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.

Doctoral programs

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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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The Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE) administers the PhD program at the Department of Economics of the University of Mannheim.

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The Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) administers PhD programs in Political Science, Psychology and Sociology in close collaboration with the School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim.

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Financial support

Financial support for our students

Placements

Where our alumni work

Getting help

Gender and Diversity Committee, childcare, mental health support and more

Coronavirus

Measures and recommendations

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CDSE doctoral candidate Tommaso Gasparini awarded Best PhD Paper Award of the IFABS 2022 Naples Conference

Congratulations to CDSE doctoral candidate Tommaso Gasparini ...

CDSS Alumna Emmy Lindstam appointed Assistant Professor at IE University

Many congratulations to Emmy Lindstam who is taking up an ...

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Hot of the press – GESS 2022 awards are in

It is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of ...

Ira's got no beef with her best poster award! Congratulations to CDSS doctoral student Ira Herwig

Ira received one of this year's European Health Psychology ...

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Job market candidates

Check out our job market candidates from the Center for Doctoral Studies of Business, Economics und Social Sciences.

Rankings

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

#1 in Germany

for Business, Economics and Social Sciences – QS University Rankings 2019

#1 in Germany

#4 in Europe and #33 worldwide in Business and Economics – Times Higher Education Ranking 2019 (ranking by subject)

#1 in Germany

for Business Administration, Finance and Political Science and #2 in Economics – Shanghai Ranking 2022

Twitter

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Frederic Gerdon @kausalfred

2022-10-05 15:27

🎯New #OpenAccess paper alert @Patterns_CP Human versus machines: Who is perceived to decide fairer? 🤖🤺
https://t.co/ZQsMSVwyfx by C. Kern, @kausalfred, @rub3n_luc, @floriankeusch @fraukolos

@MZESUniMannheim @GESSuniMannheim @LMU_Muenchen @CellPressNews
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David Philip Morgan @David_Pmorgan

2022-10-05 15:11

Next week already! Don’t forget to sign up for our #OpenScience day @UBMannheim. Lots of great talks to come from @kognDisso, @spponzius and @AeliaPulcheria. Including a host of lightning talks from our #OpenScience Grant Awardees below. https://t.co/yyCAp9czo6

Jamie Hentall MacCuish @jhmaccuish

2022-10-05 15:10

Thank you @GESSuniMannheim for the warm reception! It was a pleasure to have so many interesting conversations and have the chance to share my work. Thanks to @enter_econ for making this possible and @LukasHack_ for all his work as the local organiser. https://t.co/BCQuQHctIp

European Network for Training in Economic Research @enter_econ

2022-10-04 18:51

Today, Jamie Hentall MacCuish from @EconUCL visited U Mannheim/@GESSuniMannheim to present his Job Market Paper “Costly Attention and Retirement” in the Public Economics Seminar, organized by Eckhard Janeba/Arthur Seibold. The paper is available here: https://t.co/YfgUmc0VbY