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Students have the opportunity to work on real research questions from the Chair of Human Resource Management. The chair conducts research on the Future of Work, (digital) leadership, AI, and incentive and motivation systems from an economic perspective. In most cases, the research involves human subjects in the context of empirical studies.

In this course, students take ownership of an independent research question from the chair's research environment and thereby contribute to the chair's ongoing projects. The work spans several stages of the research process, for example from designing a study through to its implementation and analysis, rather than a single isolated task.

The focus is on applied, practical implementation in an experimental research context. The course is aimed in particular at students with an affinity for programming and methodology who wish to apply and deepen their technical and methodological skills in economics and management research.

Depending on the research question, a project may, for example, comprise:

• the development and implementation of software
• the analysis of one or more experimental datasets
• the development and implementation of an original experimental design

potentially combining several of these elements into a coherent contribution.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• independently structure and work on a scientific or practice-oriented research question from the chair's research environment
• select, justify, and implement a suitable methodological and technical solution (e.g., implementation of software, design of an original experiment, analysis of experimental data), reflecting on the relevant methodological trade-offs
• document their approach and results in a thorough scientific manner and present and defend them to a specialist audience
• critically reflect on their results and embed them within the current state of research

Workload

• Supervision and in-person appointments: 30 hours
• Familiarization and literature review: 30 hours
• Practical component: 160 hours
• Written documentation: 35 hours
• Final presentation preparation: 15 hours

Total 270 hours

Further literature will be made available during the course.