Spring Summer 2025

  • Core Courses (mandatory)

    Foundations 2: Multinomial-Processing-Tree (MPT) Modeling: Basic Methods and Recent Advances

    Instructors:Edgar Erdfelder &  Daniel Heck (University of Marburg)
    Dates:

    14 April (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    15 April 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])

    Foundations 2: Stochastic Models of Time-Dependent Cognitive Mechanisms

    Instructors:Rolf Ulrich (RU) & Andreas Voss (AV)
    Dates:

    RU: 08 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    AV: 09 May 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 04:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Heidelberg, Psychologisches Institut, Hauptstraße 47–51

    (room day 1: Übungsraum D (Hintergebäude, EG),

    day 2: F037 (Vordergebäude, EG))

    Foundations 2: Modeling Intraindividual Variability and Change

    Instructor:Sabine Sonnentag
    Dates:

    05 June 2025 (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    0.5-day digital meeting (to be agreed upon)

    Location:Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])

    For more information on the course contents of Foundations 2 click here.         

  • Trainings (mandatory)

    Conference Presentations 

    Instructor:Andrea Kiesel
    Date:

    20 March 2025 (09:45 a.m. – 05:45 p.m.)

    Location:Mannheim (room: in the morning 210 [L9, 1–2], in the afternoon EO 145 [castle])

    Academic Writing and Publishing

    Instructor:Benjamin Hilbig
    Dates:

    25 April (10 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    26 April 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:Landau (Campus Landau in der Fortstr. 7, Gebäude K,  room-Nr. 2.01)
  • Workshops (elective)*

    Introduction to Simulation Studies for Methodological Research

    Instructors:

    Esther Ulitzsch, Florian Scharf & Mirka Henninger

    Dates:

    03 April (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    04 April 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])

    Numerical Methods for Quantitative Psychologists

    Instructor:

    Francis Tuerlinckx

    Dates:

    15 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    16 May 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])

    The Science of Science Communication

    Instructor:

    Asheley Landrum

    Dates:

    21 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    22 May 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 1st day A104 (B6, 23–25, Bauteil A)
                                       2nd day 108 CIP Pool (B6, 30–32 )

    Misinformation about Science

    Instructor:

    Asheley Landrum

    Dates:

    27 May (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    28 May 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 1st day: EO 256 [castle],
                                        2nd day: A104 [B6, 23–25, building A])

    Rethinking Visualization: From Principles to Storytelling

    Instructor:

    Marvin Schmitt

    Dates:

    11 June (10:00 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) &

    12 June 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.)

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])

    IRT Modeling – Theory and Applications in R

    Instructor:

    Thorsten Meiser

    Date:

    18 June 2025 (10:00 a.m. – 04:00 p.m.) 

    Location:

    Mannheim (room: 108 CIP Pool [B6, 30–32])
    Note:The instructor will provide video input as preparation for the meetings.

    Workshops at the SMiP Summer School (30 June – 04 July 2025)

    Machine Learning Methods for Modeling in Psychology – David Goretzko (Utrecht University) & Philipp Sterner (Ruhr University Bochum, German Center for Mental Health DZPG)

    Multilevel measurement models – Lesa Hoffman & Jonathan Templin (both University of Iowa)

    Dynamic longitudinal modeling - Manuel Voelkle (Humboldt University Berlin) & Charles Driver (University of Zurich)

    An Introduction to Modeling Experimental Data of Conflict Tasks with the R package dRiftDM – Markus Janczyk & Valentin Koob (both University of Bremen)


    * SMiP PhD Candidates may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by the CDSS: GESS, or by IOPS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.

  • Colloquia (mandatory)

    Local colloquia

    • Colloquium Freiburg
    • Colloquium Heidelberg
    • Colloquium Landau
    • Colloquium Mannheim
    • Colloquium Tübingen

    Joint colloquium

    SMiP Spring Summer Retreat, Dates: 11 & 12 April 2025, Location: Buchenbach

  • Equal Opportunities and Compatibility of Private Life and Academic Career

    Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2022

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX March 2025, Location: remote

    Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2023

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX March 2025, Location: remote

    Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2024

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX January/February 2025, Location: remote or Mannheim

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX, Location: remote or Mannheim

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX, Location: remote or Mannheim

    Individual Consultations, Dates: XXX, Location: remote or Mannheim

Please register for the course program via the online registration before February 15, 2025.