Masters Thesis Supervision

Interested in writing your Master's thesis in the field of personality, music, or relationship psychology?

There is the possibility of writing your Master’s thesis in our team, with Marcel Zentner, Hannah Strauß, Francesca Talamini and Julia Vigl as main supervisors and Vivienne Biedermann as co-supervisor.

Please carefully read through the requirements below to find the right supervisor for your topic.

Specific Requirements of our Team Members

Supervision Process Overview

1.

Reach out to our team members

When reaching out to our team members, please avoid general inquiries such as expressing a broad interest in the topics of our department. Instead, please be specific in the topic you are interested in and how you would like to investigate it

2.

Synopsis of Masters Thesis

Once you have found a supervisor and defined your specific research question, you will be asked to write a synopsis for your Masters thesis (exposé). The synopsis should include a theoretical context for your research questions (avoid excessive theoretical elaboration of concepts), your hypotheses, methods and data analysis, as well as a rough time line. Typically, the synopsis is between 5 and 10 pages.

3.

Masters Thesis Registration Form

Once your synopsis has been approved, you will need to complete the Masters Thesis Registration form and submit it to the Prüfungsreferat. Additionally, you may also need to submit the form for the module Preparation of the Masters Thesis.

4.

Submit Master thesis

When your Masters thesis is complete, please submit the following items to the “Prüfungsreferat”:

  • the completed examination protocol (“Prüfungsprotokoll”)
  • the form for submitting the Masters thesis (“Einreichung der Masterarbeit”)
  • the form for grading (“Beurteilung der Masterarbeit”)
  • the confirmation of registration of scientific work (Link)
  • a pdf version of the thesis
    • naming: matriculationNumber_lastName_MA.pdf

 

5.

Register your defense

Once you have submitted your thesis, your supervisor will have to evaluate it. Once the grade has been submitted, the Prüfungsreferat will send you the registration form for the defence.

At least 3 weeks before your defense and at least one month after you got your grade, please submit the form for the registration of the defense, which will also include the composition of the examination committee.

6.

Defense

For the defense you will have the opportunity to schedule an individual appointment with the examination committee. The defense itself consists of a maximum 12-minute presentation, followed by questions from the committee.

Click here for more information on the
procedure of the oral final examinations (Masters degree in Psychology)

Ongoing Projects

Are you motivated to help us with our planned/ongoing studies? Check out if you would like to write your Masters thesis about one of these projects:

Context and Music Induced Emotions

Investiagor(s):   Julia Vigl
Topic overview: How much does context matter in musical emotion induction? Using VR technology, we could like to investigate the impact of different scenarios on emotions while listening to music.
Requirements:  Specific affinity and experience with VR technology

Effects of language comprehension on music-evoked emotions

Investiagor(s): Hannah Strauß (PI), in collaboration with Florian Hemetsberger, Francesca Talamini & Julia Vigl
Topic overview: This project examines the effects of language comprehension on music-evoked emotions by adopting a within-subject experimental design.
Requirements: Strong interest in music psychology. Willingness to conduct one-on-one lab assessments (~ 40 mins each; including skin conductance measures). Basic R skills.
Time frame: Data assessment is planned to take place during winter term 2024/25.