Supervisors and exemplary areas of supervision

Topic ideas proposed by students will be further defined with a possible supervisor/examiner and developed into an exposé and research proposal.

We are happy to supervise bachelor’s theses in line with the respective topics listed below. Please note that supervision is contingent on supervisor/examiner availability.

Elisabeth Anna Czischek

• Urban governance and management: What are current governance issues in the management of city shareholdings? What challenges arise?

• Urban change and transformation: What are relevant (current) issues regarding the change and transformation of cities?

Anna Katharina Grill

• Social expectations: How do societal expectations influence decisions in organizations? Which actors are perceived as particularly relevant stakeholders? What does this reveal about power relations in organizations and their environment?

• New organizational forms: Which new organizational forms are emerging as a result of the decentralization of the energy system? How do these differ from established energy supply companies? How is their cooperation coordinated?

Thorsten Koch

• Creative industries: How are creative industries changing in light of the increasing digitization of the production, distribution, and reception of creative content? To what extent do the characteristics of creative industries play a role in understanding broader organizational phenomena within the economy?

• Digital transformation: How do digital technologies impact the values, structures, and processes of organizations? What new forms of organization are emerging from the digital transformation, and how do these differ from established organizational models?