Teaching
If you would like to learn more about creativity research, the following courses are recommended:
In the Bachelor's program:
- 602.163: Special Chapters of Biological Psychology (Neuroscientific Creativity Research) (Fink, WS)
- 602.966: Seminar Forschungsmethodik in einem Grundlagen- oder Anwendungsfach (Benedek, WS): See Bachelor thesis.
In the Master's program:
- PSY.848: Seminar on basic research (creativity) (Benedek, SS)
- PSY.971: Current research topics in psychology (Benedek, SS): PV for Master's students supervised by Benedek/Neubauer (in the winter semester with Neubauer)
In the doctoral program:
- 602.919: Special seminar for doctoral candidates (Advanced scientific communication) (Benedek, SS)
- 602.932: Elective subject for doctoral students (Privatissimum Kreativitätsforschung) (Benedek, WS/SS): PV for doctoral students supervised by Benedek
Theses
I (Mathias Benedek) supervise bachelor theses, master theses, and dissertations in the field of creativity research.
Bachelor's thesis:
Please register for the Research Methodology seminar in a basic or applied subject (Benedek group) in the winter semester.
Master's thesis:
If you are interested in writing a Master's thesis, please send me a completed evidence sheet (by April for supervision from WS; by November for supervision from SS). I will contact all interested students in May/December to clarify where supervision is possible. A list of previously supervised Master's theses can be found here.
Dissertations:
Dissertation projects are usually funded via research projects. Look out for current calls for proposals on this website or on notice boards.
Collaboration
There are various ways of working in our research group. For example, as part of a research internship, as a student assistant in a research project, or as a tutor in a course.
Open positions are usually announced on this website under News . But you can also send an unsolicited application to mathias.benedek (at) uni-graz.at.