Requirements for writing a Master's thesis at our Chair
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Interest in our research topics (everything related to decision science, cognitive science, cognitive psychology, or behavioral research methods)
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Successful completion of the modules "Empirical research methods in management and economics" or "Consumer Behavior Research Methods" (grade of 2.3 or better)
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Successful attendance of at least one further module offered by the Chair (for a list of our teaching portfolio see here)
First steps to writing a thesis with us
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Coordinate the topic of your thesis with your potential supervisor. Reach out via email (attaching your CV and most recent transcripts) and give us a short outline of your proposed thesis topic.
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You can either reach out with your own novel and innovative research ideas, or choose from our currently open thesis topics listed below.
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In general, we are also open to supervising Master's thesis that are written in cooperation with a company, providing they are related to our research topics or require the application of thorough research methods.
| Complete | Own Proposal | Supervisor | Title | Student | Study Program |
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| Sebastian | Effects of self-confidence on choice confidence in risky choice | Merve Önal | MMT | ||
| Sebastian | Confidence and Risk: A literature review on gambling on performance in perceptual and knowledge taks | Mikhail Shchelkunov | MMT | ||
| X | X | Sebastian | Einfluss auf Kaufentscheidungen: menschliche versus virtuelle Influencer (Bachelor Thesis) | Stefanie Winkelmeier | BBWL |
| Sebastian | Modeling Changes of Mind in Perceptual Decision-Making: An Extension of the dynWEV Framework with Empirical Validation | Aylin Bayram | MMT | ||
| Sebastian | Investigating Choice History Effects in Perceptual Confidence Judgments | Şeyma Çakır | MMT | ||
| X | Sebastian | Using neural networks for Bayesian inference in the cognitive modelling of confidence judgments | Ardelan Ciplak | MMT | |
| Sebastian | Modelling the effect of independent discriminability evidence on confidence judgments (Bachelor Thesis) | Lisa Dieneiger | BMT | ||
| X | Sebastian | Computational modelling of the magnitude sensitivity effect on confidence in food choices | Lea Hohenstein | MCS | |
| X | Thorsten | Media literacy by design: How visual prompts increase the ability to detect distorted news coverage | Ann-Christin Gah | ||
| X | Thorsten | Unveiling the curtain of dynamic decision making: A mouse cursor analysis of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task | Christoph Pirker | ||
| X | Thorsten | Loss aversion in risky choice for younger and older adults | Nur Melis Ballıkaya | ||
| X | Thorsten | Metric knowledge in real life: Is it one-dimensional? | Cansu Ünlü | ||
| X | Thorsten | Era-based fine-tuning in AI: Assessing gender bias shifts across time | Bilal Imamoglu | ||
| X | Thorsten | Risk in bits: Understanding cryptocurrency investors’ risk behavior through a prospect theory lens | Lucas Pirker | ||
| X | Thorsten | Understanding user responses to XAI: A comparative analysis of explanation methods for spurious model detection | Ezgi Beceren | ||
| X | Thorsten | Improving intuitive estimates of carbon emissions with a seeding procedure | Anna Dreier |
Study Programs:
MMT: Master in Management and Technology
MCS: Master in Consumer Science
BMT: Bachelor in Management and Technology
BBWL: Bachelor in Technologie- und Managementorientierte Betriebswirtschaftslehre