future Prospects
• Assessing Drought Timing and Patterns Using GIS and Predictive Modelling for Improved Water Resource Management
• Land Subsidence Monitoring in Urban Areas Using Sentinel-1 InSAR
• Hot Spots of Land Use Change in Ecuador and Galapagos (with Dr. Valerie Graw)

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

• AI or ML-based Modeling of Land Use and Evaluation of Social and Ecological Impacts
• Investigating Activation Functions in U-NETs on the Segmentation Accuracy of Land Use Data
• Comparison of Shuffling Strategies in Data Preparation During the Training Process of Neural Networks
• AI-based Capture of Analog Maps

Urban Development, Smart Cities & Mobility

• Towards a Smart City: Integration of BIM and GIS to Improve Planning and Construction of (Urban) Infrastructure in the Context of Energy Transition/Climate Adaptation
• 3-D Modeling of Urban Landscape Configuration for Monitoring Sustainable Development Based on Open Geodata
• Car-friendly Country? Ecological and Economic Potential Analysis of German E-car Charging Infrastructure in Comparison
• Spatially Explicit Pedestrian Frequency Analysis
• Derivation of GI from Navigation Applications to Optimize Public Transport Services (with Dr. Andreas Redecker)

Societal Transformation & Geodata

• VGI and Big (Geo)Data for Analyzing Societal Change Regarding Energy Transition, Climate Protection and Adaptation, Good Urban Living, Prosperity, and Quality of Life
• Energy Transition, Pandemic, and Climate Change: Deriving Geodata from Social Media to Investigate Changes in Mobility Behavior
• Using Social Media to Locate Extremist Ideologies

Education & Science Communication

• Conveying Sustainability Topics Through Gamification
• Evaluation of Learning Media for Earth Observation in STEM Education
• Design and Development of Interactive Learning Media for Conveying Earth Observation Topics in STEM Education
• Transferring CalliopE Principles to Topics such as Agriculture and Ecology for Science Communication as Approaches for School Children/Students
• Importance of Identification in the Learning and Adoption Process of Online/Microlearning Units Related to Earth Observation (Avatars, Language, Appearance, etc.)
• Integration of Geodata into Immersive Geomedia (Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/Augmented Virtuality) for Problem-oriented Knowledge Transfer

Crime Analysis & Security

• Potentials of Current Geodata for Crime Analysis (with PD Dr. Dennis Edler)

Historical Geodata & Landscape Research

• Landscape Analysis Using Historical Maps

Informal Settlements & Social Justice

• Slum Mapping and Modeling with the IDEAMAPS Framework

Infrastructure & Major Events

• Lost Places - Tracing the Infrastructure of Major Sporting Events with Geodata