Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIA number of theses are completed as part of the Fraunhofer ISI doctoral program every year; they cover a wide range of topics, demonstrating the diversity of our departments.
Here is a selection of the most recent ones:
Selection of completed theses
2025
- Julia Beyersdorf: Strategically leveraging technology development for sustainable entrepreuneurship
- Denilton Darold: Data-driven innovations in Germany: An empirical analysis (University of Hohenheim)
- Meta Thurid Lotz: Circular Economy for the Decarbonisation of Basic Materials (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Viktor Paul Müller: International trade of green hydrogen: Implications and challenges for potential exporting countries (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Marius Neuwirth: Hydrogen technologies and their potential for technology diffusion and transformation in the industrial sector to achieve political climate targets by 2050 (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) (Original title: Wasserstofftechnologien und deren Potentiale hinsichtlich Technologiediffusion und Transformation im Industriesektor zur Erreichung der politischen Klimaziele bis 2050)
2024
- Sabine Anatolitis-Pelka: Governance of household consumers in the energy system: A study of the governance design options that meet the needs of consumers and the energy system (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
- Mahsa Bagheri: Rethinking the cities through a new insight on lifestyle necessities – A new dimension in housing policy (Technical University of Darmstadt)
- Anna Billerbeck: Policies for decarbonising district heating systems (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg)
- Jan George: Levys and taxes for system friendly renewables and flexibility (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg)
- Tim Mandel: Energy Efficiency First. Conceptualization and model-based assessment for the EU buildings sector (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Pia Manz: Future regional distribution of final energy demand and the impact of sector coupling options: A model-based scenario analysis (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Leon Rostek: Development of dynamic material flow models for a holistic description of the anthropogenic zinc cycle (Clausthal University of Technology) (Original title: Entwicklung dynamischer Materialflussmodelle zur ganzheitlichen Beschreibung des anthropogenen Zinkkreislaufs)
- Daniel Speth: Electrification of road freight transport: charging infrastructure requirements and impacts on the energy system (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Original title: Elektrifizierung des straßengebundenen Güterverkehrs: Ladeinfrastrukturbedarf und Auswirkungen auf das Energiesystem)
- Elisa Wallwaey: Prevention of know-how and innovation theft in German SMEs, taking into account industry-specific innovation intensity (University of Trier) (Original title: Prävention von Knowhow- und Innovationsdiebstahl in deutschen KMU unter Berücksichtigung der branchenspezifischen Innovationsintensität)
2023
- Christiane Bernath: Effects of sector coupling of electricity and heat through heating networks on the European electricity generation system (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Original title: Auswirkungen der Sektorkopplung von Strom und Wärme durch Wärmenetze auf das europäische Stromerzeugungssystem)
- Frank Ebbers: The Human Factors in IT Security and Privacy (Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main)
- Hendrik Hansmeier: Transformation of socio-technical systems from a regional perspective (Leibniz Faculty Hannover) (Original tile: Transformation von sozio-technischen Systemen aus regionaler Perspektive)
- Benjamin Lux: Potential of synthetic energy sources for a future European energy system – model-based scenario analyses (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Original title: Potentiale synthetischer Energieträger für ein zukünftiges europäisches Energiesystem - Modellbasierte Szenarioanalysen)
2022
- Vasilios Anatolitis: Efficiency and effectiveness of renewable energy auctions - Assessing auctions as a mechanism to foster partial market integration of electricity from renewable energy sources (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg)
- Markus Fritz: Use of industrial waste heat to provide heat in buildings (Technical University of Darmstadt) (Original title: Nutzung industrieller Abwärme zur Bereitstellung von Wärme in Gebäuden)
- Konstantin Krauß: Bridging the Transformation of the Old and New World: Modeling New Transport Services via a Business Model Approach (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
- Matthias Kühnbach: Investigation of decentralized incentive signals for electricity and demand-side flexibilities (Original title: Untersuchung von dezentralen Anreizsignalen für Strom und nachfrageseitige Flexibilitäten)
2021
- Murat Karaboga: The emergence of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main) (Original title: Die Entstehung der EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung)
- Matthias Reuter: Enhanced Meso-Indicators for the Evaluation of Energy Policies and Targets
2020
- Hendrik Berghäuser: The third mission of higher education in Germany (Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer) (Original title: Die Dritte Mission von Hochschulen in Deutschland)
- Pia Niessen: Identification of resilience indicators in small and medium-sized manufacturing companies (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (Original title: Identifikation von Resilienzindikatoren in produzierenden klein- und mittelständischen Unternehmen)
- Sabine Preuß: Interventions for attitude change: Measuring and improving negative attitudes toward gay men (University of Koblenz and Landau)
- Matthias Rehfeldt: Fuel switching as contribution to the decarbonisation of the industry sector – Integration in a bottom-up energy system model (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
- Fanny Seus: Cooperation between development sites in multinational companies (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Original title: Zusammenarbeit von Entwicklungsstandorten in multinationalen Unternehmen)
- Luisa Sievers: Regional distribution effects of the energy transition - A model-based analysis of possible effects on value creation and employment (Bundeswehr University Munich) (Original title: Regionale Verteilungswirkung der Energiewende – Eine modellbasierte Analyse möglicher Effekte auf Wertschöpfung und Beschäftigung)
2019
- Miriam Bodenheimer: Behavioral transitions to social sustainability in global production networks: case studies from the smartphone and garment sectors (Witten/Herdecke University)
- Gerda Deac: The impact of coupling the electricity and heat markets on the future integration of renewables and CO2 emissions in Germany (Technische Universität Dresden) (Original title: Auswirkungen der Kopplung von Strom- und Wärmemarkt auf die künftige Integration der erneuerbaren Energien und die CO2-Emissionen in Deutschland)
- Stephanie Heitel: Municipal housing companies in multiple interest management challenge. Development of stakeholder integration strategies (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (Original title: Wohnungsunternehmen im Interessenkonflikt. Entwicklung eines Stakeholder-orientierten Managementsansatzes)
- Thomas Jackwerth-Rice: The openness of corporate innovation processes. A mechanism-based analysis of innovation projects in the wind energy industry (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
- Cornelius Moll: Sustainable service innovations in logistics - an approach for the development of decision models (University of Hohenheim) (Original title: Nachhaltige Dienstleistungsinnovationen in der Logistik – Ein Ansatz zur Entwicklung von Entscheidungsmodellen)
- Matthias Pfaff: Material flows in the industrial system: Model-based analysis of material consumption in Germany and the effects of efficiency measures (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT)
- Liliya Pullmann: The development of national location factors of CEEC with regard to their technological performance and the development of national innovation systems - their role in growth and convergence processes. (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) (Original title: Entwicklung nationaler Standortfaktoren der MOEL in Hinblick auf ihre technologische Leistungsfähigkeit und den Aufbau nationaler Innovationssysteme – ihre Rolle für Wachstums- und Konvergenzprozesse)
- Erduana Shala: Foresight and social epistemology (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
- Katharina Wohlfarth: Energy efficiency and demand flexibility in companies – potentials, approaches and synergies to contribute to the energy transition (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
2018
- Ali Aydemir: Identifying energy saving potential through inter-company heat integration in Germany (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (Original title: Ermittlung von Energieeinsparpotenzialen durch überbetriebliche Wärmeintegration in Deutschland)
- Simon Funke: Techno-economic assessment of heterogeneous measures to extend the daily range of battery-electric vehicles. (Universität Kassel) (Original title: Techno-ökonomische Gesamtbewertung heterogener Maßnahmen zur Verlängerung der Tagesreichweite von batterieelektrischen Fahrzeugen)
- Dara Hallinan: The role of data protection law in protecting genetic privacy in research biobanking (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Anna-Lena Klingler: Self-consumption of solar electricity – Modelling profitability and market diffusion of photovoltaics and battery systems in the residential sector (Technical University Munich)
- Simon Marwitz: Techno-economic effects of the operation of electric-powered vehicles and photovoltaic systems on German low-voltage grids. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Original title: Techno-ökonomische Auswirkungen des Betriebs von Elektrofahrzeugen und Photovoltaik-Anlagen auf deutsche Niederspannungsnetze)
- Andreas Sauer: Functional dynamics of technological innovation systems in renewable energy technologies: taking the global adoption of battery-powered vehicles and plug-in hybrids as an example (University of Hohenheim) (Original title: Funktionale Dynamik von Technologischen Innovationssystemen im Bereich der Erneuerbaren Energietechnologien: Das Beispiel der weltweiten Durchsetzung von batteriebetriebenen Fahrzeugen und Plug-in-Hybridfahrzeugen)
- Marcel Soulier: The development of dynamic stock and flow models for the simulation of regional copper flow (Clausthal University of Technology) (Original title: Entwicklung systemdynamischer Stoffstrommodelle zur Simulation von regionalen Kupferkreisläufen)