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Technical University of Munich

Supervision of Theses

TheScience and Crisis Communication (SCC) professorship welcomes inquiries for the supervision of Bachelor and Master’s theses related to the intersection of science, crisis, and political communication. Please have a look at the profiles of our team members and projects. In terms of methods, we offer supervision for projects that both quantitative/computational and/or qualitative methods with a special focus on various forms of content analysis of texts and images. We particularly welcome students interested in interdisciplinary work, combining media analysis with insights from political science, sociology, and communication research.

If you are interested in writing your Master thesis with us, please consider the following points before reaching out to us:

  • You can propose your own thesis topic, or write your thesis about one of the open thesis topics (see below) that our team members are interested in supervising
  • Make sure to approach us with a short research proposal of 2-3 pages. The goal of the research proposal is to present your ideas to a potential supervisor and will provide the basis for discussing your project. The research proposal should include: (1) An introduction to the topic of your proposed research that describes the research puzzle, briefly outlines the data and methodology and the project’s significance. (2) A short literature review of existing work related to your research question, discussing the most important studies on the topic, connecting them to your research and explaining where you have identified a gap which your work plans to fill. (3) A theoretical framework that sketches your theoretical approach to addressing your research question. At the end of this section, you could outline potential hypotheses you are planning to test. (4) A research design and methodology outlining the data and data collection strategy and the methodological approach you plan to use – including the techniques you plan to use to analyze your data.
  • Please check whether your study program’s regulations allow you to write your master’s thesis with us. We can officially supervise theses within the Department of Science, Technology and Society and the Department of Governance. If you have any doubts about formalities, please reach out to your student advisor or the registrar’s office first.

If your research interests are on line with the professorship for Science and Crisis Communication and you have considered the points mentioned above, feel free to send an email to Prof. Stefanie Walter or Dr. Alice Beazer.

Open thesis topics

  • Visual discourses on energy policy
  • Media coverage of AI
  • Media and disability
  • Intersectional analyses and approaches
  • Media representations
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