Final Theses

The Professorship for Digital Transformation supervises bachelor's and master's theses in the fields of digitalization and sustainability (digital-ecological transformation), platform work, and platform organizing. These theses can be conceptual papers or qualitative studies. You can either work on a predefined topic (see current offerings below) or propose an area of interest, including relevant literature, from which a research question can be developed during supervision.

The goal is to produce an independent academic work. This means that in your thesis, you should demonstrate the following:

• You are capable of translating entrepreneurial, organizational, or strategic problems or questions into a scientific research process.
• You can formulate an independent research question, understand various research designs, search for and review academic literature, write in an academic style, and consider the ethical aspects of research.
• You can apply, critique, and/or further develop a theory or theoretical concept.
• You are able to learn and apply a scientific method to answer your research question.
• You can coherently present your theoretical foundation, applied methods, results, and theoretical/practical implications in written form.

Please refer to the examination regulations for the general formal and procedural requirements. Current topics for supervision in the upcoming semester can be found here. The application deadline will be announced by the Student Dean’s Office, and selection decisions will be communicated by the same office.

Additionally, please submit a current transcript of records from QIS and a brief explanation of your general interests and topic ideas via the "EN_Kick-off-page" form, available in the download section. Send the required documents in a single PDF file to stefanie.habersang@leuphana.de.

If the number of applications exceeds the available supervision capacity, acceptance or rejection will be based on your academic performance in courses and seminars related to entrepreneurship, organization, and strategy.
Please carefully read the guidelines for writing a thesis.

If we can find a common area for supervision and you are selected, the process will be as follows:

1. Initial meeting based on your application.
2. Preparation of an exposé within one month; another meeting will be held to support this process.
3. Feedback on your exposé and resubmission after 14 days.
4. Registration of the thesis.
5. Completion of the thesis within the current semester. After registering your thesis, up to two more meetings for further coordination can be scheduled.

All the steps mentioned above must be completed on time to ensure your thesis is finished within the current semester!