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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Coronavirus

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to CDSB Alumna Prof. Dr. Elisa Casi-Eberhard

Congratulations to CDSB alumna Prof. Dr. Elisa Casi-Eberhard who has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to study information exchange and tax revenue extraction in the project TAXFAIR at the NHH Norwegian School of Economics and the International Monetary Fund. For ...

ERC Starting Grant awarded to CDSS Alumnus Lars Leszczensky

The Interplay of Children’s and Parents’ Networks in Shaping Each Other’s Social Worlds European societies are becoming increasingly diverse, for instance in ethnic and religious terms. Though many people are likely to maintain and establish friendships from childhood through to adulthood with ...

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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 on receiving the Best PhD Paper Award of the IFABS 2022 Naples Conference for his paper: „Imperfect Banking Competition and the Propagation of Risk Shocks“.

CDSS Alumna Emmy Lindstam appointed Assistant Professor at IE University

Many congratulations to Emmy Lindstam who is taking up an Assistant Professor position in comparative politics at IE University in Madrid. She defended her thesis with distinction in July 2022. We wish her all the best in her new position!

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Rankings

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 Politics, Economics and Econometrics – QS University Rankings 2022

#1 in Germany

in Social Sciences, Business and Economics – Times Higher Education Ranking 2022 (ranking by subject)

#1 in Germany

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

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Beate Thies @BeateThies

2022–11-27 19:36

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Beate Thies @BeateThies

2022–11-27 19:36

JMP Thread 📢

How does air pollution affect highly skilled knowledge workers? (with @felix_holub)

To learn the answer,
📰 check my JMP on my website https://t.co/nciOXfymqw
🎧listen to episode 51 of the @VisibleHandPod
https://t.co/UQJ8wNOF94
🧵or read this thread #EconTwitter

Mannheim Graduate School (GESS) @GESSuniMannheim

2022–11-27 19:32

📣 New article alert 📣
Congratulations to the authors, among them CDSS PhD candidate @MichaelImre.👏 https://t.co/2GneMdCjb1

Mattia Colombo @MatClmb

2022–11-25 09:50

Thank you @florianederer for sharing my #Jobmarketpaper https://t.co/LFmqDVRFSK