Projects:

DFG-Project: Driving factors for and societal effects of sea-level rise and delta flooding in the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) - Lessons from the past for disaster governance in the future

Research Interests:

• Urban and Regional Transformation
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Geographic Risk Research and Disaster Governance
• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
• Global Environmental Governance
• Environmental Remote Sensing

Regional Focus:

• Myanmar

Academic Background:

• Since 07/2020
  Scientific Staff (University of Cologne)

• 10/ 2017 - 09/2020
  Master of Science (M.Sc.): Geography (Environment and Society) & Geoinformatics, University of Cologne and University of Bonn

• Master thesis in Cooperation with Airbus Defence and Space: Effect of Precipitation on Multi-Temporal TerraSAR-X Data and Implications for Change Detection Analyses – Case Study from the Southern Upper Rhine Valley

• 10/2013 – 10/2017
  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.): Geography & Urban Development and Law, University of Cologne and University of Bonn

Work Experience:

• 10/2019 – 04/2020
  Thesis Student
  Airbus Defence and Space (Friedrichshafen)

• 10/2015 – 10/2019
  Student Trainee and Project Assistant
  Jung Stadtkonzepte (Köln)

Scholarships /Awards:

• Dr. Prill-Preis: 1st award of the Cologne Geographic Society for outstanding theses and contributions to the subject geography (Bachelor Thesis: Waldentwicklungsdynamiken in den rumänischen Karpaten – eine umweltgeographische Analyse)

Scientific Contributions

• 07/2022: Vogel, A., 2022. Talk: Learning from past Land-Use Dynamics for Risk-Sensitive Development in the Future: A Remote Sensing based Analysis spanning the last Five Decades in the Ayeyarwady Delta of Myanmar. IGU Centennial Congress, July 18-22, 2022, Paris, France.
• 06/2022: Vogel, A., 2022. Talk: Linking Land-Use Dynamics and Disaster Risk in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar: A Remote Sensing Based Analysis Spanning the Past Half-Century. Scientific Working Group on Southeast Asia and East Asia, German Geographical Society (DGfG), June 24-25, 2022, Osnabrück, Germany.
• 10/2021: Vogel, A., Luft, S., Butsch, C., 2021. Talk: Auf dem Weg zu nachhaltigen Ernährungslandschaften? Ein systematisches Literaturreview zur europäischen Food Desert Forschung. German Congress of Geography, GeoWoche 2021, German Geographical Society (DGfG), October 2021. Digital via Zoom.
• 06/2021: Vogel, A. & Seeger, K. (equal contribution), Brill, D., Brückner, H., Kraas, F., several Myanmar colleagues, 2021. Talk: Changing Waterscapes – Land Use Dynamics and Flood Exposure in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Annual Conference of the Scientific Working Group on Southeast Asia and East Asia, June 25–27, 2021, Duisburg, Germany (online).

Publications:

• Vogel, A.; Seeger, K.; Brill, D.; Brückner, H.; Soe, K.K.; Oo, N.W.; Aung, N.; Myint, Z.N.; Kraas, F. Identifying Land-Use Related Potential Disaster Risk Drivers in the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) during the Last 50 Years (1974–2021) Using a Hybrid Ensemble Learning Model. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 3568. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153568

• Wagner, R., Tenberg, B., Zwilling, A., Lehnen, P., Vogel, A., 2019. Klimaschutzteilkonzept Mobilität – Stadt Frechen. Stadt Frechen.

• Tenberg, B., Vogel, A., 2017. Strategie für klimaschonende Entscheidungen der Stadt Münster. Umweltamt Stadt Münster.

Lectures:

• SS 2023
  Seminar: Klimawandel, Katastrophen und Konflikte – Urbane Resilienz im 21. Jahrhundert

• WS 2022/23
  Seminar (Master): Urban Blue Future – Strategien und Perspektiven für eine wassersensible Stadtentwicklung im Kontext des Klimawandels

• SS 2022
  Seminar (Master): Komplexe Mensch-Umwelt-Systeme: (Mega-)Deltas in Südostasien (with Katharina Seeger)