Theses and research internships

In addition to the topics listed below, you are also welcome to take the initiative and work on your own topics in the following research fields:

• Evaluation of development and growth theories from today’s perspective
• Competitiveness and policy: Does environmental policy reduce competitiveness?
• Environmental policy and its impact on international trade
• Impact assessment of innovations for well-being in Tanzania based on panel data
• Role of shocks in the production / consumption of indigenous vegetables in Kenya
• The impact of livestock farming on food security and income after exogenous shocks in Tanzania and Kenya
• Impact assessment of market shocks on vulnerability to poverty and food security
• Are food standards dependent on the buyer or manufacturer? Empirical analysis from the dealer’s or producer’s point of view in Kenya
• The impact of the digitisation of market information on the prices of agricultural commodities in developing countries: The role of mobile phones
• Entrepreneurship in developing countries: What do they need, what do they want?

Examples of topics dealt with

• Combining Environmental Policy Stringency with Economic Competitiveness – A Macro Perspective (Fraunhofer, Bachelor Thesis, 2018)
• Economic aspects of water supply and agriculture in Bavaria with regard to the nitrate problem (Füchsl, Bachelor thesis, 2017)
• Victims in Rural Tanzania – The Determinants and Impacts on Households´ Welfare (Mager, Master Thesis, Cooperation with Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2017)