CDSS Placements
We're proud of our many alumni around the globe and the wonderful things they have accomplished, both professionally and personally since leaving the GESS.
2025
Noam Himmelrath Public Sector Consultant, PD Michael Imre Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Vienna Verena Kunz Knowledge Exchange and Outreach, GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences 2024
Anna Adendorf Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim
Oke Bahnsen Data Scientist, Civil Service Frederic Gerdon Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Elisabetta Girardi Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pisa Marcela Ibáñez Philipp Boura Kadel Local Green Deal Manager, Mannheim city council Ulrich Müller Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Sofia Navarro Baez Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Darmstadt Oliver Rittmann Lorenz-von-Stein Fellow, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) Sebastian Schongen Postdoctoral Researcher, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Fabienne Unkelbach Specialist Consultant for Data and Analyses, Regional Association FrankfurtRheinMain 2023
Lion Behrens Data Scientist Anti Financial Crime & Compliance, Sopra Steria Sabrina Berres Data Scientist, PwC Germany Laura Fraunfelter Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Thomas Grauenhorst Katharina Groskurth Psychometrician, Solsten Inc Marc Philipp Janson Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Melvin John Postdoctoral Researcher, MZES Mannheim Marcel Neunhoeffer Postdoctoral Researcher, LMU Munich and Boston University Felix Olsowski Philipp Schütze Postdoctoral Researcher, LMU Munich Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim 2022
Vlad Achimescu
Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Google Zurich Lucia Lou-Anne Boileau Postdoctoral Reasearcher, University of Mannheim Katharina Burgdorf Independent film production, Tamtam Film Head of Customer Success Management, Nesto Software Ltd David Hilpert Data Scientist, Funke Media Group Postdoctoral Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum Emmy Lindstam Assistant Professor IE University Madrid Scientific Officer, Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
Data Scientist, SAP Samuel Müller Customer Insights Researcher, Verivox Consultant, Arepo Postdoctoral Researcher, University of St. Gallen David Weyrauch Research Science Analyst, Finalta, McKinsey & Company Malte Felix Zimdahl Personal Assistant to the Chairman of the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim Anna-Lena Hönig
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz Xiao Lu Assistant Professor, Peking University Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Basel Saraswathi Ramasamy
School Coach, Josef-Schwarz School Assistant Professor, University of Oldenburg Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Kiel Data Scientist, Lidl International AI & Data Science, IBM 2020
Konstanze Jacob Manager Scientific Data, Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education Data Scientist, SAP
Postdoctoral Researcher, DeZIM Berlin Yavor Paunov Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Philosophy & History Christian Schimpf Postdoctoral Researcher, University of British Columbia Julia Semmelbeck
Liliane Wulff
Consultant, the new normal, Business Consulting and Services Postdoctoral Researcher, Hertie School of Governance 2019
Benedict Fehringer Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Verena Fetscher Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Hamburg Mirka Henninger Professor for Statistics and Data Science, University of Basel Yiqi Li Postdoctoral Researcher, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Amrei Maddox Researcher, Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge Rosa M. Navarrete Postdoctoral Researcher, Saarland University Hadar Nesher Shoshan Assistant Professor, University of Mainz Katrin Paula Professor, TU Munich Sonja Pohle Senior Data Scientist, SAP Walldorf Constantin Schäfer Consultant IFOK Ltd
Affiliated Researcher, KU LeuvenAlexander Scherf Senior Data Scientist, Consist Software Solutions Sebastian Sternberg Manager Digitalization Projects, KPMG Tilko Swalve Assistant Professor, Leiden University Edgar Treischl Data Scientist, State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research Munich 2018
Mariyana Angelova Assistant Professor, Central European University Carina Cornesse Head of the Department Survey Design and Methodology, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Benjamin Engst Associate Professor, NTNU Trondheim Fatih Kavcioglu Psychological Psychotherapist in training Pascal Kieslich Senior Principal Data Scientist, Merck Group Hansjörg Plieninger Big Data Analyst, DB Fernverkehr AG Yury Shevchenko Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz Jakob Willisch Head of Product Data, Babbel Deputy Chief of Staff to the Head of the Federal Chancellery Statistical Consultant 2017
Max Auerswald Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Ulm Christopher Buss Senior Specialist Digital Excellence, BASF SE Julia Engel Program Officer, DFG Hannah Marie Gringard Senior Insights Manager, OMD EMEA Daniel Heck Professor, Philipps University Marburg Hanno Kruse Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, University of Bonn Simone Malejka Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne Sebastian Pink Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Janin Rössel Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim Adam Scharpf Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen Bianca von Wurzbach Co-management Experience Science, University of Mannheim & FOM Berlin 2016
Dragos Adascalitei Research Officer, Eurofound – European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Elena Frech Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bamberg Moritz Heß Professor, University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein Anna-Sophie Kurella MZES Fellow and project director Lars Leszczensky MZES Fellow and project director Moritz Marbach Associate Professor, University College London Martha Michalkiewicz Administrative staff Research & Transfer, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf Jörg Neugschwender Data Team Manager, LIS Cross-national Data Center Luxembourg Giuseppe Pietrantuono Postdoctoral Researcher, FU Berlin Caroline Wittig Head of Strategic Research Topics and Academic Career Development, Goethe University Frankfurt Assistant Professor, Durham University Data Scientist, OPAL 2015
Eva Bernauer Data Analyst, BinDoc GmbH Kathrin Bogner Biostatistician, AMS Advanced Medical Services Ltd Jens Brandenburg Member of Parliament (FDP), German Bundestag Stefan Domonkos Director General of Department, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic Matthias Haber Data Lead, RAPP Berlin Eva H. Önnudóttir Professor, University of Iceland Mascha Rauschenbach Evaluator at German Institute for Development Cooperation (DEval) Sonja Schulz Postdoctoral Researcher, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Anke Söllner Coordinator RTG 'Statistical Modeling in Psychology' (SMiP) Lukas Stötzer Professor for Quantitative Methods, Witten/ Herdecke University Isabel Thielmann Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for the study of Crime, Security and Law Stefanie Walter Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, TU Munich Associate Professor Ludong University, Yantai, PR China Division Operations Manager, Federal Employment Agency, Germany Scientific Officer, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF Senior Consultant Data Science & AI, b.telligent Assistant Professor, Australian National University 2014
Thomas Biegert Assistant Professor, London School of Economics Felix Dinger School Psychologist, Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Baden-Württemberg Anita Gohdes Professor of International and Cyber Security, Hertie School of Governance Sebastian Köhler Lecturer in Political Economy, King's College London Elias Naumann Postdoctoral Researcher, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Dominic Nyhuis Professor, Leibniz University Hannover Nadine Reibling Professor, University of Applied Sciences Fulda Andrew J. White Head of Experience Management, Sovanta AG Assistant Professor for Applied Sociology, TU Kaiserslautern Clinical Psychologist, University of Mainz HR Data Science, Insights and Innovation, Deutsche Bahn Applied Scientist, Zalando SE Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Kaiserslautern 2013
Katherin Barg Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol Axel Burger Researcher, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Markus Klein Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde Ellen Schneider Head of Statistics and Urban Research, Mannheim City Federico Vegetti Assistant Professor, University of Turin Head of Office, Provost's Conference NRW 2012
Christian Arnold Associate Professor, University of Birmingham Patrick Bayer Professor, University of Glasgow Michael Ortiz Managing Director, Steinbeis Consulting Centers and Senior Research Fellow, Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute, Stuttgart Bettina Trueb Head of Director's Office, EMBO Assistant Vice President, DBRS 2011
Gema M. García Albacete Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Janine Heißler Manager Customer Engagement, Thieme Group Stuttgart Jana Janßen Psychologist, Landesverein für Innere Mission Schleswig-Holstein Scientific Researcher, University of Freiburg 2010
Valeria Bordone Assistant Professor in ageing, generations, life course, University of Vienna Oshrat Hochman Team Head, Data and Research on Society, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Heike Klüver Professor of Comparative Policital Behavior, Humboldt University of Berlin Meike Kroneisen Assistant Professor of Psychology, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Carolina Küpper-Tetzel Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow Claudia Liebscher Psychotherapist, Psychotherapeutic Practice Dr. Claudia Liebscher und Kolleginnen Thomas Meyer Professor of Political Science, University of Vienna Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Sankt Rochus Clinic Schönborn 2009
Benjamin Hilbig Professor of Cognitive Psychology, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Esther Kaufmann Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz