1. URP Master Thesis Projects 2016-2017 Information meeting

2. Structure Why projects? What does it mean? Projects
How to inform yourself?
Alternative arrangements
Registration
“Extra’s”
Internship
Fieldwork abroad
Overview deadlines

4. Why Projects? More focused More structured Guided by staff’s expertise
Peer group and help of fellow students
 Higher success rate

5. What does it mean? Peer group meetings Bilateral meetings
towards research proposal
kick-off meeting in December
theory meeting in January
at least 2 meetings more from February on
Bilateral meetings
towards definitive thesis
arrange with your supervisor
…in what groups?

6. Projects Covering URP topics: Climate proof urban development
The dilemma of urban mobility, and beyond
Private sector involvement in urban development
Cities and crisis: Financialisation as a ‘lived’ process
Experimental urban development
The Game of Urban Development
Mixed with HG:
Applying a Quantitative Approach
Shenzhen: from factory of the world to world city
Who will feed Nairobi?

7. How to inform yourself? Start Follow up read documents
Thesis Topic Guide (distributed)
Writing a master’s thesis (upcomming)
Course Manual Thesis Project (upcomming)
Follow up
General questions about the projects:
contact coordinator
first in person
then mail for appointment
then ask question per mail
Project specific questions:
office hours of supervisors
through /individual meetings
see Thesis Topic Guide

8. Alternative Arrangements
Presentations:
Fri 11 Nov,13-14hr, JK B.25  Nairobi
Fri 11 Nov,14-15hr, JK B.25  Shenzhen

9. Registration Ultimately Sunday 20 November 2016 (23:59)
see
First and Second Choice (last selection counts)
what if project is full?
 (informal) kick off meeting per project: 19/20/21 dec

10. Internship Own responsibility and at your own risk
supported, but not facilitated
pros: find out about stakeholders, get closer to your research object, gather or access data
cons: extra conditions, extra expectations, possible delay, sometimes issues of confidentiality

11. Foreign Fieldwork Own responsibility and at your own risk
no funding
Not in countries with a negative travel advice (negatief reisadvies)
in principal

12. Overview Deadlines Task Deadline 1st chance research proposal
Monday 20 March, 2017, 10hr
2nd chance research proposal
Monday 3 April, 2017, 10hr
1st chance master thesis
Monday 26 June, 2017, 10hr
2nd chance master thesis
Monday 16 August, 2017, 10hr