Sophia Hildebrandt
Contact/ Address
Sophia Hildebrandt
PhD student
Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis (ASAM)
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
sophia.hildebrandt@ufz.de

Research topics
- water legislation und its impacts on the water quality of surface waters
- river basin management
- earlier: urban development, nature-based solutions, management of natural resources, project management
Curriculum vitae
seit 04/2020
PhD candidate at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis
research topic: Impact of regulations on water quality
04/2019 - 03/2020
University of Leipzig: Research associate at the Institute of Building Design and Management (IGB)
08/2018 - 02/2019
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Delhi, India: Intern in the Programme Environment, Climate Change and Management of Natural Resources
2013 - 2019
Research assistant in various projects:
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography: ‘NATURVATION – Nature-based solutions for a sustainable urban development in Europe’ und ‘Societal Change and Neighborhood Development’
- Adelphi: ‘Adapting existing standards to the consequences of climate change’
- German Institute of Urban Affairs: Research division Infrastructure und Finances
- UFZ: Department of Environmental Politics, Research Topic ‘Sustainability Transitions’
2010 - 2011
Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Pune, India
2012 - 2015
Young Friends of the Earth Germany (state- and regional-level)
2018
International Joint Master in Sustainable Development, University of Leipzig, Hiroshima University: Master thesis ‘Indoor air quality and health in residential buildings in growing cities of Southeast Asia’
2015
B.Sc. Geography:
Bachelor thesis ‘Urban Agriculture in Pune and Mumbai, India’
Publications
- Hildebrandt, S.; Kubota, T.; Sani, H.A.; Surahman, U. (2019): Indoor Air Quality and Health in Newly Constructed Apartments in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Surabaya, Indonesia. In: Atmosphere 2019 (10), S.182. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10040182
- Wiest, K.; Baldin, M.-L.; Hildebrandt, S.; Montanari, G. (2017): Genossenschaftliche Prinzipien und genossenschaftliche Alltagspraxis – der gemeinschaftliche Wohnungssektor in Leipzig. Raumforschung und Raumordnung, Spatial Research and Planning, vol.75 (2), 2017, S.143-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13147-016-0441-4
- Hildebrandt, S.; Weiland, U. (2016): Urban Gardening in Pune and Mumbai, India. In: Tappert, Simone and Drilling, Matthias (Ed.): Growing in Cities. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening. Conference Proceedings. Basel: University of Applied Sciences, S. 471–484.
Conferences
- Hildebrandt, Sophia (2016). Urban Gardening in Pune and Mumbai, India. [Presentation]. Paper presented at: Growing in Cities. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Gardening International Conference, 9 – 10 September 2016, in Basel, Switzerland.