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How do you find the right thesis topic - Support with the choice of topic
Students are supposed to write a thesis in order to complete their studies. The topic of the thesis can be suggested by the students themselves, according to their examination subject. The thesis has to be defended in course of a public examination.
Topics can be proposed by students themselves, in cooperation with partners in the field, or directly by supervisors. In any case, a suitable supervisor must be found for the topic. Please note that the chosen topic must also match the respective expertise of the supervisor.
Fields of expertise:
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- strategic sustainability management
- sustainable product management and design
- sustainability assessment
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- business models for sustainability
- circular economy
Master thesis:
- Topics related to
- Corporate sustainability management, corporate sustainability strategies and business models
- Sustainability management and change management
- Organizational culture, purpose and corporate sustainability management
current announcements:
Fields of expertise:
- Climate Psychology
- Decision Making
- Decision Analysis
- Economic Psychology
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economicy
- Collective Behavior
- Energy Policy
- Energy Transition
- Sustainability Transitions
- Sustainability
- Environmental Psychology
- Nudges
- Sustainable Development
- Just Transitions
- Complexity
- Climate Change Communication
Master thesis:
- Topics related to his courses “Environmental Decision Making” and “Human Factors in Transitions”, but also
- Acceptance of ambitious climate policies in specific target groups (e.g. farmers, workers in carbon-intense industries, …)
- Discourse analyses related to sustainability and climate change in Austria
If you are interested, you can find more information at https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/thomas.brudermann/thomas.brudermann-teaching-and-thesis-supervision/ .
Fields of science:
- Empirical social research (504007)
- Climate change (105205)
- Renewable energy (207106)
- Environmental sociology (504029)
Bachelor thesis:
Energy transition: Possible research questions:
- How do individuals evaluate different scenarios of a decarbonized energy system? What knowledge is prevalent? What misconceptions?
- Smart energy technologies allow – together with other technologies, such as photovoltaic power plants, electric vehicles – to explore new possibilities to redesign a sustainable energy system.
- How does the adoption process of different technologies (smart energy technologies, photovoltaic power plants, electric vehicles, etc.) look like amongst private households? Are there specific technologies, which have an “enabling potential”, i.e., foster the adoption of other technologies for a sustainable energy transition?
- Do drivers and barriers for adopting different smart energy technologies vary, depending on the technology in question?
Low-carbon transport: Possible research questions:
- How do individuals evaluate different scenarios of low-carbon transport options? What knowledge is prevalent? What misconceptions?
- Does specific context information of a transport policies (e.g., providing more or less detailed information about consequences of transport measures) foster or hinder the support of these policy measures for low-carbon transport?
Fields of expertise:
- Sustainability and environmental governance
- Energy system analysis (e.g., agent-based modeling of energy markets)
- Natural resource management (fisheries, irrigation systems, forest management)
- Commons problems & behavioral economics
- Evolutionary psychology
- Altruism and egoism from an evolutionary perspective
- Systematic creativity in science / invention systems (e.g., TRIZ)
- Machine learning & statistics
- Philosophy of science & evolutionary epistemology
- Formal semantics (e.g., Wordnet) & computer-based ontologies
Here you will find the current topics for bachelor's and master's theses
Fields of expertise:
- Senior Postdoc - 50% position
- Research Focus: CSR: Collaboration on scientific and practical projects related to CSR (e.g., sustainability reports, criteria catalogs for measuring and implementing CSR). Scientific support for the development of a CSR action plan in Austria in 2012.
- Research Focus: Waste Management: Collaboration on numerous scientific and practical projects (including the recycling paradox, phased development of waste management, reuse, food waste prevention, etc.).
- Lead Coordinator of Restl-Festls Graz 2014 (raising public awareness of food waste),
- The Global T-Shirt (raising awareness of sustainability in clothing; currently raising awareness of waste prevention)
- Research Focus: Resilience and Sustainability Education: Work in the area of raising awareness among the general public, concrete implementation in sustainability groups, music and sustainability
Currently no topics
Fields of expertise:
- Complex systems
- Agent-based modelling
- Equation-based modelling
- Systems science
- Networks
- Machine learning
- Data science
- Theoretical and computer-oriented physics
Bachelor thesis or master thesis:
- Complex Contagion
- Opinion Dynamics
- Origin of Cooperation
- AI for agent-based modelling
Fields of science:
- Environmental Sociology
- Environmental Economics
- Agricultural Economics
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Climate Change
- Environmental Research
Fields of expertise:
- Sustainable transition and innovation (focus research area: mobility)
- Transdisciplinary learning for sustainable development
Master thesis:
- Topics related to
- mobility transition / decarbonised sustainable passenger and freight transport
- Energy transition / adoption of renewable energy technologies
- Economic, environmental and social assessment of innovations
- Sustainability learning
Fields of expertise:
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY and INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
- Corporate Sustainability
- Business Models for Sustainability
- Sustainability-related innovation and performance measurement
- Innovations towards Circular Economy
- Digitalisation
- SME
Currently no topics
Fields of expertise:
- Bioeconomy
- Bio-based innovation
- Technology assessment and forecasting
- Innovation management
- Market analyses, potentials and marketing
Currently no topics