Spring Summer 2026
Special Events
Graduation Event for the Cohorts 2023 & 2024
18 September 2026 (during Fall Retreat)
SMiP Goodbye
18 (evening) & 19 September 2026, Mannheim
Workshops (elective)*
Large Language Models as a Research Tool for the Behavioral Sciences (PDF, 21 kB)
Instructor: Dirk Wulff Dates: 26 March (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ) and
27 March 2026 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location: Mannheim; Room 108 CIP Pool (1st day), 211 (2nd day); both rooms are located in building B6, 30–32 Theorizing in Psychological Science: Meaning, Measures, and Models (PDF, 21 kB)
Instructor: Mandy Hütter & Zachary Niese Dates: 23 March (4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Zoom meeting!)
31 March (12:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ) and
01 April 2026 (9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)
Location: Tübingen; Room 4.503
please register via email to annette.foerster[at]uni-mannheim.de before 17 February
Basic Concepts of Stochastic Processes (PDF, 195 kB)
Instructor: Rolf Ulrich Dates: 01 April (12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) and
02 April (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Location: Tübingen; Room 4.328 Simulation-Based Inference for Cognitive Modeling (PDF, 22 kB)
Instructors: Paul-Christian Bürkner & Stefan Radev Dates: 09 April (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 pm. ) and
10 April 2026 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Location: Mannheim, B6, 30–32; Room 108 CIP Pool * SMiP PhD students may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by IOPS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.
Colloquia (mandatory)
Local colloquia
- Colloquium Freiburg
- Colloquium Heidelberg
- Colloquium Landau
- Colloquium Mannheim
- Colloquium Tübingen
Joint colloquia
IOPS SMiP Joint Conference, Dates: 25 and 26 June 2026, Groningen
SMiP Fall Retreat 2026, Date: 18 September, Mannheim
Coaching (elective)
Digital Event Series “Career Options after the Doctorate”
In each digital event, one or two experts from a certain field of work will provide insights into their working life and answer questions from the audience.
24 February 2026, 04:30 p.m. – 05:30 p.m., digital environment (detailed information will be provided via e-mail): Dr. Pascal Kieslich (Data Science)
TBA
Equal Opportunities and Compatibility of Private Life and Academic Career
Individual Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2023
Individual Consultation, Dates: TBA
Individual Coaching for PhD Candidates of Cohort 2024
Individual Consultation, Dates: TBA
Registration
Please register online before 17 February 2026.