Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences

The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim provides graduate training in empirical and quantitative methods as well as their application to business, economics, and the social sciences.

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The Center for Doctoral Studies in Business (CDSB) administers the PhD program at the Business School of the University of Mannheim, which is triple accredited by AACSB, EFDM (EQUIS) and AMBA.

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CDSS Alumna Mirka Henninger appointed Professor of Statistics and Data Science

CDSS Alumna Mirka Henninger will join the Faculty of Psychology as Professor for Statistics and Data Science at the University of Basel from February 2024. Her research program comprises psychometric modeling, machine learning methods and the modeling of multilevel data. In these areas and their ...

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ERC Starting Grant awarded to CDSB Alumnus Jens Förderer

Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer, Professor of Innovation and Digitalization at the Technical University of Munich's School of Management, Heilbronn Campus, was awarded the European Research Council Starting Grant for his project “Fair Competition in App Markets”. His research project, which he already ...

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Joachim Herz Foundation awards Fellowship to CDSE Doctoral Candidate

Congratulations to CDSE doctoral student Felix Rusche who has been awarded an Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Economics and Interdisciplinary Business Administration by the Joachim Herz Foundation for his research in labor and development economics. The Fellowships are endowed with research ...

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And the winners of the 2023 GESS Awards are ...

The GESS Awards commend outstanding research and teaching in the past academic year. It is with great pleasure that we announce this year's recipients. The award for Best Interdisciplinary Research Proposal goes to innovative projects and collaboration across different disciplines. The winners of ...

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Our 11 full-time three to five year doctoral programs provide access to world-class teaching and a vibrant and international faculty at the forefront of cutting-edge research.

#1 in Germany

in Accounting and Finance, Business and Management and #2 in Economics and Econometrics – QS University Rankings 2023 (ranking by subject)

#1 in Germany

in Economics & Econometrics and #2 in Social Sciences – Times Higher Education Ranking 2023 (ranking by subject)

#2 in Germany

in Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and #3 in Finance – Shanghai Ranking 2023 (ranking by subject)