Bachelor Thesis
Below you will find an overview of the most important elements for writing your bachelor thesis, such as the supervision process, general structure requirements and citation format.
Requirements for Writing a Bachelor Thesis |
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StEOP, CBK, and the completed „Fundamentals of Scientific Writing“ course. Students could write the bachelor thesis in parallel to the course, but a consecutive sequence is recommended. It is not possible to write a bachelor thesis before enrolling in this course!
Prior knowledge of/strong interest in psychology, behavioral economics, or data analytics is a prerequisite for writing a Bachelor thesis at the Institute for Cognition and Behavior.
Within the Institute of Cognition and Behavior, it is possible to work on pre-specified research questions, but students are also very welcome to present their own ideas for their thesis. Below you can find the current list of researchers that are available for thesis supervision. If you are interested in any of the research areas, please feel free to contact the respective researcher via email stating (1) your approximate starting time, (2) general or specific area of interest, and (3) a short description of your background in the research area of the institute.
Typically a Bachelor thesis will be prepared within 3-6 months and has an extent of approximately 30 pages (BaWiSo, 40 pages BBE). Usually, you discuss your work between 2-4 times with your supervisor (more if the complexity of the research question or method calls for it).
Possible Supervisors | ||
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As the supervision depends on available resources, we suggest getting in touch as early as possible with your potential supervisor. |
Name | Areas of Interest | Methods |
Susann Fiedler | Judgment & Decision Making, Motivation, Discrimination, Cooperation, Trust, Bounded Ethicality, Counterproductive Workplace Behavior, Social and Economic Cognition, Information Search and Processing, Polarisation, Group interactions, Smart Institutional Design, Wellbeing, Autonomy, Decision Biases | Methods: Meta-Analysis, Lab, Online and Field Experiments, Eye-Tracking Experiments |
Julian Quandt | Judgement & Decision Making, Economic Decision Making, Confidence in Decisions and Evaluations, Social and Ethical Behavior in Relation to Biased Perception and Information | Meta Analysis, Literature Review, Experimental Research (online or in the laboratory) |
Hooman Habibnia | Inequality, Inequality perception, Motivated beliefs and cognition, Discrimination, Group interaction, Behavioral interventions | Lab and online experiments, Literature review |
Anna Shcherbiak | Dishonesty, Corruption, Social Norms, Cooperation, Fairness, Altruism, Gossip, Prosocial Behavior, Evidence-Based Policy | Lab, Online, and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments, Literature Review, Surveys, Mixed Methods, Network Analysis, Difference-in-Difference, Regression Discontinuity |
Dejan Tatic | Cyberpsychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Gullibility, Credulity, Misinformation, Misplaced Trust | Experimental Research, Systematic Literature Review |
Anna Wucherer | How Emotions Affect Decision Making, Prosocial Behaviour, Empathy, Trust, Cooperation, Motivation, Group Processes in the Workplace, Workplace & Mental Health | Literature Review, Experimental Psychological Approaches |
Possible Thesis Topic Suggestions |
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By clicking the link below, you can find a number of suggested topics that you can choose from for your thesis: calm-client-518.notion.site/01dfb4316a3e4ce5973f035cd6619e91
Submission and Evaluation |
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General WU-Wide Information and Guidelines and Forms
Bachelor's Thesis Process BBE |
Bachelor Thesis Guideline |
Plagiarism |
Cover Sheet Bachelor Thesis |
Evaluation Form |
Citation Rules German |
Citation Rules English |
You have to submit your thesis electronically via: https://learn.wu.ac.at/ After the plagiarism test your supervisor has 4 weeks to enter your grade into the system. |