Final theses
Thank you for your interest in writing a thesis at our department. For a possible research question, consider, for example, which topic from your studies has particularly interested you. The video tutorial Hausarbeit from the German Didactics MLU will give you an initial guide to finding a research question.
Please contact the members of the group for the exact topic. In order to write a thesis at the Chair of Lifestyle and Socioeconomics of the Private Household, an exposé is required before registration. This should show the relevance of the topic, the research gap, your research question and give an initial overview of the state of research and your approach. (incl. literature and timetable).
The Learning Centre for Nutrition, Consumption and Health (LEKG) and the Competence Centre for Writing at Paderborn University can provide you with further assistance in the course of your work. Please also refer to our guidelines (see LEKG).
You should use the Paderborn University library for your literature research. A VPN client is required to access the library's online media. Furthermore, we recommend that you work with the reference management programme Citavi, which is available free of charge via the IMT with the campus licence.
The thesis must be submitted in duplicate to the central examination office and digitally to your supervisors. An inexpensive perfect binding (no hardcover) is sufficient.
For qualitative theses, please send us the anonymised transcripts digitally.
The guidelines for the preparation of the exposé at the Chair of Lifestyle and Socioeconomics of the Private Household can be downloaded in this Panda course: https://panda.uni-paderborn.de/course/view.php?id=42964