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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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 ...

New video of GESS Dean of Graduate Studies and CDSE Academic Director, Professor Antonio Ciccone discussing latest research

New video of GESS Dean of Graduate Studies and CDSE Academic ...

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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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Maximilian Frank @epizyklen

2022-09-28 18:34

Third day of the Trifelser Summer School on Open Science: Peter Brettschneider gave an enlightening talk about Research data from the perspective of copyright laws. If you ever asks yourself who owns your research data, you should definitely look into this topic.

#OpenScience https://t.co/HN9YZXstfk

Anna Czepiel @czepsil

2022-09-28 18:34

Thoroughly enjoying a week away @ Trifels Open Science Summer School with a wonderful group of scientists. Learning so many things about trust in science, reproducibility, copyright... even the history Trifels Castle! 🏰 @GolarehK @DoraTinhof @mayarbali @epizyklen https://t.co/iJqR2hQ3s9

David Philip Morgan @David_Pmorgan

2022-09-28 11:37

#OpenScience Grants are currently available from our Open Science Office @UBMannheim (up to 5,000 €). 🚨

If you have a project in mind that has an Open Science theme (e.g., #OpenAccess #Reproducibility #OpenData) apply ASAP using the info below:

https://t.co/oIybRiWKr7

Juli Nagel @julivnagel

2022-09-28 10:43

Today I gave a workshop on #reproducibility at the Trifels Summer School on #OpenScience. The participants were great and actively discussed different ways to improve reproducibility. Thank you for inviting me! https://t.co/uHiNnahOsa