Projects:

• 2024- 2025: Rising sea and sinking land: Determining spatially resolved subsidence rates for the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) and developing dynamic adaptation scenarios for the increased risk of flooding (DFG)
• 2020 - 2024: 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 (DFG)

Research Interests:

• Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management
• Climate Change Impacts and Management
• Coastal Research and Management
• Sustainable Urban Development and Urban Resilience
• Environmental Remote Sensing

CV:

• Since 12/2023: Board member Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln e.V.
• Since 07/2020: Research assistant and PhD student within the 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
• 10/2017 – 09/2020: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geography (Minor in Geoinformatics, University of Bonn), Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Title of Master’s thesis: Effect of Precipitation on Multi-Temporal TerraSAR-X Data and Implications for Change Detection Analyses – Case Study from the Southern Upper Rhine Valley (in Cooperation with Airbus Defence and Space, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
• 10/2019 – 04/2020: Thesis student in the field of SAR Application Research and Development, Airbus Defence and Space, Friedrichshafen, Germany
• 10/2015 – 10/2019: Student trainee and project assistant in the field of Urban Development, Jung Stadtkonzepte, Cologne, Germany
• 10/2013 – 10/2017: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geography (Minor in Urban Development, University of Bonn and Law, University of Cologne), Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Title of Bachelor‘s thesis: Waldentwicklungsdynamiken in den rumänischen Karpaten – eine umweltgeographische Analyse

Scholarships /Awards:

• 09/2023: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship “A New Passage to India: Indo-German Partnerships – Environmental Interactions in Focus”
• 05/2023: GSGS award for the best research poster at the 10th GSGS Research Conference (Cologne, Germany)
• Dr. Prill-Preis (2021): 2nd award of the Cologne Geographic Society for outstanding theses and contributions to the subject geography (Master Thesis: Effect of Precipitation on Multi-Temporal TerraSAR-X Data and Implications for Change Detection Analyses – Case Study from the Southern Upper Rhine Valley)
• Dr. Prill-Preis (2018): 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

• 03/2025: Vogel, A., 2025. Talk: Co-Creating Adaptation Pathways for Resilient and Sustainable Futures in the Ayeyarwady Delta. An Integrated Approach to Flood Risk Management. First UNCCRD Delta Summit 2025, March 17-20, 2025, Bangkok, Thailand.
• 11/2024: Vogel, A., 2024. Talk: Exploring the Potential of Integrating Land Use Dynamics into Flood Management Strategies in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Centennial Celebration for Teaching Geography (1924-2024) of the Department of Geography, University of Yangon. November 1-3, 2024, Yangon, Myanmar. Digital via Zoom.
• 06/2024: Vogel, A., 2024. Talk: Navigating Uncertainty: Crafting Risk-Sensitive Development Pathways for the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar. 40. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis Geographie der Meere und Küsten, June 13-15, 2024, Heidelberg, Germany.
• 04/2024: Vogel, A., Seeger, K., Brill, D., Brückner, H., Kraas, F., 2024. Looking Back to Move Forward: Creating Risk Sensitive Development Pathways for Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta. American Association of Geographers 2024 Annual Meeting, April 16 -20, 2024,  Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• 09/2023: Vogel, A., Seeger, K., Brill, D., Brückner, H., Kraas, F., 2023. Soziale Vulnerabilität gegenüber Überschwemmungsdynamiken als Baustein für integriertes Risikomanagement im Ayeyeyarwady Delta in Myanmar. German Congress of Geography, September 20, 2023, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• 05/2023: Vogel, A., 2023. Poster: Identifying Land Use Related Potential Disaster Risk Drivers in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar. Graduate School of Geosciences 10th Research Conference, May 12, 2023, Cologne, Germany.
• 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., Aung Kyaw, Zin New Myint, Kraas, F., 2014. Towards integrated flood management: vulnerability and flood risk in the ayeyarwady delta of Myanmar. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 104723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104723
• Seeger, K., Minderhoud, P. S. J., Peffeköver, A., Vogel, A., Brückner, H., Kraas, F., Nay Win Oo, Brill, D., 2023. Assessing land elevation in the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar) and its relevance for studying sea level rise and delta flooding. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 27 (11), 2257–2281. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2257-2023.
• 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.

Memberships:

• Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Köln e.V. (Board Member)
• Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (VGDH)
• Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS) at the University of Cologne
• Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde e.V.
• Arbeitskreise: Südostasien und Ostasien; Neuzeitliches Südasien; Meere und Küsten

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)

Media presence:

• Guest in the ARTE livestream "Couchwissen" with Cedric Engels (host) and Sebastian Hoffbauer (City of Cologne) on the topic: City of the future, challenges for our cities and possible solutions. In full length on Twitch and as a highlight video on YouTube.