Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

Theses for Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees

Practical research is not for post-graduates only. We offer projects for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses that will give you hands-on experience as part of a team, hone your quantitatvie skills, and immerse you in the wonders of animal behavioral research. Projects are offered by our directors and group leaders. For more information on a particular project, contact the project leader.

Mountain crossing by white storks

Bird Movements and Animal Marking Group

Does weather shape how storks group?

Collective Migration Research Group

Modulation of foraging and towering behaviors in mixed species groups

Genes and Behavior Research Group

Evaluating tourist photographs for African wild dog population estimation in Kruger National Park

Animal-Environment Interactions Group, in collaboration with Contemplate Wild (South Africa)

How group living shapes sleep quality in coatis

Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies

Performance of camera traps and video surveillance in monitoring bat roosts

Ephemeral Resource Adaptations Research Group

Who shares the burrow?
Digging into cohabitation in Kalahari mammals

Communication & Collective Movement Group

Do bats echolocate in vicinity of their roosts?

Ephemeral Resource Adaptations Research Group

Identifying wild carnivore behaviors from accelerometer signatures

Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies

How to become social - the behavioral underpinnings of phase transition in the desert locust

Department of Collective Behavior

Making ants play video games to solve big problems with small brains

Department of Collective Behavior

Fish cognition in the wild

Behavioral Evolution Research Group

The evolution of complex behavior

Behavioral Evolution Research Group

Sleep in a social context

Ephemeral Resource Adaptations Research Group

Ecological and social triggers of human (predator) and animal (prey) movement patterns in Central DRC

Bonobo Behavioral Ecology Research Group

The evolution of costly signals

Department of Collective Behavior

Unraveling the collective movement of active sensing groups

Department of Collective Behavior

Investigating interactions between blacktip reef sharks and their schooling prey

Department of Collective Behavior