Please register for the course program via the online registration tool before 15 February 2025. You can request the respective link from Annette Förster (annette.foerster[at]uni-mannheim.de).
Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS)
The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim provides graduate training in empirical and quantitative methods as well as their application to business, economics, and the social sciences. The 11 full-time three to five year PhD programs provide access to world-class teaching and a vibrant and international faculty at the forefront of cutting-edge research. All programs are characterized by focusing on achieving excellence in research in its own discipline. At the same time the program structure encourages to exchange ideas, methods and approaches to research across the boundaries of the economic and social sciences.
The GESS Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) opens courses for SMiP members to participate in and SMiP does so for CDSS students.
The following courses from the SMiP qualification program are open for CDSS students:
Foundations 2: Modeling Intraindividual Variability and Change
| Instructor: | Sabine Sonnentag |
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| Dates: | 5 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]) |
Foundations 2: Multinomial-Processing-Tree (MPT) Modeling: Basic Methods and Recent Advances
| Instructors: | Edgar Erdfelder & Daniel Heck (University of Marburg) |
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| 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) |
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| 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)) |
For more information on the course contents of Foundations 2 click here.
| Instructor: | Andrea Kiesel |
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| 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 |
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| Dates: | 25 April (10 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.) & 26 April 2025 (09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.) |
| Location: | Landau (room: TBA) |
Introduction to Simulation Studies for Methodological Research
Instructors: | Esther Ulitzsch, Florian Scharf & Mirka Henninger |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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], |
Rethinking Visualization: From Principles to Storytelling
Instructor: | Marvin Schmitt |
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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 |
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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. |
Please refer to the complete SMiP program for continuous updates.