Master Thesis

Standard terms for the defence of the thesis are June, September, the turn of January and February.

Do not forget, that the term for Assignmnet submission/uploading is 6 months before scheduled Defence.

The submission of the Diploma’s theses for the February 2026 defense date is scheduled for December 12, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in room NB 310. The final theses must be submitted in two copies, along with a handwritten signed declaration of originality, and now also with the Thesis Assignment (DP) document containing electronic signatures of all participants. The copies of the thesis can be in spiral binding.

The Department of Economic and Social Policy will assign the specific time and will not be subject to change.

Before submitting the theses to the department’s office, the thesis must be uploaded to the InSIS system – in the “Final Thesis” section, and also to the appropriate submission portal for Diploma’s theses (DP) under the course EP000/5ODP in InSIS, meaning it needs to be submitted in both places. The submission portals are now open to upload your work.

Late submissions will not be accepted.

 

Please learn Methodology well, where you can find all important information and terms for your thesis writing!

Methodology-for-writing-theses

The Diploma Thesis topic has to be registered in InSIS at least 6 months before the defense. To register the topic, please first contact the supervisor based on your topic area. Students who started their studies in the Winter semester 2023/2024 and later have to have the Diploma seminar 5HP730 registered at least one semester before the semester they want to finish their studies. How to operate with 5HP730 is here.

You can contact the teacher who you choose to supervise your Thesis:

doc. PhDr. Ing. Marek Loužek, Ph.D.

  • Pension systems
  • European Union

Ing. Lucia Bartůsková, Ph.D.

  • Trends in labour force participation of women, occupational segregation, and the gender pay gap
  • China’s one-child policy: impact on pension system

Ing. Milan Bednář, Ph.D.

  • Economic policy in general (fiscal policy, monetary policy, etc.)
  • The European Union and its policies (economic perspective – e.g. coronavirus crisis, debt crisis, migration crisis, common currency, euro, etc.)
  • The issue of the European debt crisis in selected countries and the possible consequences of its further continuation
  • Evaluation of the euro as a single EU currency and its prospects
  • Evaluation of heterogeneity of selected countries in the European Union and its consequences for the integration process
  • other topics are possible after individual consultation and agreement

Ing. Petr Brabec, Ph.D.

  • Pension system in Hungary: Post-nationalisation development (2010 – 2021)
  • Pension system in Poland: Post-nationalisation development (2014 – 2021)
  • Possible outcome of the FF DB application in “selected country” (2021)
  • Possible outcome of the NDC application in “selected country” (2021)

Ing. Barbora Růžičková, Ph.D.

Waste (plastics) regulation at the supranational level

  • Economic Impacts of EU Plastics Regulation on Member States
  • Global Plastics Treaty: Potential Economic Effects on International Trade
  • The Economics of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Supranational Plastics Regulation
  • Developing Countries and Supranational Plastics Regulation: Economic Challenges and Opportunities

International organizations

  • The Role of the World Bank in Financing Sustainable Development Projects
  • IMF Conditionality and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
  • UNEP and the Economics of Global Environmental Governance
  • OECD and Sustainable Development: Policy Transfer and Economic Impacts
  • The Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals: Role of Multilateral Institutions
  • The Impact of IMF and World Bank Policies on Poverty Reduction: An Economic Perspective
  • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development
  • The UN’s 2030 Agenda: Economic Challenges of Implementing the SDGs
  • Financing the United Nations Environment Programme: Economic Analysis of Contributions and Fund Structures
Sustainable development

…or different supervisor from the Faculty of Economics based on your consultations with them