Capacity Building and Twinning for Climate Observing Systems, research project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperations, 2011–2013. CATCOS

Swiss GCOS credit for the long-term operation of the World Glacier Monitoring Service, funded by the Swiss GCOS Office at the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, since 2010. WGMS

Glacier Laserscanning Experiment Oberwallis, research project funded by Axpo, 2009–2012. GLAXPO

Findelgletscher Mass Balance Monitoring Programme, research project by Universities of Fribourg and Zurich, ongoing. FindelWiki

Continental-scale glacier variations in Europe (Alps, Scandinavia) and their connection to climate: past - present - future, 2007–2010.
Project website: GLACIAS

ESA Climate Change Initiative - Glaciers CCI, research project funded by the European Space Agency, 2010-2013. Project website: Glaciers_cci

GlobGlacier. ESA project, ongoing.
Project website: GlobGlacier

Bridging-credit for the continuation and reorganisation of the World Glacier Monitoring Service. SNF project, 2007–2009.
Website of the World Glacier Monitoring Service: www.wgms.ch

Firn temperature measurements on Colle Gnifetti, Monte Rosa. Joint project of the Universities of Heidelberg and Zurich, field campaigns in 2006 and 2007.

Glaciers and climate change – spatio-temporal analysis of glacier fluctuations in the European Alps after 1850. PhD thesis. Michael Zemp. University of Zurich. EU research project, 2003–2006.
Project website: ALP-IMP

Diploma/master theses

Drainage system and changes in dynamics and the thermal system of high arctic glaciers on Svalbard uing speleological methods. Master thesis by Kathrin Naegeli, University of Zurich and The University Centre in Svalbard. ongoing.

Untersuchung dekadischer Gletschervolumenänderungen im Langtang, Nepal. Master thesis by Julian Lindenmann. University of Zurich, ongoing.

Raum-zeitlicher Vergleich von geodätischen Massenbilanzmessungen anhand zweier Gletscherinventare. Master thesis by Deborah Raulin, University of Mainz, DE. 2011.

Volumenänderungen am Storglaciären. Photogrammetrische Auswertung von Luftbildern zur Analyse von glaziologischen Prozessen im Tarfala Tal, Schweden. Diploma thesis by Thomas Koblet. University of Zurich, University of Stockholm. 2009.

Dokumentation weltweiter historischer Gletscherkatastrophen. GIS-basierte Inventarisierung, Web-Aufbereitung und Analyse der Ereignisse. Diploma thesis by Melanie Flubacher. University of Zurich, University of Oslo. 2007.

Längenänderungsmessungen an ausgewählten Gletschern der Schweizer Alpen unter Verwendung von GIS. Diploma thesis by Stefan Kappeler. University of Zurich. 2006.

Aufbau eines Gletscherinventars für Kolumbien und Abschätzung glaziologischer Parameter. Master thesis by Sabine Baumann. University of Zurich, TU Munich. 2006.