Theses
List of topics BACHELOR and MASTER
A guideline for the writing of theses can be found here!
The topic of the thesis can be chosen freely by each student. The writing of empirical theses is explicitly encouraged at our department. Please feel free to contact our staff with your topic suggestions.
Below you can find the topics currently offered for theses and the corresponding contact persons. The topics are (mostly) suitable as final theses for Bachelor or Master. Please contact the respective staff members directly. You can get an overview of the research interests of the staff members by clicking on the links to the persons.
If you have your own idea for a topic within one of the research interests of the staff members, please contact him/her.
| Supervisor | Topic | Data Basis | Introductory Literature |
| Juliane Kühn | Attractiveness, gender, and labor market success/subjective well-being | SOEP Innovation-Sample | Hellyeret al. (2023). Pretty unequal? Immigrant-native differences in returns to physical attractiveness in Germany.Journal of EconomicBehavior& Organization,215, 107-119. |
| Juliane Kühn | Ethnicity and labor market success | ALLBUS, European Social Survey | Schubert, A. (2016). Der Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Migranten der 2. Generation: Keine Anzeichen für Diskriminierung erkennbar.ifo Dresden berichtet,23(3), 12-18. |
| Tobias Wolbring | Financial Inequality and Life Satisfaction | European Social Survey | Wilkinson, R. G., & Pickett, K. E. (2009). Income inequality and social dysfunction. Annual review of sociology, 35, 493-511. |
| Tobias Wolbring | Employment conditions and (mental) health/job satisfaction | SOEP/ALLBUS | Cornelißen, T. (2009). The Interaction of Job Satisfaction, Job Search, and Job Changes. An Empirical Investigation with German Panel Data. Journal of Happiness Studies, 10(3), 367–384. |
Further useful information on the topic of Bachelor’s theses at the chair can also be found in the slides of the info event on Bachelor’s theses in Sociology and Social Policy in the winter term 2025/26.