Final theses
Contact details and initial information
If you are a student at BTU and are interested in writing a final-year dissertation under the supervision of the Energy Economics chair, please contact Maximilian Bernecker by email at maximilian.bernecker@b-tu.de.
He is the thesis coordinator for the chair. Interested students should first familiarise themselves with the topics listed on the chair’s website. If none of the topics listed appeal to you (or if there are no available topics), you may propose your own topic.
This topic must be consistent with the academic focus of the chair.
When you contact us, we will require the following information:
• a CV detailing your academic background and qualifications,
• a current academic transcript, and•
either a topic offered by the chair that interests you, or a detailed, structured topic proposal of approximately one A4 page (an extract or bullet points are acceptable)
• your own topic proposal
. Following your enquiry, the chair will inform you whether your proposal can be accommodated. If supervision is possible, you will receive all the necessary information from the Department of Energy Economics on how to write your final thesis.
- Topic 1: Bachelor’s/Master’s thesis – “Modelling of energy markets”
- Topic 2: “Hydrogen infrastructure in Germany – What role will electrolysers play in the future?”
- Topic 3: Master’s thesis – “Measuring Employer Attractiveness in Virtual Reality: Experimental Design on Regional Identity and Time Perspective”
- Topic 4: Bachelor’s/Master’s thesis – “Coal Region or Region in Transformation? Regional Identity in the Lausitzer Rundschau”