Do you want to be part of an innovative team and gain initial experience of how sustainable solutions for a changing world are created? Do you already have your own initial ideas or would you like to get in touch with us?
We constantly offer interesting questions that are suitable for developing suitable master's or bachelor's topics for students from different disciplines.
Current theses topics
Bachelor theses:
- Empirical investigation of the relationship between firm innovation activity and sales growth: a comparison of different regression approaches.
Start date: immediately - Innovation and growth in the BioTech industry: Empirical comparison of the relationship with other sectors.
Start date: immediately
Master theses:
- Analyzing the relationship between company innovation activity, balance sheet data and sales growth using supervised/unsupervised machine learning.
Start date: immediately - R&D financing as a driver of innovation: What role does time play? (extended to be suitable as a PhD topic)
Start date: immediately - The strongest barriers to innovation: Are they cost- or knowledge-based? An empirical study based on survey data (extended topic suitable for a doctorate)
Start date: immediately - Research and development in turbulent environments: What role does the source of funding play (in the probability of success)? (extended and suitable as a doctoral topic)
Start date: immediately - Does sustainability orientation lead to better financial performance or vice versa?
Start date: immediately - The risk link between sustainability and financial performance: Are sustainability-oriented companies risk-averse?
Start date: immediately - Do disruptive start-upshave similar sources of funding?
Start date: immediately
Doctoral theses:
- What are the strongest barriers and drivers of innovation?Empirical studies
- Investigating the interaction of sustainability orientation and financial performance over time
- What is really disruptive? - Between buzzword and innovation
Notes on the application
We welcome applications from students and graduates of biology, molecular microbiology, (bio)chemistry, plant biotechnology, economic geography, geoinformatics, life science, food science, food research and development as well as economics, industrial engineering, computational methods of engineering, electrical engineering and information technology, computer science, environmental engineering with an interest in innovation, sustainability, knowledge-based bioeconomy and/or mathematics.
We are also happy to be inspired by your own ideas, so please get in touch.
Any questions about final theses?
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