Application and Topics for Bachelor and Master Theses

Supervisory slots for bachelor’s theses are usually allocated via a central procedure.
Further information on the general procedure can be found here:

https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/697857.html

If you are interested in writing a bachelor’s thesis at our chair, we welcome a separate contact in advance.
Students who aim to complete their thesis with top grades are especially encouraged to get in touch early.

Applications for master’s theses at the Chair of Smart Services can be submitted at any time. There is no central allocation procedure.
Capacity is usually limited and requires planning, so we recommend applying early. We accept applications up to 3 months before the desired start date.

Application via email

To apply, please send an email to the respective supervisor. If you do not have a specific supervisor in mind, please email Tom Wolf:

tom.wolf@uni-goettingen.de

Please include the following information in your application email:

• full name


• matriculation number


• student email address


• preferred start and end date


• current transcript of records


• short CV


• preferred topics and/or methods


• references to potential supervisors at the chair

Use the following sentence as the subject of your email:

Application Bachelor-/Master Thesis – (Your Topic)

Further information on formal requirements regarding the thesis contents and examination can be found below.

GENERAL INFORMATION

	Bachelor’s thesis	Master’s thesis
Duration	12 weeks	20 weeks
Written thesis requirements	~30 pages	~60 pages
ECTS	12	30
Prerequisites	90 ECTS, all B.WIWI-OPH modules and mandatory seminar	None; preferably completed “Master Seminar” (12 ECTS) and “Project Studies” (18 ECTS)
Degree programs	Business Information Systems B.Sc. Business Administration B.Sc. others upon request	Business Information Systems M.Sc. Management M.Sc. Applied Statistics M.Sc. others upon request
Language	German or English (recommended)	German or English (recommended)
Examination	Written thesis	Written thesis and presentation
Application deadlines	See official allocation procedure	Any time

General information on doctoral studies

Curious about doing a PhD at our chair? Feel free to contact us for an informal chat:

smartservices@uni-goettingen.de

Below you will find open topics that are particularly interesting for our current research.
The topics are suitable for both Bachelor and Master students.

Possible methods include:
Literature Review, Online Experiment, Survey, Interviews, Design Science, Website Crawling & Analysis.

The final method depends on the topic, your motivation, your supervisor, and your degree program (Bachelor / Master) and will be determined after the first meeting with your supervisor.

OPEN TOPICS

Topic	Method (suggested, but not limited to)	Supervisor
			From Tool to Companion: How Does the Perceived Relationship With AI Change Over Time?	Survey (Daily Diary)	Annika Walter
That Stings: Emotional Responses to AI Criticism Compared to Human Criticism	Online Experiment	Annika Walter
Compassionate AI and Employee Well-Being: A Daily Diary Approach	Survey (Daily Diary)	Jon Gorlo
Agentic AI for Data Analytics in Information Systems: A Systematic Literature Review	Literature Review	Jon Gorlo
Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI	Literature Review, Online Experiment	Lynn Oesterwind
The Role of Social Media in Zero-Day Vulnerability Communication and Mitigation	Literature Review, Website Crawling & Analysis	Lynn Oesterwind
Teammate, Advisor, or Oracle? How Perceptions of AI Roles Shape Human–AI Interaction	Literature Review, Online Experiment	Tom Wolf
Asking, Telling, or Confronting: How AI Shapes Reflective Thinking	Literature Review, Online Experiment	Tom Wolf