Open master thesis topics

Jan Mikuni + Helmut Leder

Art and Green intervention in urban environments

In a research project we offer one/two master thesis topics: We examine the effects of flexible artistic interventions and plant interventions on well-being and health-related experiences. Exciting studies are planned, some in the laboratory, extensive stimulus material is already available. Candidates can start immediately. If you are interested, please send an email to Helmut.leder@univie.ac.at

Helmut Leder & Kirren Chana

Reading in the city

What does attract our attention when we walk in a city? Do we read what is attracting though beautiful design? In collaboration with  graphic designers we plan laboratory and field studies. If you are interested, please send an email to Helmut.leder@univie.ac.at

Jozsef Arato, PhD + Helmut Leder

Eye-movements in art-viewing

How similarly do different people look at any given art-work? This seemingly simple question does not have a simple answer, despite the common use eye-tracking in empirical aesthetics. This project investigates methods to quantify the similarity of  eye-movement comparison. The goal is to compare fixations and saccades with various methods for different types of artworks (eg: abstract, figural paintings, photos), and groups (eg: age, gender) on existing datasets. If you are interested, please send an email to jozsef.arato@univie.ac.at

Eva Specker

How do behave when looking at (real) art?

Description: What happens when we enter a room with artworks? Which artwork grabs our attention? How do we look at the artworks? What are the challenges with mobile eye-tracking? And how can we find creative ways to analyze the data? These are some of the questions that you will be able to explore in this masterthesis project. For more information please contact: eva.specker@univie.ac.at