Lecturers

The lecturers come from the Institute of Meteorology, the Working Group on Security Research, the Disaster Research Unit of the Freie Universität Berlin, the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development and the German Weather Service.

Lecturer	Institution
Dr. Nico Becker	Freie Universität Berlin - Institut für Meteorologie
Dr. Nadine Fleischhut	Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
Prof. Dr. Lars Gerhold	Forschungsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit Fachgebiet Interdisziplinäre Sicherheitsforschung
Dr. Martin Göber	Deutscher Wetterdienst/ Freie Universität Berlin - Institut für Meteorologie
Prof. Dr. Henning Rust	Freie Universität Berlin - Institut für Meteorologie
M. Sc. Jasmina Schmidt	Forschungsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit Fachgebiet Interdisziplinäre Sicherheitsforschung
Dr. Katja Schulze	Katastrophenforschungsstelle
Prof. Dr. Uwe Ulbrich	Freie Universität Berlin - Institut für Meteorologie
Prof. Dr. Martin Voß	Katastrophenforschungsstelle

This module is supported by DataCamp - DataCamp creates an intuitive learning environmit including video tutorials for R, Python and SQL.

Creditability:

• It is possible to attend only the lecture (= 0LP)
• It is possible to attend lectures and exercises (= 2LP by arrangement)
• Successful completion of the module (lecture, exercise and seminar including project work) results in = 6 LP 

and it is still possible to listen to the final presentations of the project groups.

Opportunities to participate:

• There is a limitation of participants for the project work (15 participants)

Enrollment

If you are interested in enrolling to this module, please send your information (first and last name, course of study, university, university e-mail, matriculation number) to Kevin Cyriac Edampurath (kevin.edampurath@fu-berlin.de).

Comprehensive

• Felgentreff, C. und Glade, T. (2008). Naturrisiken und Sozialkatastrophen. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. (passt jetzt nicht direkt zu qual. Methoden, ist aber generell ganz passend fürs Modul)
• Harald Karutz, Wolfram Geier, Thomas Mitschke (Ed.), 2017: Bevölkerungsschutz (Notfallvorsorge und Krisenmanagement in Theorie und Praxis), Lehrbuch

Qualitative methods of social research

For the start

• Bryman, A. (2012): Social research methods. Oxford Univ. Press. (Behandelt auch quantitative Methoden)
• Flick, U. (2011): Qualitative Sozialforschung. Eine Einführung. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag.

For the deepening

• Mayring, P. (2015): Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse. Grundlagen und Techniken. Weinheim: Beltz Verlag.
• Bogner, A., Littig, B. & Menz, W. (2002). Das Experteninterview. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• O'Reilly, K. (2012). Ethnographic Methods. Taylor and Francis.

Quantitative methods of social research

For the start

• Döring, N. & Bortz, J. (2016): Forschungsmethoden und Evaluation für Human- und Sozialwissenschaftler. 5. Auflage. Heidelberg: Springer. (Behandelt auch qualitative Methoden)
• Rasch, B.; Friese, M.; Hofmann, W.; Naumann, E. (2014):  Quantitative Methoden I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
• Porst, R. (2013). Fragebogen: Ein Arbeitsbuch. Springer-Verlag. 4. Auflage. 

For the deepening

• Mummendey, H. D. & Grau, I. (2014): Die Fragebogen-Methode: Grundlagen und Anwendung in Persönlichkeits-, Einstellungs- und Selbtskonzeptforschung. 6., korrigierte Auflage. Hogrefe Verlag.
• Huber. O. (2005): Das psychologische Experiment: Eine Einführung. 4., vollst. überarb. Auflage. Hogrefe AG.

Impact modeling

• WMO, 2015:  WMO Guide to Multi-Hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services

Citizen Science

• Vohland et al., 2021: The Science of Citizen Science

Aims of the module and acquired skills

• Understanding the meteorological requirements for a meaningful generation of electricity from wind and solar power
• Gaining insight into the operation of an electrical grid with weather-dependent renewable energies
• Project and seminar give the opportunity to deepen knowledge in one of the three fields “wind power”, “solar power”, or “grid operation”

Contents of the module

• Physical basics of energy supply

• Economic and regulatory framework in the energy system

• On- and off-shore wind parks

• Photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal energy systems

• Site auditing – including complex terrain and cloudy and aerosol-loaded locations for wind and solar technologies

• Wind and solar forecasting – deterministic and probabilistic approaches

• Possible impact of climate change

Creditability:

In the Master's programme Meteorology the module can be credited as a compulsory elective subject. For other courses of study, please contact the responsible examination office.

Enrollment

Meteorology students in the Master's program outside the University of Cologne can register by mail. Please fill in your personal information under item 1, as well as date and signature under item 4 in the form (no other changes in the form) and send it to the following address:

Dagmar Janzen Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie Universität zu Köln Pohligstr. 3 50969 Köln