Guidelines

If you are interested in writing a thesis with our group, please go first through the information on our website and the following guidelines. Take a look at materials from the Stud.IP course materials on “Introduction to Animal Cognition” (WS 2024/2025), https://www.uni-konstanz.de/en/writing-centre/materials/exercises/; https://missing.csail.mit.edu/; https://conjointly.com/kb/descriptive-statistics/, the CBC-guidelines, our thesis and grading guidelines, and the resources below!

General steps to take

1. Check our websites for ongoing projects and research topics and contact the person your idea connects to (see Team),

2. Write an abstract (500-1000 words) with a project idea,

3. Meet with supervisor(s) (PI and group member) to discuss topic and research question. Write down meeting notes and send them to us (PI and group member),

4. Attend the Language and Communication Colloquium and Primate Communications Seminar (SS2025; WS 2025/2026)

5. Register your thesis with the examination office,

6. Send us your thesis sketch, including a hypothesis and/or 2-3 research questions and operationalization of research questions and schedule a second supervision meeting with concrete question,                                                                   

7. Send us your line of argumentation and results graphs 4 weeks before thesis submissionn

8. Write and submit your thesis

All thesis students should attend the Language and Communication colloquium and the Primate Communications Seminar offered on StudIP. 

Please contact the CBC-assistant Dorothee Möllmann at cbc-info[at]uos.de for appointments and ongoing in-lab studies (also for lab rotations).