Teaching / Syllabi

Course Syllabi / Kursbeschreibungen 

My prime field of teaching is decision making in the context of sustainability and climate change. This includes questions of how human decision makers make their decisions (individuals, households, citizens and organizations), and which factors influence these decisions.

• VO Nachhaltiger Konsum und Verhalten [Link]
• KS Decision Making for Sustainable Development [Link]
• KS Human Factors in Transitions [Link]
• SE The Sustainability Challenge  [Link]

Syllabi of team teaching courses are provided in UGO. 

Thesis supervision

I am supervising master theses in the following programs:

• Joint Master in Sustainable Development,
• Joint Master in Circular Economy and
• Master Programs in USW (mainly Sustainability and Innovation Management).

I will accept supervising your thesis, if I have sufficient capacities in the respective semester, and under the following prerequisites:

• The topic relates to my expertise; i.e. the topics I cover in my teaching and research (see syllabi and publication list).
• You can demomstrate some familiarity with these topics (e.g. by prior participation in relevant courses).
• You hand in a sound research proposal with a suitable method to answer your research question(s) and a reasonable work plan.
• The research questions are relevant and the research process is likely to generate results that are publishable in a scientific journal.

I will not accept supervision, if the topics of your thesis are beyond my expertise and not related to my research and teaching.

If you contact me for supervision, please attach a two-page summary of your proposal, including your intended research question and proposed method.

For details, please see my information sheet regarding master thesis supervision [PDF].