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)
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 )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.