Guidelines for scientific work

Information on the prerequisites, the procedure and the formal design can be found in the current guidelines for the preparation of scientific work at the institute. For further information please contact: pnp(at)jku.at.

Submission / plagiarism check

Please also note: The submission of your scientific work to the department of Teaching and Studies Organization will be exclusively in electronic form as of March 1, 2022. The submitted works are checked with a special plagiarism software for matching passages on the internet. For further information please contact: plagiatpruefung(at)jku.at.

The institute offers students a pool of topics for scientific theses.

Thesis Assignment Procedure

Theses are assigned twice a year. The lists of available topics are published:

• in May and

• in December.

Please note the following application deadlines:

• July 15 for the May topic list

• February 15 for the December topic list

Please send your application (only one topic per person) via e-mail to pnp(at)jku.at.

The final decision on topic assignment will be communicated by the end of July or end of February, based on the applications received.

Your application should include:

• Your contact details

• Information about your study program

• Details of courses you have taken at our institute

• The selected thesis topic, along with a few sentences describing your planned approach to the topic

Important Information:

Even though our subject area is explicitly included in the curriculum of certain degree programs – such as the Master in Finance and Accounting or Social Economics – we also welcome applications from students in other master’s programs where Public and Nonprofit Management is not formally part of the curriculum.

The prerequisite is that the chosen topic is relevant to the institute’s field of expertise and that supervision by one of our faculty members is feasible.

However, please ensure that your degree program allows you to write your thesis at our institute, and take note of any specific requirements regarding the master thesis seminar in your study program.

• Die Messung der öffentlichen Verschuldung in Österreich (Hilgers)
• Analyse kaufmännischer Jahresabschlüsse der Gemeinden in Österreich (Hilgers)
• Analyse kaufmännischer Jahresabschlüsse der Bundesländer in Österreich (Hilgers)
• Ansatz und Bewertung der impliziten Schulden in Österreich (Hilgers)
• Entwicklung und Treiber der öffentlichen Verschuldung (Hilgers)
• Die Zinsstrukturkurve und ihre Bedeutung für die öffentliche Verschuldung (Hilgers)
• Die IPSAS Governance (Hilgers)
• Nutzen und Weiterentwicklung ausgewählter IPSAS Standards (Hilgers)
• Europäischer Stabilitäts- und Rettungsfonds: Ausgestaltung und Messung (Hilgers)
• Open Innovation im öffentlichen Sektor (Hilgers)
• Konzeptionelle Fragen der Finanzierung in kleineren Vereinen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit - allgemein und am Beispiel des Vereins Braveaurora (Andeßner)
• Freiwilligenmanagement in kleineren Vereinen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit - allgemein und am Beispiel des Vereins Braveaurora (Andeßner)
• Fundraising und Sponsoring in (Blas-) Musikvereinen (Andeßner)

The topics are to be understood as framework topics and still have to be specified in the course of the concept development.