Research Student from July to November 2009

My research focused mainly on a project about ‚Urban Metabolism in Europe’, which is financed by the European Environmental Agency. For this project I did extensive literature research and analysis to feed into the research report. ‚Social Metabolism’ and ‚Drivers of Urbanisation Processes and their Environmental Impact’ were the main topics I contributed to the report. In this context I furthermore collected data and researched potential data sources and evaluated these according to the project demands. 

CV 

2001 – 2005    Diploma Environmental Engineering / Renewable Energies, FHTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany                       
Thesis: “Photophoresis in serial connected dye solar cell modules” 

2007 – 2008    Sustainability Consultant, Battle McCarthy Consulting Engineers & Landscape Architects, London, UK                       

2008 – 2009    MSc Environment and Sustainable Development, University College London – Development Planning Unit, UK                       
Dissertation: “Impact of Participatory Budgeting on Urban Environmental Problems, The Case of Porto Alegre, Brazil”