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Bachelor Thesis

Guidelines

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  • Guide for seminar presentations

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Sebastian Ach, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

School of Business, Economics and Society
Chair of Economics and Social Policy

Room: Room FG 4.017
Findelgasse 7/9
90402 Nuremberg
Germany
  • Phone number: +499115302-95954
  • Email: sebastian.ach@fau.de
  • Website: https://www.sozialpolitik.rw.fau.de/

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by appointment (per email)

Applications to complete a Bachelor Thesis in Summer Semester 2023 at the Chair of Economics and Social Policy are due by March 30, 2023.

The Chair of Economics and Social Policy supervises Bachelor theses as well as Master theses with a focus on:

  • Social policy
  • Urban and regional economics
  • Health economics
  • Family economics
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Tax policy

Individual proposals related to these topics are generally welcome. In addition, the chair provides a list of concrete thesis topics that is announced each semester on this page (see below).

Empirical analysis, literature reviews, and model-based theses are possible, if suitable prior knowledge exists. It is possible to write a Bachelor thesis in either English or German.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of one of the modules offered by our chair (e.g. Wirtschaft & Staat or Sozialpolitische Grundlagen, etc.). A prerequisite for working on an empirical thesis topic is proof of corresponding prior knowledge.

Application & Registration

Applications to complete a Bachelor thesis in the Summer Semester 2023 at the Chair of Social Policy are due no later than March 30, 2023. 

To apply for the Summer Semester 2023, please send your completed Application Form Summer Semester 2023 and your current grade transcript via email to wiso-sozialpolitik-office@fau.de. Please include your preferred thesis topics (list at least 2 topics) and indicate your FAU study program. Also indicate which module(s) of our chair you have attended (e.g. Wirtschaft & Staat or Sozialpolitische Grundlagen, etc.) and when.

We will respond to your application after the application period ends and we have completed our review of the applications. If selected, the registration of your Bachelor thesis will then be completed via the FAU WiSo Examinations Office.

If you have questions, please contact Sebastian Ach, M.Sc.

Bachelor Thesis Seminar

The requirements of the Bachelor Seminar within the context of the Bachlor thesis include the submittal of a written exposé and giving an interim and a final presentation.
  • An approximately 2-page exposé is to be prepared after the preliminary discussion with your thesis supervisor at the beginning of the thesis work period.
  • An approximately 15-minute interim presentation on the research question and structure is to be held about 3 weeks after the start of the thesis work period. The interim presentation is followed by a discussion.
  • A final presentation on the research question, structure, and results is to be held upon submitting the written Bachelor thesis. The final presentation is followed by a discussion.

Some guidelines for seminar presentations at the Chair of Social Policy can be found here.

Bachelor Thesis Format

The Bachelor thesis should be 25-30 pages in length. It is possible to write a Bachelor’s thesis in either English or German. You can find our guidelines for writing scientific papers as well as information regarding the formal documentation of empirical analyses here. 

Concrete Thesis Topics for the Summer Semester 2023: 

Health Economics/Social Insurance/Social Policy (Gesundheitsökonomie/Sozialversicherungen/Sozialpolitik)

  • Soziale Unterschiede in der Lebenserwartung: Stand und Entwicklung (Wrede)
  • Deskriptive Analyse der regionalen Verteilung auf Kreisebene von Frauenerwerbstätigkeit, Kinderbetreuung und Elterngeld (insb. Regionaldatenbank) (Wrede)
  • Deskriptive Analyse der regionalen Verteilung auf Kreisebene von medizinischer Versorgung und Gesundheitsindikatoren (insb. Regionaldatenbank) (Wrede)
  • Wohnsituation von Geflüchteten und ALG2-Empfängern: Eine komparative Analyse mit PASS-Daten des IAB (Ach)
  • Mindestlohn in der EU im Vergleich (Eurostat) (Poletto)
  • Kritische Analyse der Experimente zum bedingungslosen Grundeinkommen in ausgewählten Ländern (Poletto)

Cooperatives (Genossenschaften)

  • Genossenschaftliche Gewinnsparvereine: eine verhaltensökonomische Analyse (Wrede)
  • Wohnungsgenossenschaften und Energiewende: institutionenökonomische und deskriptive Analyse (Wrede)
  • Energiegenossenschaften und Energiewende: institutionenökonomische und deskriptive Analyse (Wrede)

Housing Industry and Policy (Wohnungswirtschaft und -politik)

  • Wohnkosten und Alterssicherung: Eine Analyse mit dem SOEP (Wrede)
  • Deskriptive, komparative Analyse von Wohnverhältnissen mittels SHARE-Daten (Ach)

Urban and Regional Analyses (Stadt- und Regionalanalysen)

  • Deskriptive Analyse der regionalen Variation von Sozialleistungsbezügen (auf der Basis von Daten der Regionalstatistik) (Wrede)
  • Die Verteilung von Finanzmittelzuteilungen über den Raum: Deskriptive Analysen anhand der Zuwendungsdatenbank Berlins, des Förderkatalogs für Projektförderung des Bundes oder der Zuweisungen der Länder an ihre Gemeinden (Wrede)
  • Das Städtebauförderprogramm „Soziale Stadt“: Deskriptive Analyse der Entwicklung indirekt geförderter Haushalte über die Zeit (SOEP) (Ach)
  • Behördenverlagerungen als Standortpolitik in Bayern (Wrede)

Public Choice

  • Wahlerfolg populistischer Parteien: Analyse struktureller Einflussfaktoren in Hamburg (Ach)
  • Sozialtaxonomie: Eine Analyse der Konzepte und erwarteten Wirkungen (Wrede)
  • Grüne Taxonomie der Europäischen Union: Eine politökonomische Analyse des Entstehungsprozesses (Wrede)
  • Contact-Hypothesis vs. Group-Threat-Theory – Eine empirische Analyse des Zusammenhangs zwischen Kontaktwahrscheinlichkeit und Einstellungen gegenüber Migranten (Ach)
  • Literaturgestützte deskriptive Analyse der Erfolgsfaktoren der Lega und Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung (Poletto)

 

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