We are currently supervising master theses in the following research projects. If you are interested in one of these topics, please contact the respective supervisor directly. The following list should serve as a first thematic orientation: 

Prof. Dr. Andreas König: (Please contact friederike.hawighorst@uni-passau.de for further details; other topics might be available as well.)

• Warm breeze or burning firestorm: Framing of the global climate crisis in executive communication
• Corporate (social) responsibility in the context of the climate crisis: Roles and challenges of Business Schools

Anastasiya Shylina: (Please contact anastasiya.shylina@uni-passau.de for further details; other topics might be available as well.)

• Single-case study of CEO public communication in and after post-misconduct merger
• Multiple-case study of social evaluations of post-misconduct mergers and acquisitions

Hendrike Werwigk: (Please contact hendrike.werwigk@uni-passau.de for further details; other topics might be available as well.)

• No theses currently.

Friederike Hawighorst: (Please contact friederike.hawighorst@uni-passau.de for further details; other topics might be available as well.)

• Investigating the effects of flattery in analyst-CEO interactions

Juan Carlos Rivera Prieto: (Please contact jcrivpri@upo.es or rivera05@ads.uni-passau.de for further details; other topics might be available as well.)

• Authenticity in Purpose-driven Ventures: Implications for Short-term Success and Long-term Growth.
• The Role of Interpersonal Relationships in Business Angels' Investment Decisions.
• Strategic Communication of Newly Public Ventures and Different Investor Decisions.
• The Role of Rhetorical Signals in the Transition to a Public Status: A Gender Diversity Perspective of Investors’ Valuations.
• Strategic Communication during the Initial Public Offering of New Ventures (Literature Review)

Note on own topic suggestions: 

If you would like to propose your own research topic, please send an e-mail to the supervisor in whose research area you locate your topic. Please send us a short proposal (one page) explaining which research question you would like to address, which data you want to conduct your analysis on, why this topic represents a genuine research contribution, and to what extent your topic fits into our research.

Your proposal will be evaluated according to the established criteria of scientific orientation and scientific potential. Your proposal must be in line with the research content (focus) of the chair! Furthermore, an acceptance always depends on the current supervision capacity.