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Six of the award winners and Thomas Gschwend are standing in the courtyard of B6, 30-32 and are holding their certificates.

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And the winners of the 2023 GESS Awards are ...

The GESS Awards commend outstanding research and teaching in the past academic year. It is with great pleasure that we announce this year's recipients. The award for Best Interdisciplinary Research Proposal goes to innovative projects and collaboration across different disciplines. The winners of ...

CDSE Alumna Pia Pinger receives an ERC Starting Grant

CDSE Alumna Prof. Dr. Pia Pinger, Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Cologne is awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her research project “OPPORTUNITY”. The project investigates whether and, if so, why people from different ...

Thomas Gschwend. He is wearing a blue suit and is standing outside of the A5 building.

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GESS Board of Directors – new term, new positions, and board members

Congratulations to Professor Thomas Gschwend who took over the position of GESS Dean of Graduate Studies in addition to his position as Academic Director of the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS), which he holds since the 2019 spring term. Furthermore, the GESS ...

Jens Förderer. He is wearing a black suit inside a white walled building.

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CDSB Alumnus Jens Förderer promoted to Associate Professor of Innovation and Digitalization

CDSB alumnus Dr. Jens Förderer who holds his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Mannheim, has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Innovation and Digitalization at the School of Management at Technical University of Munich. Jens, who has won several ...

Patricia Breuer. She is wearing a white blouse and is standing outside.

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CDSB Alumna Patricia Breuer takes on position as Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Starting in September 2023 CDSB alumna Dr. Patricia Breuer will take a position as Assistant Professor for Accounting, Auditing and Control at the Erasmus School of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Patricia successfully defended her thesis in July 2023 at the Center for Doctoral Studies ...

Oliver Rittmann. He is wearing black sweater and is standing inside the A5 building.

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Hot of the press – Legislators' Emotional Engagement with Women's Issues: Gendered Patterns of Vocal Pitch in the German Bundestag

Women in the Bundestag speak more often and more emotionally than men about issues that particularly affect women – because they are more interested in them than their male colleagues. This is the result of a recent study by Oliver Rittmann, CDSS doctoral student at the Department of Political ...

Andreas Bayerl. He is wearing a white shirt and is standing in front of a book shelf.

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CDSB Alumnus Andreas Bayerl appointed Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Dr. Andreas Bayerl, a CDSB graduate who completed his doctorate in 2022 at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Mannheim, will join the Erasmus School of Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2023. After obtaining his ...

Jan Menzner. He is wearing a black shirt and is standing in front of a brickwall.

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Fritz Thyssen Foundation awards 1st prize to CDSS doctoral student

Jan Menzner et al. received the 1st prize of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for their article 'The Potential of Open Lists for the Election of Women to the German Bundestag. Results of a Survey Experiment' Using a conjoint survey experiment, the paper demonstrates the potential of open party lists ...

CDSS alumna Emmy Lindstam receives Lorenz-von-Stein Award

Political scientist Emmy Lindstam has been honoured with the Lorenz-von-Stein Award for her outstanding dissertation “Excluded from the Nation? Hierarchies of Belonging and Political Aspirations among Marginalized Groups.” She defended her dissertation in July 2022 and has since taken up a position ...

CDSB Alumnus Dr. Clemens Müller appointed Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam

CDSB alumnus Dr. Clemens Müller, who earned his doctoral degree from the University of Mannheim, has recently been appointed as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics. His research centers on labor, innovation, and finance, and he is excited to take on the role of ...