Master theses
Open topics for theses at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics.
These topics are suggestions and are typically related to ongoing research projects. Further information is available on the chair groups' websites.
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Consumers' acceptance of genome-edited meat products - The effect of information (Supervisor: Jeanette Klink-Lehmann)
Influence of “buy national” campaigns on WTP for home-country food products (Supervisor: Milan Tatic)
Investigating consumer preferences (WTP) for oat milk – Does German origin provides a premium?(Supervisor: Milan Tatic)
Is it all about convenience? Changing consumers' ambivalence towards paper-based food packaging (Supervisor: Janine Macht)
Knowledge, Attitudes and Information Needs of Nutritionists about climate change and the concept of Planetary Boundaries (Supervisor: Dr. Gesa Maschkowski)
Reactions towards loss and gain framing (in video clips) – an experiment about the impact of framing on attitudes towards agricultural innovations (Supervisor: Ursula Ploll)
The role of the agricultural advisor: responsibilities if and how they can drive sustainable innovations among farmers - qualitative research (Supervisor: Ursula Ploll)
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Meta-analysis of the impact of ICT-enabled farm advisory services in developing countries (Supervisor: Dario Schulz)
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Linking the Safe Operating Space to agri-environmental policies in the EU (Supervisor: Dr. Till Kuhn)
Literature review of the effects of adopting more efficient water irrigation technologies (Supervisor: Elin Martinsson)
Studying heterogeneity in agriculture mechanization level using machine learning and remote sensing (Supervisor: Dr. Hugo Storm)