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Fizzin' marvelous – CDSS doctoral student Philipp Kadel receives two more awards for his Master thesis

In 2020 Philipp was awarded the Otto-Selz-Prize for his Master thesis “Coping with Cola? – Mental Health Problems Longitudinally Predict Soft Drink Consumption Among Children and Adolescents“. In the last two weeks two more prizes followed one by the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi) and the ...

CDSS alumnus Christian Gläßel awarded Lorenz-von-Stein prize

CDSS alumnus Christian Gläßel is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hertie School's Centre for International Security in Berlin. The Lorenz-von-Stein prize was awarded for his thesis „Subversive Threats, Repression, and Stability” which offers in-depth insights into the operating mechanisms of past ...

Now who's a busy bee? DAAD Prize 2021 awarded to CDSS doctoral student

CDSS doctoral student Amina Elbarbary has been awarded the 2021 DAAD Prize honouring international students for outstanding academic and social achievements whilst studying in Germany. She has been affiliated with the CDSS since 2020 being part of our Associate Member Program open to Mannheim Master ...

And that's a hat trick for CDSS Alumna Prof. Dr. Katrin Paula

CDSS Alumna Katrin Paula who currently holds the Professorship for Global Security & Technology at the TU in Munich is awarded a third best dissertation award from the Academy of Sociology for her thesis “Micro-Dynamics of Mobilization: Evidence from the German Democratic Republic”. Way to go ...

CDSB Alumna Juliane Wutzler started a position as Professor of Finance and Controlling

CDSB Alumna Juliane Wutzler started a position as Professor of Finance and Controlling at Hochschule Worms, University of Applied Sciences. In 2018, Juliane received her PhD as doctoral student of our CDSB Accounting PhD Program on the topic “Essays on Voluntary Disclosure in Corporate Narratives”.

Courtyard of a building at the University Mannheim.

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11th GESS Research Day – be curious, be very curious!

We are happy to announce the 11th GESS Research Day to take place online on 7 October 2021. The Research Day will be held as a whole day symposium (starting 9 am) via ZOOM and will include paper sessions, a career advice event, a discussion panel on science communication, and the GESS General ...

CDSB Alumnus Nic Schaub started a position as Full Professor of Houshold Finance

CDSB Alumnus Nic Schaub has been promoted to Full Professor of Household Finance at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. The promotion recognizes his accomplishments in research and teaching. Read more: www.whu.edu/en/magazin/whu-general/new-professor-of-household-finance/

CDSB Alumna Barbara Stage started a position as Assistant Professor of Financial Accounting and Business Taxation

Since August 2021, CDSB Alumna Barbara Stage is Assistant Professor of Financial Accounting and Business Taxation at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Her research focuses on the impact of taxes on firms and individuals. She investigates the effectiveness of transparency regimes to combat ...

CDSS alumna Stefanie Walter awarded Emmy Noether fellowship

The German Research Foundation awarded CDSS alumna Stefanie Walther the prestigous Emmy Noether fellowship. Stefanie leads the Emmy Noether Research Group “The media portrayal of majority and minority groups” at the Technical University of Munich. The groups project investigates the news media ...

CDSS alumnus Benjamin G. Engst receives best dissertation award 2020

The German Political Science Association (GPSA) awards Benjamin G. Engst the best dissertation award 2020 for his thesis “The Two Faces of Judicial Power: Dynamics of Judicial-Political Bargaining”, which is scheduled to be published by Palgrave in 2021. In his book Benjamin assesses the direct ...