Bachelor
Supervision of Bachelor’s theses
The IGN offers supervision for Bachelor theses which fall into the thematic range of the Institute’s research expertise.
Course Requirements
Research Areas
Research Topics
Thesis Proposal and Supervision Agreement
Mode of Supervision and Language
Grading Guidelines and Grading Criteria
IGN Best Dissertation Award
Once a year the Institute for Social Change and Sustainability (IGN) grants the IGN Best Dissertation Award to a Bachelor’s student.
Aim
Criteria
Recipient of the year 2017 was Celestin Büche, B.Sc., with his thesis “Decentring Democracy: Between the Voice of the People and the Knowledge of Experts”. In his dissertation, Büche compares various forms of government in their ability to regulate the problem of global climate change. Proving strong analytical skills, Büche argues for the advantages of a decentred democracy based on the model of Helmut Willke.
Recipient of the year 2016 was Anna Steger, B.Sc., with her thesis “Economic and Social Development of Refugees in Corinthian Municipalities Considering Essential Factors of Integration”. In her dissertation, Steger deals with questions of migration – a central issue in the research area “social sustainability” – and compares efforts, possibilities and strategies of integration between cities and smaller municipalities.