• Cryptocurrencies
• Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
• Behavioural Finance
• Privacy in Mobile Payment

Frédéric Tronnier joined the Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security as a research and teaching assistant in 2019. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration with specialization in Management and Marketing, as well as a M.A. in Business Informatics, both from Goethe-University Frankfurt. Between his degrees he worked at a Venture Capital company, identifying and evaluating promising hard-and software start-ups. His Masters thesis on the investment behavior of retail investors in Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) led him to join the chair.

Call for Bachelor and Master theses:

I am always looking for good and committed students. So just drop me a message if you are interested in writing a Bachelor or Master thesis about Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts, Mobile Payment or Privacy-related topics. 

Under Theses you can find some specific topics for Bachelor and Master Theses that are currently open.

Don't hesistate to come up with your own ideas, suggestions or wishes regarding a particular topic or the direction of a topic in the above-mentioned fields.

Areas that I am particularly interested in are:

• Stablecoins
• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
• DLT in Finance and Payment
• Privacy in Payment Solutions

These topics may be investigated with quantitative, qualitative as well as theoretical-based methodologies (e.g. systematic literature reviews).

Publications:

• Tronnier, F., Hamm, P. and Harborth, D.. 2020. "The Role of Behavioural Biases and Personality Traits of Retail Investors in ICOs". European Conference on Information Systems.
• Tronnier, F., Recker, M. and Hamm, P.. 2020. Towards Central Bank Digital Currency - A Systematic Literature Review". Pacific Conference on Information Systems.